Typhoon Nanmadol moved across the Japanese archipelago toward the Pacific and weakened to a low pressure system on Tuesday after pounding the southwest with heavy rain and triggering landslides, leaving two people dead, one missing and over 100 injured.
After traveling along the Sea of
The season's 14th typhoon was one of the most powerful storms the country has ever seen when it reached the southwestern region of Kyushu on Sunday, bringing unprecedented winds and intense rainfall.
In Miyazaki Prefecture, a man was found dead after his mountainside cabin was destroyed by a mudslide, and another man was confirmed dead after being pulled out of a car submerged in flooded farmland.
A man was missing in
More than 46,000 homes were still without power as of
Landslides and a fallen bridge were confirmed in mountainous regions of Miyazaki, while part of the
The typhoon wrought damage in Morotsuka, a village located in the mountainous regions of Miyazaki, which was similarly battered in a typhoon in
"I'm about to run out of gasoline from my private power generator, but I don't know when I can get to the gas station outside of the village," said
In Saito, a city in Miyazaki that saw many of its houses flooded, one representative at a nursery school said, "We're unable to use the refrigerator and the air conditioning. We're worried that the children may get heatstroke as the temperatures are still high."
Rainfall of up to 80 millimeters was expected over the 24 hours through noon Wednesday in central and eastern
The Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train was delayed due to maintenance checks.
==Kyodo
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