Yokohama city issued an evacuation advisory at about noon on Saturday to about 3,000 residents


Kyodo: A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of thousands of households without power, the Kyodo news agency reported.
Shizuoka city, southwest of the capital Tokyo, was hit especially hard, seeing a record 417 mm (16.42 inches) of precipitation since the rain started on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Winds at the center of Typhoon Talas were blowing at about 65 kph (40 mph), with peak gusts of about 90 kph (56 mph), it said.
A man in his 40s was killed in a landslide and a 29-year-old man was found dead after his car plunged into a reservoir, Kyodo reported.
Power was also cut to about 120,000 households, supplier Chubu Electric Power Grid Co said, adding that a landslide had knocked over two electricity pylons.
“We are expecting it may take some time to restore power due to landslides, among other factors,” the company said on its Twitter account.
Central JR restarted some of its bullet train services, which had been suspended from Friday evening because of the rain.
Although the JMA downgraded the typhoon to an extratropical cyclone on Saturday morning, it forecast further torrential rain in Shizuoka and urged caution for landslides and flooding.
Yokohama city, some 30 km south of Tokyo, also issued an evacuation advisory at about noon on Saturday to about 3,000 residents.
Typhoon nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday.
SOURCE: Reuters

These new Roombas aren’t the robots I know and love
- 3 hours ago

FM reveals no plans for salary boost or pension increase in new budget
- 30 minutes ago

PSX continues rally as KSE-100 gains 663 points amid IMF optimism
- 14 minutes ago

Trump’s attacks on higher ed could provide a chance to reimagine the university
- an hour ago

Police officer shot dead by motorcycle-riding assailants in Bannu
- 2 hours ago

Joby will launch UK air taxi service with Virgin Atlantic
- 3 hours ago

A DOGE staffer broke Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted personal data
- 3 hours ago

Sindh introduces scholarship and job portal to boost education, employment
- an hour ago

Sugar prices drop by Rs2 in Karachi wholesale market
- an hour ago

One down, three to go: Chelsea on course for quadruple after League Cup win
- 11 hours ago
Wolf attack in Central Kurram leaves 9 injured, including child
- 2 minutes ago

Security meeting scheduled amid rising terror threats in Pakistan
- 22 minutes ago