Typhoon lashes central Japan, killing 2

A typhoon lashed central Japan 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 of precipitation since the rain started on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Winds at the centre of Typhoon Talas were blowing at about 65 kmph, with peak gusts of about 90 kmph, 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. - Reuters