Tropical storm Talas has hit western Japan and killed at least 24 people and 54 missing. Storm Talas, a deadly typhoon that struck Japan over the last few years. Talas is blowing about 108 kilometers per hour. River which flows also bring building materials and landslides that hoard hundreds of homes.
Local authorities reported, in Nara Prefecture, a ruined apartment that causes two people were killed and seven people remain missing. In the village of Totsukawa, Nara province, floods washed away 11 people in two houses. Four people were rescued but one later confirmed dead. 7 other people still missing.
Three people were killed and 19 missing in the prefecture. Flooding and landslides killed some more people in other regions in western and southern Japan.
While in Kansai prefecture and surrounding areas, 30.000 residents successfully evacuated.
In Wakayama Prefecture, 12 people were reported killed and 29 people remain missing. A person drowned while trying to rise to the t...