Typhoon Nangka wreaks havoc as it crosses Japan; at least two killed, 100,000 evacuated
Typhoon Nangka has barrelled across the western end of Japan's largest main island, leaving at least two people dead and prompting authorities to advise nearly 100,000 people to evacuate.
Rivers burst their banks in the western prefecture of Wakayama after some parts of Honshu, Japan's largest main island, received more than 600 millimetres of rain since the storm began to hit the coast on Thursday.
Two men drowned, one of them a 71-year-old man who fell into a flooded ditch while repairing a window, local media reported.
At least 35 people are reported as injured.
Nangka, named after a tropical fruit, had been downgraded to a tropical storm by Friday morning (local time) but still packed sustained winds of 80 kilometres per hour, with gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour.
It is expected to dump a further 300mm of rain on parts of Japan by Saturday morning.
Authorities have advised nearly 100,000 people to evacuate across a wide swathe of western Japan due to the threat of flooding and landslides.
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