The typhoon Talas, packing gusts of up to 108 kilometres (68 miles) per hour, made landfall on the Pacific coast of Shikoku island at about 10 am (0100 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said. In Nara, some 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Tokyo, more than 130 centimetres (50 inches) of rain has been recorded since Tuesday. Typhoon Talas cut across western Japan on Saturday leaving at least two people dead and five missing after heavy rains and fierce winds, officials and press reports sa
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typhoon Talas in Japan 2011
