Typhoon Talas causes landslides as it moves north off Japan; 20 dead, 50 reported missing

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  Overflowing water from a river floods a residential area in Nachikatsuura, central …

TOKYO - Record rain and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas left at least 20 people dead in Japan on Sunday as the storm moved slowly northward past the country's western coast. At least 50 others were missing, local media said.

Evacuation orders and advisories were issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan. At least 3,600 people were stranded by flooded rivers, landslides and collapsed bridges that were hampering rescue efforts, Kyodo News agency reported.

The typhoon dumped record amounts of rain in some areas, and more was expected. It was the country's worst storm since one in 2004 that left 98 people either dead or missing, the Yomiuri newspaper said.

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