Typhoon Lan sweeps across Japan causing floods and landslides

A powerful typhoon caused flooding and landslides along the Pacific coast of Japan on Monday.

Japanese media say two people have died and one is missing.

Typhoon Lan made landfall around 0300 local time on Monday (1800 GMT on Sunday) and swept across Tokyo before heading out to sea several hours later off northeastern Japan.

Kyodo News service says the body of a 70-year-old man whose boat developed engine trouble was found on a beach, and a 63-year-old man died after high winds knocked down scaffolding at a construction site.

Kyodo said one person could not be found after a mudslide hit a house.

The heavy rains inundated neighbourhoods in some parts of Japan.

Japanese media broadcast dramatic footage showing the rescue operation of a man who was stranded in a flooded river in Tokyo.

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