Typhoon Roke has brought heavy rain to western and central Japan, killing 3 people and leaving 2 others missing.
Police say a man in Nagoya City, central Japan, was fixing a drain on the rooftop of a building when he fell to his death on Tuesday afternoon. Another man in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture, was found dead in a nearby river after he went to take a look at it.
In Gifu Prefecture, a 4th-grade boy went missing after being swept away in a waterway in the city of Tajimi. An 84-year-old man remains missing in the town of Shirakawa.
As of 9 AM on Wednesday, about 750 homes across the nation had been inundated by heavy rain.
More than 1.1 million people have been urged to evacuate their homes and take shelter in 14 prefectures in central and western Japan.
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Typhoon kills 3, with 2 missing
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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