A handout photograph dated 04 September 2011 and released on 05 September 2011 by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), shows Japan's Self-Defence Force members during rescue operations after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/JGSDF / HO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout photograph dated 04 September 2011 and released on 05 September 2011 by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), shows Japan's Self-Defence Force members during rescue operations after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/JGSDF / HO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A handout photograph dated 04 September 2011 and released on 05 September 2011 by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), shows Japan's Self-Defence Force members during rescue operations after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/JGSDF / HO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
A road that crosses over a river is seen destroyed after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Nagano, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 05 September 2011. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/KOICHI KAMOSHIDA
A road that crosses over a river is seen destroyed after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Nagano, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 05 September 2011. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard.
The destroyed bank reinforcement of a river is seen after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Nagano, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 05 September 2011. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/KOICHI KAMOSHIDA
A road that crosses over a river is seen destroyed after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Nagano, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 05 September 2011. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/KOICHI KAMOSHIDA
The destroyed bank reinforcement of a river is seen after a large typhoon and heavy rain hit western Japan, in Nagano, Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on 05 September 2011. A slow-moving powerful typhoon dumped record rainfall in many areas of Japan over the weekend, leaving 25 dead and 52 missing, news reports said 05 August 2011. Authorities urged 20,000 households to evacuate in many areas as the nation's meteorological agency warned of more mudslides and flooding, broadcaster NHK said. In the prefecture of Wakayama alone, 15 were killed and 28 were missing as Typhoon Talas hit the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka, especially hard. EPA/KOICHI KAMOSHIDA
