Typhoon Talas has triggered flooding and landslides across Japan leaving at least 17 people dead over the weekend with more than 40 still missing.
In some areas a record 180cm of rain fell in just 24 hours after the tropical storm hit the island of Shikoku in western Japan at around 01:00 GMT and was moving north at a slow pace, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
The agency expects the storm to finish passing through Japan later on Sunday and continue heading north into the Sea of Japan.
Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports.