Typhoon Fitow Kills Two; Weakens Over Northern Japan

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Fitow killed two people in Japan before weakening over the northern island of Hokkaido, the Japan Meteorological Agency said today.

The storm still carries heavy rain and wind gusting to 82 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour) as it moves toward the Sea of Okhotsk at 25 kilometers an hour, the agency said. As much as 150 millimeters (6 inches) of rain may fall along Pacific Ocean coastal areas by midnight local time, triggering flash floods in some areas, the agency said.

Fitow was blamed for the death of a 50-year-old construction worker caught in a landslide at a dam site in Fukui Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, last night, Kyodo News reported. A 76-year-old man was killed by a falling tree soon after the storm made landfall Sept. 6. A 52-year-old man was missing in Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, while at least 60 people had storm-related injuries, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said on its Web site.

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