Typhoon Talas: Japan still flooding, Death toll rises, Sacred Sites destroyed

Japanese media reporting that many areas of Japan, that were hit by typhoon Talas on Friday and Saturday, are still flooding.

The damage is the worst since typhoon Tokage hit in 2004.

At least 34 people were killed, and at least 55 are missing.   In Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, rescuers found the body of Saki Teramoto, the daughter of Mayor Shinichi Teramoto. Saki was engaged to be married.  Mayor Teramoto’s wife, Masako, is still missing.

Bridges, roads and even World Heritage Scared Sites have been destroyed.

Talas is a word from the Philippines meaning “sharpness.”