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Typhoon Talas hits Japan – in pictures

Typhoon Talas: flooding in Kiho
Floodwaters inundate a residential area in Kiho, central Japan Photograph: AP
Typhoon Talas: a rescue helicopter in Nachikatsuura
A rescue helicopter evacuates a resident in Nachikatsuura Photograph: AP
Typhoon Talas: vehicles piled up
Vehicles are piled on top of one another after flash floods in Nachikatsuura Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
Typhoon Talas: rescuers at work
Members of Japan's self-defence force, firefighters and police officers look for survivors under a landslide in Tanabe Photograph: Sankei/Getty Images
Typhoon Talas: railway washed away
A railway line is washed away by floodwaters in Nachikatsuura Photograph: Sankei/Getty Images
Typhoon Talas: rescue workers in Tanabe
Volunteer firefighters search destroyed houses for missing people in Tanabe Photograph: Kyodo News/AP
Typhoon Talas: flooding in Nachikatsuura
A digger carrying evacuees makes its way along a flooded road in Nachikatsuura Photograph: Kyodo News/AP
Typhoon Talas: a boulder outside a house
A boulder lies at the entrance of a flood-damaged house in Nachikatsuura Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images
Typhoon Talas: a landslide in Nara prefecture
A landslide in Gojo, Nara prefecture Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters
Typhoon Talas: road swept away
A section of road across a river is swept away in Nagano Photograph: Koichi Kamoshida/EPA
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