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HIMEJI, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 02: A port worker closes the flood gates as Typhoon Talas approaches on September 2, 2011 in Himeji, Japan. Talas is expected to make landfall on Shikoku Island later today and the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued heavy rain warnings to a wide area. (GETTY)
Powerful Typhoon Talas is leaving a trail of heavy rainfall and mudslides in some areas of Japan. Local reports say at least six people have died and 20 others are missing.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said the center of the typhoon, the 12th of the season, was moving north across the Sea of Japan on Sunday at a speed slower than 12 miles an hour (20 kph).
It traversed the southern Japanese island of Shikoku and the central part of the main island of Honshu overnight.
Because of the storm's slow speed, the agency warned that heavy rains and strong winds are likely to continue and could lead to flooding and landslides.
Kyodo News agency said evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan.
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