Japan typhoon floods and mudslides as monster typhoon hits 2022 breaking news .br br In Japan, typhoon Nanmadol killed at least four people and injured around 100br The toll could rise further as authorities were checking to see if two other deaths were related to the typhoon and they were also looking for a missing person, according to the government spokesman.br br The passage of Typhoon Nanmadol in Japan killed four people and injured more than 100 over the weekend, the government spokesman said on Tuesday (September 20). The typhoon made landfall on Sunday evening near Kagoshima in the southwest of the country and brought strong winds and heavy rain to the big island of Kyushu before moving northeast along the coast of the Japanese sea.br br Having gradually lost speed, it was downgraded Tuesday morning to an extratropical cyclone. But in Kyushu, the storm toppled trees, smashed windows, swelled rivers and dumped a month's worth of rain in twenty-four hours on parts of Miyazaki prefecture, where two deaths were confirmed.br br Government spokesman Hirozaku Matsuno said two more people were found "without vital signs" , a term used in Japan before a death was officially certified by a doctor.