Tokyo, Aug 09: Typhoon Etau roared over Japan's main island of Honshu today, leaving at least eight people dead or missing and 71 others injured while snarling airline and rail traffic, officials said. Four people have been confirmed dead and four others missing as the storm system continued moving northeast at a speed of 55 km per hour after slamming onto the smaller island of Shikoku from the pacific late yesterday.
The eye of the typhoon, with the maximum velocity of its winds down to 90 km per hour, was located near the city of Yamagata, 300 km northwest of Tokyo, at 6:00 pm (1430 IST), the meteorological agency said.
Etau was projected to dwindle into a tropical depression and veer out to the pacific off the northernmost island of Hokkaido early tomorrow, the agency said.

The National Police Agency (NPA) said that 15 houses had been damaged and 815 others flooded. Torrential rains triggered 113 landslides and collapsed roads at 18 points.
Bureau Report