Guchol's passage also resulted in the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents in the northeastern city of Ishinomaki, according to Bloomberg News.
While the impacts of summer typhoons are relatively common in Japan, direct impacts of two tropical systems in the same week are much more rare.
Topical Storm Talim, located about 180 miles west-southwest of Taipei, Taiwan, as of Wednesday evening local time, is on course to trek along the Pacific coast of Japan early Friday morning. The system will bring another round of heavy rain and high winds to the already inundated country.
Published on Jun 20, 2012 by 678Gopi