Typhoon Talas has triggered flooding and landslides across Japan leaving at least 17 people dead over the weekend with more than 40 still missing.<br /><br />In some areas a record 180cm of rain fell in just 24 hours after the tropical storm hit the island of Shikoku in western Japan at around 01:00 GMT and was moving north at a slow pace, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.<br /><br />The agency expects the storm to finish passing through Japan later on Sunday and continue heading north into the Sea of Japan.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports.
