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Unseasonable cherry blossoms in typhoon-hit area

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A cherry tree blooms by the side of the Nachi River in the typhoon-hit town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2011. Experts said the tree might have unseasonably bloomed after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Talas in early September deprived it of its leaves and prevented it from entering a dormant state before blooming next spring.

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Schools reopen after typhoon

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - Students of Nachi Junior High School walk to their school in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 12, 2011, the day the school reopened. It had been closed due to damage in the area caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Noda in disaster area

GOJO, Japan - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front L) shakes hands with citizens as he visited Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Noda visited western Japan areas which suffered damage from Typhoon Talas.

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Aftermath of typhoon

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A woman washes clothes using natural hot spring water on a roadside in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, as water supplies in the area remain disrupted after Typhoon Talas hit western Japan.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

TOTSUKAWA, Japan - Photo shows the debris of two houses destroyed in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

GOJO, Japan - Photo shows the debris of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Nagatono power plant in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after it was destroyed by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

SHINGU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 6, 2011, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter in an area hit by Typhoon Talas in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. The helicopter brought relief supplies to be delivered to people cut off due to severed roads in the area.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A man cleans up a room which was flooded due to the influence of Typhoon Talas in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Search for missing after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces dig up a car buried in mud as they search for missing people in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011. The area was hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Search for missing after typhoon

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers looking for missing people at a submerged junior high school due to flooding caused by Typhoon Talas in the village of Tenkawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows Kumano Nachi Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, after a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows a massive amount of driftwood floating at a dam in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, after the area was hit by Typhoon Talas.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces search for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces and other rescue workers search for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows houses destroyed by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Kiho, Mie Prefecture.

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows a bridge over the Kumano River in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, after it was severed in flooding caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Search for missing after typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows rescuers searching for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Search for missing after typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers and Self-Defense Forces members searching for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide caused by Typhoon Talas in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Mudslide triggered by typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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SDF members in mudslide-hit Nara Pref.

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove rubble in an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Houses damaged by typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows collapsed houses after Typhoon Talas hit western Japan, in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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Houses damaged by typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows flooded houses in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011, after Typhoon Talas hit western Japan.

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Search for missing resumes after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Self-Defense Forces members search for missing people in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011, after a mudslide caused by Typhoon Talas left houses collapsed.

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Strong typhoon crosses Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 4, 2011, shows a collapsed slope in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, after powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan.

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Strong typhoon crosses Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 4, 2011, shows firefighters searching for missing people among the debris of houses destroyed in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, after powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan.

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Strong typhoon crosses Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 4, 2011, shows houses inundated in Kiho, Mie Prefecture, as powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan.

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Strong typhoon crosses Japan

NARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 4, 2011, shows the debris of houses swept away in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, as powerful Typhoon Talas crossed western Japan.

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Typhoon makes landfall on western Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged road near a river in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2011, due to the influence of powerful Typhoon Talas which made landfall on Shikoku Island the same day.

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Typhoon makes landfall on western Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo shows a collapsed roof of a bus stop in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2011, due to the influence of powerful Typhoon Talas which made landfall on Shikoku Island the same day.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows collapsed houses in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Hamamatsu, central Japan, following a landslide brought on by torrential rain from Typhoon Talas.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows a collapsed lattice tower in Shizuoka, central Japan, following torrential rain caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows a collapsed lattice tower in Shizuoka, central Japan, following torrential rain caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Shinto rope over Nachi Waterfall

SHINGU, Japan - Shinto priests set up a ''shimenawa'' sacred rope at the top of the Nachi Waterfall in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2011. The 133-meter-tall fall is maintained as a sacred site by the Kumano Nachi Taisha shrine and its rope is usually renewed twice a year in July and December, but the previous rope was swept away in early September when the area was hit by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas, leading to the day's operation. (Kyodo)

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Noda in disaster area

GOJO, Japan - Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front L) shakes hands with citizens as he visited Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011. Noda visited western Japan areas which suffered damage from Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of typhoon

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A woman washes clothes using natural hot spring water on a roadside in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, as water supplies in the area remain disrupted after Typhoon Talas hit western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of Typhoon

INAMI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mudslide blocking the flow of a river in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, after powerful Typhoon Talas passed through part of western Japan. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

GOJO, Japan - Photo shows the debris of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Nagatono power plant in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after it was destroyed by flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

TOTSUKAWA, Japan - Photo shows the debris of two houses destroyed in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011, after flooding triggered by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon aftermath in Japan

SHINGU, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 6, 2011, shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter in an area hit by Typhoon Talas in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture. The helicopter brought relief supplies to be delivered to people cut off due to severed roads in the area. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - A man cleans up a room which was flooded due to the influence of Typhoon Talas in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Search for missing after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces dig up a car buried in mud as they search for missing people in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011. The area was hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Search for missing after typhoon

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police officers looking for missing people at a submerged junior high school due to flooding caused by Typhoon Talas in the village of Tenkawa, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows a bridge over the Kumano River in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, after it was severed in flooding caused by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows Kumano Nachi Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, after a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows houses destroyed by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Kiho, Mie Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 5, 2011, shows a massive amount of driftwood floating at a dam in Totsukawa, Nara Prefecture, after the area was hit by Typhoon Talas. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

GOJO, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces and other rescue workers search for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon causes havoc in Japan

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces search for missing people in an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Mudlisde triggered by typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area hit by a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Talas in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Houses damaged by typhoon

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows flooded houses in the town of Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2011, after Typhoon Talas hit western Japan. (Kyodo)