Typhoon Roke is about to hit land, near Tokyo, but has already killed two people, and two people are missing.

A man was killed trying to fix a drain on his roof, and another man was killed when he went to look at a rising river.  A 4th grade boy, and an 84 year old man are missing.

Roke’s wind and rain are causing major damage on land, even though the center of the storm is still offshore.  Currently it’s near Cape Muroto in Kochi Prefecture.

In Gifu and Hyogo prefectures, an evacuation advisory covers about 110,000 people.  In the southern Kyushu prefecture of Miyazaki, nearly 40,000 people have been advised to leave due to risk of mudslides.

In Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, more than one million people have been told to evacuate due to the rising water levels of the Tenpaku and Shonai rivers.