| JAPAN awoke yesterday to scenes of widespread devastation as efforts to recover from the country's deadliest storm in a decade got under way. At least 57 people were killed and more than 300 injured in powerful winds and some of the heaviest rainfall in memory. Typhoon Tokage is the third to blow onshore in as many weeks, making 2004 a record year with ten landfalls so far. So far this month, typhoons have claimed more than 150 lives. Last night 32 people were still missing, including drivers whose cars were swept out to sea and members of emergency services called to deal with a cave-in on a main route near Kyoto. |