AlQa'dah 10, 1434, Sep 16, 2013, SPA -- A powerful typhoon lashed Japan Monday, leaving one dead and dumping torrential rains, damaging homes and flooding parts of the country's popular tourist destination of Kyoto, where 260,000 people in city center were ordered to evacuate to shelters. Typhoon Man-yi, packing wind speeds of 162 kilometers per hour (100 mph) Monday afternoon, was centered over the city of Sendai, about 350 kilometers (160 miles) north of Tokyo. Dozens were injured. Police and disaster management officials said a 72-year-old woman was found dead Monday after her body was dug out of the debris of her home smashed by a mudslide the night before in Shiga prefecture, east of Kyoto. Public broadcaster NHK said three others were missing, according to AP. NHK showed tourists in Kyoto being taken to safety on boats on a flooded riverside street, towed by rescue workers. In the nearby town of Fukuchiyama, an aerial view showed a vast area of muddy water swallowing the town, with houses, fields or other structures half-submerged under water. The town's entire population of 81,246 was ordered to evacuate. The government set up an emergency task force to assess damage and support rescue effort, said Prime Minister's Office official Hikariko Ono. Kyoto and neighboring Shiga prefecture asked the Defense Ministry to mobilize relief teams. Some 70 people were injured across the country since Sunday, NHK said, citing its own tally.
