2 dead, 3 missing as typhoon batters Japan archipelago

A large typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago and moved beyond the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Monday, leaving two people dead and three missing.Engulfing wide areas with stormy conditions, including the Tokyo metropolitan area, Typhoon Talim made landfall on Hokkaido just after 10 a.m. after passing over the Sea of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.The typhoon weakened to an extratropical depression near Sakhalin at around 9 p.m., the weather agency said.In Kagawa Prefecture, an 86-year-old woman was found dead in her house after it was crushed in a mudslide…READ FULL ARTICLE