Deadly Roke typhoon moves across Japan
22 September 2011 Last updated at 01:07 GMT,BBC
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The powerful typhoon Roke that hit Japan on Wednesday has been moving its way across the country, bringing floods, damage and deaths.
At least five people have been killed by the storm, with many others still missing or injured.
The storm, which caused winds of 162km/h (100mph), passed near the capital Tokyo and Fukushima, where there is a damaged nuclear power plant.
However, it now looks as if the storm is losing strength.
Roke is the second typhoon to hit Japan this month, and it made landfall on Wednesday afternoon (0500GMT) in Hamamatsu.
It then moved its way up the main island of Honshu, before passing near Tokyo and heading up Japan's north-east coast past Fukushima.
One of the main worries was that the heavy rain could force radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.
The plant is run by Tokyo Electric Power Co, and the Associated Press news agency quoted a spokesman as saying that "the worst seems to be over".
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