Killer storms in Philippines and Japan

Residents of Tokyo feel the force of the storm

There has been more heavy rain from Typhoon Kai-Tak, as the death toll in the northern Philippines rises to 40 with several people still missing.

Relief officials in the capital, Manila, say up to a million people have been forced from their homes during five days of downpour.

Philippines coastguard officer Lieutenant Erwin Balagas said a motorboat, apparently being used as a ferry, had capsized off Batangas province.

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Coastguard patrol craft had managed to rescue 20 people and had found three dead bodies, but they were still searching for missing passengers.

The exact number of passengers on board the boat is unclear, but the coast guard said they believe it was about 30.

A total of 37 other people died elsewhere as a result of the storms, the government disaster co-ordinating centre said.

Japan hit

Most of the fatalities were drowned by floodwaters, crushed by landslides or falling walls and trees or electrocuted by fallen power lines.

After pounding the Philippines, the typhoon rumbled up Japan's eastern coast on Saturday killing one person, injuring at least two and sending landslides crashing into homes.

TV footage showed residents of Mito, north-east of Tokyo, trudging knee-deep through torrents of muddy water.

The government weather station said Typhoon Kai-Tak was bringing winds of up to 160km/h (100 mph) as it hovered about 300 km (187 miles) south-west of the Batan islands.

Initial damage estimates from Kai-Tak were placed at 114.8 million pesos ($2.6m), the disaster co-ordinating centre said.