Photo/Illutration Search and rescue efforts for the missing four people continue in Shiiba, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Sept. 8. (Minako Yoshimoto)

Powerful Typhoon No. 10 caused two deaths and left widespread destruction as it barreled north over western Kyushu from Sept. 6 through 7 while maintaining its strength.

A woman in her 70s residing in Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, was found dead in a roadside ditch, bleeding from her head, on the morning of Sept. 6, according to Kagoshima prefectural police, the Akune city government and other sources.

She was reportedly on her way to her acquaintance’s home to seek shelter.

A man in his 50s who was residing in Kashima, Saga Prefecture, died after falling from a roof where he was working late in the afternoon of Sept. 6, Saga prefectural officials said.

Four people were reported missing after the typhoon triggered a landslide in Shiiba village in Miyazaki Prefecture.

A construction company office and a residential building in the village were washed away in the landslide shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 6, according to the Shiiba village government.

The company's president, who is in his 70s, managed to escape. But his wife, who is in her 60s, a son in his 30s and two Vietnamese technical intern trainees in their 20s who work at the company, remain unaccounted for.

About 260 police officers, firefighters and others continued search and rescue efforts for the missing four people on Sept. 8. 

A total of 82 people suffered minor or serious injuries as of 10 p.m. on Sept. 7, according to prefectural authorities in the Kyushu region and the Yamaguchi prefectural government.

More than 200,000 people evacuated in the Kyushu, Chugoku and Shikoku regions as the Japan Meteorological Agency called for a maximum level of caution against the typhoon.

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