Photo/Illutration Staff members of a welfare facility clean up the mud that covered the room, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, September 9. (Shoko Rikimaru)

Three people were killed as a result of Typhoon No. 13 even though it did not make landfall in Japan, authorities said.

The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical cyclone as it approached the main island of Honshu at 9 p.m. on Sept. 8.

Linear rainbands that formed in Chiba, Ibaraki and Fukushima prefectures triggered exceptionally heavy rainfall, resulting in at least three deaths by 11 a.m. on Sept. 9.

In Chiba Prefecture, a man working outdoors at a police facility in the town of Otaki fell from the building on Sept. 8 while he and a colleague were checking damage from the typhoon.

Satoshi Kamiyama, 49, an engineer with the Kanto Regional Police Bureau, was taken to a hospital where he was confirmed dead, according to a report from the prefectural police station in Katsuura. He fell from a height of 5 meters.

In Fukushima Prefecture, a man in his 70s or 80s was found lying in Gouchi-cho, Iwaki. A passer-by alerted the Iwaki City Fire Department at 6:15 a.m. on Sept. 9.

In Ibaraki Prefecture, a man missing since the night of Sept. 8 was discovered the following morning in Nakago-cho, Kitaibaraki. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

In Hitachi City, two rivers flowing near the city hall burst their banks, flooding the first floor of the government building and triggering a blackout.

The power generator was located in the basement, which was inundated with water. There was no immediate word on when power will be restored.

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