At least 13 people are known to have died after a powerful typhoon lashed Japan's Pacific coast, police said Wednesday, warning that the death toll was likely to rise.

Typhoon Wipha, dubbed the strongest in a decade, caused landslides that buried houses as it churned past an island just south of Tokyo.

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