TOKYO: The death toll from Typhoon Lionrock has risen to 17 in Japan, with several people still missing, and officials said on Sunday a new storm threatens the country’s southwest.

Two more deaths were confirmed Sunday from the major typhoon which hit northern Japan last week, said an official in the hard-hit prefecture of Iwate.

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