Twenty-three people have been killed and 16 others reported missing as a result of Hurricane Hagebes, which flooded rivers and flooded rivers, while hundreds of homes were evacuated, the Daily Mail reported.

The hurricane forced the World Rugby Cup to cancel the third country from competition.

The Japanese government has deployed 27,000 rescue workers to participate in operations after the typhoon left about 376,000 homes without electricity and 14,000 without water.

Hagips collided with Japan's main island of Honshu at about 7:00 pm on Saturday, and is one of the deadliest cyclones in recent years, with winds of up to 134 mph

The center of the typhoon was located 200 kilometers south of the coast of Hamamatsu, central Japan.