The death toll from Japan’s deadliest typhoon in more than a decade rose to 67 today as rescue workers digging through sludge from mudslides found four more bodies and the nation tried to assess the extent of damage. Twenty-one people were still missing.

JAPAN’S deadliest typhoon in more than two decades killed 66 people, news reports said yesterday as rescuers searched frantically for 22 still missing in floods and landslides.

Japan’s deadliest storm in more than a decade unleashed flash floods that washed away entire hillsides, killing up to 51 people and leaving at least 30 people missing before it veered east into the Pacific Ocean today.