An excavator works at the site where part of a road is washed away by flood water in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, central Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. Typhoon Talas dumped record rain, killing dozens of people in Japan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA