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Wakayama, Japan, - Oct. 23: Seven people died and nearly 100 others were injured as Typhoon Lan battered wide areas of Japan with heavy rain and strong winds, disrupting vote counting for the previous day's general election, authorities said Monday.The season's 21st typhoon made landfall on the central prefecture of Shizuoka early Monday and passed near Tokyo, causing floods, mudslides and traffic disruption. It was downgraded to an extratropical cyclone around 3 p.m. while east of Hokkaido in northern Japan.The large typhoon brought particularly heavy rainfall to the country's western region,dumping 800 millimeters in the 48 hours to Sunday evening in Wakayama Prefecture and 700 mm in Mie Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.In Wakayama prefecture, shows cars stranded on a road in Kainan city following a landslide caused by torrential rains as powerful Typhoon Lan hit the western Japan city.Nearly 100 people were injured across the nation, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.