Two missing in Japan floods

Torrential rains sweep through Japan.

Two people were missing as of Tuesday as the wet weather caused flooding and mudslides and disrupted public transport.

(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) UNIDENTIFIED UJI CITY RESIDENT SAYING:

"I woke up at 6 o'clock in the morning and the water had already flooded the street and I couldn't get my car out."

More than 110 millimetres of rain fell in a single hour in some parts of Kyoto and Osaka.

Residents in Osaka, Japan's third largest city, said they hadn't seen rain like this in decades.

Others were stuck waiting for the subway to come back on line, including part of Japan's bullet-train system.

Authorities say the country's Self Defense Force has been deployed to conduct rescue operations in affected regions with volatile weather expected throughout Tuesday.