Heavy rain lashed parts of Tokyo and its surrounding areas on Thursday afternoon, causing thousands to lose power, prompting flood warnings, grounding flights and causing transportation issues.
As of 5:04 p.m. Thursday, 6,240 households in the Kanto region and surrounding areas are without power, including 4,230 in Tokyo, predominantly in Shinagawa, Ota and Meguro wards, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company.
In Tokyo’s Setagaya, Meguro, and Ota wards — as well as parts of the cities of Kawasaki and Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture — authorities issued multiple emergency alerts for record-breaking short-term rainfall, with hourly precipitation reaching about 100 to 130 millimeters.
AloJapan.com