Downpours lashed many parts of the country Tuesday afternoon, disrupting railway services and road traffic amid temperatures of over 30 degrees during the day.
In Tokyo's Otemachi district, 80 mm of rain was recorded between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m., the second heaviest hourly rainfall in the history of the metropolitan area, according to the Meteorological Agency, which issued a heavy rain warning for the area.
All subway services on the Marunouchi Line in Tokyo were suspended shortly before 7 p.m. due to lightning and heavy rain that flooded the tracks between Akasakamitsuke and Kokkaigijidomae, Teito Rapid Transit Authority said. Service was restored shortly afterward.