Shimbashi, Tokyo at around 7:30 pm. on August 8.

Reporter: Wow! It’s glowing incessantly.

It lightens many times, it's a lightening!

Ohmachi Reo, NTV Anchorman: As you can see from this intersection, it's raining hard.　You can also see the lightning.

Some people cover their heads with towels due to sudden rain.

People are soaking wet while walking.

Ohmachi Reo, NTV anchorman: Many people are taking shelter from the rain.

Woman: It's a little scary. I'm soaked to the skin even if I have an umbrella, so I'm taking shelter from the rain.

Two people here are taking shelter…

Company employee: I went to see the Hanshin-Yakult baseball game at the Jingu Stadium. The game was called off due to rain, so I had no choice but to come here for a drink.

Q: Did it rain suddenly while you were watching the game?

Company employee: I wanted to watch the game, so I held out, but I should have left earlier.

Q：Is that a uniform in your hand?

Company employee: It’s soaked wet, so it’s not really something I want to show.

They ran toward a pub without an umbrella.

This is in front of Ikebukuro Station at around 7:30 p.m.

Lightening was observed in various parts of Tokyo.

By shortly after 5:30 p.m., the area was covered by a thick thunderstorm.

The lightening flashed with a boom of thunder.

Lightening struck multiple times.

At Shibuya’s scramble crossing, large raindrops were falling heavily.

In Tokyo, a heavy rain and flood warning was issued on the night of August 7.

According the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Tokyo Airport Office, Haneda Airport halted all ground operations from 9:35 pm due to the risk of lightening.

Lightening is expected to continue for a while, and many planes are currently being forced to circle and wait in the air around Haneda Airport.