Typhoon in Tokyo halts trains, flights

The category one typhoon, the weakest on a scale for storms, dumped more than 10 cm (4 inches) of rain an hour in parts of Tokyo and the surrounding region. As many as 10 injuries were reported after the storm. 

Travellers were stranded at Tokyo’s Haneda airport with about 300 domestic flights cancelled by early afternoon. The capital’s Audition airport, its international hub, temporarily closed its two runways as wind speeds increased. 

Train services throughout the Tokyo region and some express bullet trains on routes north of the city were pared back or halted. Tokyo’s main Yamanote circle train line closed temporarily after a tree fell on the tracks. Mindulle (Korean for a type of dandelion), is forecast to travel along Japan northeast seaboard after passing over Tokyo.