Tokyo was visited by some really intense storms on the evenings of both Sunday 26 and Monday 27 August. It involved funky-looking clouds (known as cumulonimbus clouds), plenty of rain (up to 110mm of water was poured out of the sky above Setagaya ward in an hour, and the Meguro River came close to overflowing), and a rather spectacular show of lightning.
Although power cuts were recorded at up to 6500 homes, it did make for some electrifying (sorry) images. We've gathered some of our favourites below.
Photo: Twitter Masanobu Higashiyama (@itaimecom)
Photo: Twitter @KAGAYA_11949
Photo: Twitter @46kengo46
Photo: Instagram @yuzof
And to finish it all off, this timelapse: an hour and a half of lightning condensed into 31 seconds.
昨日の積乱雲と雷の約1.5hをタイムラプスで。遠く茨城の雷から急に手前の前橋辺りがもりもりと発達。絶え間なく光ってました。上昇気流に乗って盛り上がった雲が成層圏を飛び出すオーバーシュートもよく見える。#今日の積乱雲 pic.twitter.com/8HXCKs9ZAZ
— さむりぃ (@realpizza2) 27 August 2018