Heavy Rain Disrupts Trains in Japan as Tropical Storm Approaches was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 03:51 UTC. The event is classified as a cyclone / hurricane incident with a severity rating of Minor, and was detected through GNEWS.
Reported in Japan. Found by our incident harvester, which queries each country's press in its own language, one incident category at a time (disaster). Original headline: "Heavy Rain Disrupts Trains in Japan as Tropical Storm Approaches - Bloomberg.com".
Where this happened
The incident is located in Japan (Asia), whose capital is Tokyo. Historically, Japan is most affected by earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and volcanic eruptions. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Japan incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 36.200°, 138.300°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding cyclone / hurricane events
Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons with damaging wind and surge. Tropical cyclones cause harm through four separate mechanisms: sustained wind, storm surge, inland flooding from rainfall, and tornadoes embedded in outer bands. Historically, storm surge and inland flooding kill far more people than wind.
How severity is rated
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Data and verification
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Timeline and sources
Reported
Reported by News reports (Google News). Not independently confirmed. Copies of one syndicated story are counted once.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· received · event time 20 Sep 2026, 03:51 UTCFirst report News report
First recorded from News reports (Google News).
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· received · event time 20 Sep 2026, 06:21 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Heavy rain disrupts trains in Japan as tropical storm approaches"
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· received · event time 20 Sep 2026, 07:21 UTCAlso reported News report
Also reported by News reports (Google News): "Heavy rain disrupts trains in Japan as cyclone Dujuan approaches"
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 3 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
18.8 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 19°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.