Typhoon Mindulle drenches Tokyo, halts trains and flights

Domestic flight information on a monitor at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, 22 August 2016, as typhoon Mindulle hits eastern Japan. - EPA

TOKYO (Reuters) - Heavy rain drenched the Japanese capital on Monday as Typhoon Mindulle swept in, bringing floods that suspended train services and high winds that forced airlines to cancel hundreds of 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.