{"id":518717,"date":"2026-07-30T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/?p=518717"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:15:48","slug":"microburst-unleashes-torrential-rain-over-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/the-weather\/microburst-unleashes-torrential-rain-over-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Microburst unleashes torrential rain over Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A powerful microburst struck Tokyo&#8217;s Minato district, unleashing intense rainfall and strong downdrafts that rapidly drenched the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The phenomenon, commonly referred to in Japan as a &#8220;guerrilla downpour,&#8221; occurs when a column of cold, dense air descends rapidly from a cumulonimbus cloud, producing sudden, localized bursts of heavy rain and strong winds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Videos shared on social media captured sheets of rain sweeping across the district as visibility dropped dramatically within seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microbursts are capable of producing hazardous conditions, including flash flooding, dangerous wind gusts and reduced visibility, even though they typically affect relatively small areas and last only a short time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful microburst struck Tokyo&#8217;s Minato district, unleashing intense rainfall and strong downdrafts that rapidly drenched the area. The phenomenon, commonly referred to in Japan as a &#8220;guerrilla downpour,&#8221; occurs when a column of cold, dense air descends rapidly from a cumulonimbus cloud, producing sudden, localized bursts of heavy rain and strong winds. Videos shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":518718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[41284],"tags":[41116,1155],"class_list":["post-518717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-weather","tag-japan","tag-tokio"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2aWp","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/88.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["The Weather"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/88.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}