. >> local officials have been reviewing evacuation plans since a series of quakes hit kumamoto prefecture in april. >>> participants in the u.n. climate change conference in morocco have discussed how to cope with the increasing number of people forced to flee their homes due to events related to global warming. on day four of the climate talks known as c.o.p. 2222, discussss centereded on climate migrants, representatative from the south-pacicific nation of fiji spoke about a coastal village that was forced too move ininla due to highh waveses and storm surges cauaused b by cyclones.. the represent i have beens stressed the need to take countermeasures. a participant from drought-prone ethiopia said global warming is prompting people to migrate. officials of the u.n. high cocommissioner for refugees sai statistics since 2008 show that around 22 million people are forced to migrate or evacuate every year in the wake of natural disasters. but the officials adddded that e agency has yet to grasp how many are compelled to do so by events linked directly to global warming. >> it's incredibly

we saw the coldest morning of the season in many plalaces suc as kushito and kumamoto. this is 25 days later than normal in the mountains. the second latest on record. now tomorrow will be a different story in the southern half of the country. about 20 degrees in tokyo. that's about 7 degrees warmer compared to what we were experiencing on wednesday. but the northern areas are going to be quite chilly and it's going to be quite stormy. there is a low pressure system over the sea of japan and this system will likely move ovever e tohoku region tomorrow morning and will likikely move ovever hokkai i into thuhursday evenin. so we're expecting heavy snowfall probably up to 20 centimeters in hokkaido. and waves are going to be quite hihigh a as well. so the northern areas will see some quite chilly weather as well as stormy conditions. now, heavy rain warnings in place for vancouver islands as well as vancouver. watch out for flash floods and water pooling on roads. there's a high pressure system over the western united states to come across the area. but along this frontal

of them children from earthquake-hit regions in the northeast and the southwestern prefecture of kumamoto. the plane climbed to an altitude of 11,000 meters. >> translator: it looks bigger than usual, and it's super bright. >> translator: i'm thankful to have such a rare opportunity. >> sky gazers hoping to catch another supermoon of this scale will need to wait until november 25th, 2034. that's a long wait. >>> people here in tokyo weren't so lucky. it was a cloudy and rainy one last night. our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with a look at what's up ahead. >> yes. actually here on monday, we saw widespread cloud cover. scattered showers across much of western and central japan. still seeing that actually back toward the north. a few areas across parts of t toho tohoku. the potential of a tornado actually coming out of some of these with these storms. they're rather potent. the good news, the weather does look fairly decent across the tokyo area heading into tuesday evening and even over towards wednesday. back towards the north, we are going to look at some lingering showers. ev

kumamoto prefecture was hit by a series of strong earthquakes in april. yasahiro goto was among the victims. his neighborhood lost power. luckily, goto's house was equipped with a storm battery. he was able to cook rice and share it w with his neighbors. >> translator: we had enough power for three days. it really helped. >> reporter: but such help doesn't come cheap. high-capacity devices pick goto's can cost about $30,000. so attempts are under way to make them more affordable by reusing lithium ion batteries from electric vehicles. 4r energy is a subsidiary of nissan motor. some of the electric vehicles that nissan sold six years ago will soon be h headed for the e scrap heap. but their batttteries still hava lot of life left in them. the people at 4r energy believe those batteries can be recycled for domestic use and that could reduce the price of home storage batteries by almost half. >> translator: things should be used until the very end of their useful life. if they reach the limit for one purpose, they could be reused for another. our job is to f