and now it will go as hala mentioned, to guangdong province, and heading up to the northwest. the storm surge will be significant especially for the bays up to the north and then of course the rainfall that will come with the system. a perfect eye there. just great symmetry which you don't want to see here on the radar. that is indicative of a very powerful storm, there will be flooding and a potential for landslides, but right now, with hainan and guangdong, they could have catastrophic winds coming with it. the storm is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 in the atlantic, think katrina in the united states. that is what we had last year in the philippines. so that is what we're looking at. we'll give you the latest advisory as it comes in. there is the track, already 38 people have died because of the storm in the philippines. o and it will be a good 24 hours, hala, to know what type of damage and casualties we are dealing with which i believe we are in hainan and especially up towards guangdong right along the bays here as the storm continues to move in. there are about 10 mill

monster storm system, which is going to avoid the area strongest hit, hong kong province and guangdong province. sea surface temperatures which fuel the system, about 85, 86 degrees fahrenheit, 30 degrees celsius, the water temperature. direct temperature going to be the central coast of taiwan some time tuesday night, transitioning to wednesday morning. this would be equivalent shy of a category 2 but could peak shy of a category 3 before it hits landfall in taiwan, where we know it will begin to weaken. a lot of communities in the hillside with extoneses ive flooding part of the possibility. the storm system will have enough juice to push in twashd china as it develops to another tie fan. as far as rains are concerned, 26 centimeters. inland, 75 centimeters, near the top of the charts when it comes to torrential rainfall. significant flooding and landslides and china not out of the woods, because eventually it pushes in and fujian province and guangdong. >> so much activity in that past few weeks. >> the peak season is here. >>> britain's prince george turns 1 this is week. >>> new pictures a

some 13 tons of processed meat have been withdrawn in guangdong province. similar measures have been taken in other locations. many chinese are sensitive about food safety following a string of scandals over the past decade. >>> officials with japan's environment ministry are trying to save some tiny creatures. they're worried about insects indigenous to islands that have been name adieu necessary co world heritage site. lizards are driving the bugs to the brink of extinction. the authorities have stepped in to try to protect them. >> reporter: there are so many species that are unique to these islands that -- has been called the galapagos of the orient. the native wildlife arrived here by chance and then evolved into a unique ecosystem through the ages. there are almost 600 species of animals and plants here that can't be found anywhere else in the world. snails are a striking example. a few varieties that arrived in the islands adapted to the local conditions and have evolved into over 100 species. the original ecosystem has been best preserved on anijima

officials still calculating the economic blow dealt by tie phan rammasun on southern china's guangdong provinceses at more than $2 billion. the powerful storm dropped 400 millimeters of rain on some places. homes damaged or destroyed and large areas of farmland ruined. almost 3,000 people were evacuated. no casualties are reported in guangdong but state media say at least 17 deaths are being blamed on the storm elsewhere in southern china. thavg that of course is on top of the death toll in the philippines, which i think was around 60, ivan? >> yeah. >> and now we've got another typhoon heading to the area? >> deadlier than typhoon rammasun. which was the second. we had nigori which hit japan. and now we have a third one. let's show you what's happening. busy. this is not unusual, actually. this is the typhoon season and we really ramped things up in this part of the world this time of year. but there went niguri. also a super typhoon. incredible winds that weakened before it slammed into japan a couple weeks ago. then rammasun. this one curved up and went right through the philippines and into