the heaviest rain will be found around hokkaido and tohuku.o stormy conditions across the whole of japan over the next few days. even as it leaves japan and things clearing up for most of western japan by thursday, we have another storm to watch out for. right now it's packing winds of 72 kilometers per hour, situated southeast of china. it will intensify and get close to taiwan. as much as 250 millimeters of rain is likely in a span of 24 hours. it will likely become a remnant low and affect western japan later this week. heading over to the americas, a strong low pressure system producing stormy conditions in the western great lakes region. tornados are not out of the question. stormy weather will continue into your tuesday. to the south, dry and red flood warnings posted into your tuesday. temperature wise, heat is building up, up to 36 in chicago and 32 degrees expected in oklahoma city. finally, let's go over to europe. we have a strong low pressure system over in southern france producing stormy conditions. that will expand into central

patten cool air floss in to the eastern side of hokkaido and produces gloomy weather. out west we have a low and seasonal front bringing heavy rain particularly in kyushu, 300 millimeters of rain have fallen in 4 hours. lots of land slides have been reported. in addition to 150 millimeters although the peak is over but rain will intensify on tuesday. out west we got rain band extending along the yagngtze river. out towards the west we got pink showing up that means torrential rain will once again hit northeastern india, bangladesh and northern myanmar. 32 in hong kong, 30 degrees chongoing. tropical storm debby formed over the northern portion of the gulf of mexico on saturday and ten tornadoes have touched down in florida on sunday, linked to the storm. right now sustained winds are 95 kilometers with gusts of 111, moving in a northeasterly direction at a very slow pace. it will likely make a direct impact on southeast-southwest florida by thursday afternoon and become a tropical depression by friday. high waves and rough seas are a great concern because its moving at

that's when the final nuclear plant in operation in hokkaido was shut down for inspection. following the prime minister's speech, local officials involved with the ohi plant expressed their opinions. the governor of fukui says in his statement that officials will determine whether managers at the plant are capable of making decisions during a nuclear emergency. the governor plans to hear opinions from an independent panel of experts and members of the prefectural assembly. he plans to inspect the plant before agreeing to the restart. >> translator: the speech impressed me indicating a power plant should be restored. i would like to hear the governor's opinion on the matter. >> some areas in shiga prefecture lie within a 30 kilometer radius of the ohi power plant. >> translator: the government should proceed with a plan as soon as possible. the prerequisite for restart is only when demand for electricity peaks. many people including those in business circles are worried about power shortages. >> this is how the procedure toward restarting the reactors at the ohi plant is exp

it looks like guchol will be downgraded to a remnant low and head towards hokkaido. so stormy conditions will once again hit this area. as we head into thursday. central japan will see clear conditions today, after the storm leaves, and temperatures will be rising above 30 degrees in some locations, including tokyo. as for southern japan, it's already experiencing another round of heavy rain. this is due to onflow moisture coming in from severe storm situated to the southeast coast of china, packing some sustained winds of 90 kilometers per hour with gusts of 126. it will likely move through the taiwan strait within the next 24 hours, possibly make landfall in taiwan. and then become a tropical storm and aim for western japan. so western japan will once again will be hit by stormy conditions later this week. areas like southern china, taiwan, and southern japan have been contending with a lot of rain due to a seasonal front. so the ground is already well saturated. any additional rain could worsen the situation. all right. temperaturewise, getting up to 32 in hong ko

hokkaido, record-breaking temperatures today all the way up to the mid-30s. even south of that, high of 27. shanghai, though, up to 34. and ahead of this tropical system in hong kong, a high of 30 on your saturday. now into the americas, clear skies are dominating much of the region here. this is also contributing to some hot weather. near record-breaking or record-breaking temperatures across much of the east. but critical fire weather in the rest. already burning numerous areas out here. i want to take you to a video coming out of colorado springs, colorado, where you can see charred forests from the fire that broke out on june 9th. it actually scorched more than 350 square kilometers. about 350 homes have also been destroyed and thus forced about 30,000 people to evacuate. thousands remain under evacuation orders as the waldo canyon fire becomes the most destructive fire in state history. the cause of the blaze still remains unknown as conditions are actually still dangerous for people to get out here and investigate it. if we can pull back the picture her

especially in hokkaido with that remnant of mawar still impacting the coastal areas with 3 to 4 metersf high waves. it is not really going to be a great idea to take your boats out there. northeastern china as well as the korean peninsula will be looking at some rainy conditions as well. and isolated thunderstorms could be popping up there as well. southeastern china still, yes, the seasonal front will be lingering there, sitting there for a long while. for the next several days, actually, and fujian province, a report of more than 100 millimeters has fallen in the past 24 hours. so the ground is very, very saturated. no more rain is welcome there, but additional rain will be falling. and also in the philippines, and indochina peninsula, we're looking at heavy patches of rain there as well. especially in southern thailand, we have been seeing more than 100 millimeters of rainfall accumulation there as well. so normal rain is welcomed, but, yes, high rk of flooding, landslides and mud slides altogether. tokyo at 27 degrees on our friday. going to be mainly overcast, but we may see some

so this could definitely trig smer further flooding, land dld slides and mudslides toward hokkaido regionalso up to 150 mill peters could be found. and accompanied with this rain band system moving towards konto region is the thunderstorms. large hail could be possible as well as damaging winds. and also tornadic activity cannot be ruled out. out towards southeast china, this is where the tropical storm talim has slammed the area with very heavy rain. another round of rain band will be developing over the similar areas. fujian province and hunan province. these are the areas that will be worst hit with additional of 150 millimeters and a very well saturated land. so that also flood threats, mudslides and land slides. hong kong at 30. chances of thunderstorms are in place here. and tokyo, we're looking at 24 degrees for our friday high. heading turnover the americas now, this is the area where we may see some severe thunderstorms today. and that could associate with some hail that could be about 3 centimeters in diameter. damaging winds also. but this cold front is weakening. however it wi

hokkaido, record-breaking temperatures today all the way up to the mid-30s. even south of that, high of 27. shanghai, though, up to 34. and ahead of this tropical storm in hong kong, a high of 30 on your saturday. now into the americas, clear skies are dominating much of the region here. this is also contributing to some hot weather. near record-breaking or record-breaking temperatures across much of the east. but critical fire weather in the rest. already burning numerous areas out here. i want to take you to a video coming out of colorado springs, colorado, where you can see charred forests from the fire that broke out on june 9th. it actually scorched more than 350 square kilometers. about 350 homes have also been destroyed and forced about 30,000 people to evacuate. thousands remain under evacuation orders as the waldo canyon fire becomes most destructive fire in state history. the cause of the blaze still remains unknown as conditions are actually still dangerous for feem get out here and investigate it. if we can pull back the picture here, i can show y

during a visit to the corals previously saffir sang at a concert in japan when she was visiting hokkaido on the. the book at aware that was the first time that a delegation of children learned i sang in japanese i felt a bit shy because of their language anyway missing songs in japanese as well as russian the japanese were pleasantly surprised me. in spite of the mutual visits and cultural exchange programs. the territorial dispute has gained new momentum in recent years. the mainland is well looked after but here we live almost in the wild which i thought i would only stick around here for a while before i knew it i had spent thirty three years in this place my children have all grown up. you could say i've taken a route here. despite attempts by soviet authorities to we down to memories of the japanese chapter in the history of the corals local settlers have been able to preserve several old cemeteries they look after them even though they're situated far away from modern day settlements to high winds that blow with the arrival of spring often ruin the flowers planted near the graves o