the very strong typhoon roke is churning closer toward japan's main island of honshu. tonight people in central and western japan are on high alert. heavy rain is already falling in the region, and there are growing fears of widespread flooding and landslides. evacuation warnings have been issued, affecting more than one million people. local government officials had advised people to head to evacuation centers as the water levels were rising on the tenpaku and shonai rivers. >> translator: the rain was pouring. i had to evacuate with my child before it got i'm woied about water level on the river. >> in nearby gifu prefecture, authorities are telling people to leave their homes. rescuers are searching for two people including a schoolboy. in a prefecture next to osaka, officials want nearly 40,000 people to evacuate. people in other areas of miyazaki and other southern prefectures in japan have been ordered to evacuate because of possible landslides. some residents had to be rescued by boat before their houses were inundated by the rising floods. >> translator: i feel

it then churned northeast through honshu, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. officials say landslides hit many areas. the water level of rivers in central japan has been rising significantly. authorities have ordered or advised about 150,000 people to evacuate their homes. this man shows just how strong the winds were when they blew through toyohashi city in i'vi prefecture. typhoon roke has slowed transportation across much of japan. airlines canceled more than 600 domestic flights at tokyo's haneda airport and the central chubu airport. many international flights have also been affected. the storm plowed through tokyo earlier on wednesday evening. as much as 30 millimeters of rain fell in one hour. strong gusts of wind made getting around the capital tough. rail officials suspended many trains for several hours. tens of thousands of people were stranded. the wind knocked a 12-meter tree down near nhk's studio in the shibuya district. the trunk crashed onto the back of a taxi. typhoon roke also left many people in the dark. it knocked out power to about 170,0

it made landfall and turned northeast through honshu, bringing heavy rain and strong linds. officials say landslides hit many areas. the water level of rivers in central japan has been rising significantly. authorities have ordered or advised about 150,000 people to evacuate their homes. this man shows just how strong the winds were when they blew through toyohashi city in aichi prefecture. typhoon roke has slowed transportation across much of japan. airlines canceled more than 600 domestic flights at tokyo's haneda airport and the central chubu airport. many international flights have also been affected. the storm plowed through tokyo earlier on wednesday evening. as much as 30 millimeters of rain fell in one hour. strong gusts of wind made getting around the capital tough. rail officials suspended many trains for several hours. tens of thousands of people were stranded. >> this is incredible. the wind knocked a 12-meter tree down near nhk's studio in the shibuya district. the trunk crashed onto the back of a taxi. typhoon roke also left many people in the dark. it knocked

. >>> the very strong typhoon roke is churning closer toward japan's main island of honshu. people in central and western japan are on high alert. heavy rain is already falling in the region and there are growing fears of widespread flooding and landslides. ev evacuation warnings have been issued. 1 million people in aichi have been warned to evacuate alone. in gifu prefecture the authorities are telling more than 96,000 residents to leave their homes. rescuers are searching for two people, including a school boy. in hyogo prefecture, next to osaka, officials want more than 34,000 people to evacuate. people in some areas of miyazaki and oita prefectures in southern japan have also been warned to evacuate because of possible landslides. some residents had to be rescued by boat before their houses were inundated by the rising waters. >> translator: i feel so relieved. the rain is easing off now. i hope is it stops soon. >> one reason why typhoon roke is causing much concern is because western japan is still recovering from a previous storm that hit the region earlier this mont

japan is looking better today after getting rid of the typhoon roke, which just blew through honshu andstill bringing showers and some strong winds, still to the northeastern coast. but it is going to be a much better day tomorrow. while we look at the 72-hour rainfall accumulation. for areas in tohoku, you can see that very significant amounts of rain fell. ishinomaki saw 542 millimeters of rain in two days. this is going to be stopping along the eastern coast. but we still see showers for the western coast tomorrow. and any additional rainfall could really be a problem. while we see the runoff coming down from the mountains, there is still a high risk of flooding, landslides and mudslides as we go through the next few days, so we'll be keeping an eye on that situation. high pressure moving through across towards the east, pushing into japan, it will be clearing a lot of things up for many of us across the western and central portions of japan. the korean peninsula staying clear. but in the southwest we have ongoing rain and there is very significant flood problem here as well. that wi

. >> blew through honshu and is now still bringing some showers and some strong winds, still to the northeastern coast. but it is going to be a much better day tomorrow. now, while we look at the 72-hour rainfall accumulation, for areas in in tohoku affected by the march 11th disaster, you see that very significant amounts of rainfall fell. ishinomaki saw 542 millimeters of rain in two days and this is going to be stopping along the eastern coast. but we still see showers for the western coast tomorrow. and any additional rainfall could really be a problem. while we see the runoff coming down from the mountains, there still is a high risk of flooding, landslides and mudslides as we go through the next few days, so we'll be keeping an eye on that situation. high pressure moving through across to the east, pushing into japan, it will be clearing a lot of things up, for many of us across western and central portions of japan. in the southwest we have ongoing rain and there is very significant flood problem here as well. that will continue, the rain will, anyway. some heavy in places into the weeken

mostly sunny on thursday but there will be some scattered showers passing through the northern tips of honshu. meanwhile... northeastern china's turning wet again, except beijing with partly cloudy skies. shanghai is staying dry as well on thursday. but much of vietnam, cambodia, laos and thailand will deal with heavy downpours which will even extend into singapore and the malay peninsula. down under... high pressure is the major system for most of australia... but there will be a few cloudiness for southeastern coastal regions as usual, and temperatures in many areas, including sydney and melbourne will warm up for the next couple of days. new zealand however will be pretty unsettled with a combination of winds from the southwest and low pressure system... so occasional showers are likely to happen there. into north america... a cold front arrives in the northeastern u.s pulling the temperatures down into the low to mid 20s and bringing scattered thunderstorms which may contain gusty winds and even some hail, so watch out if you're in these areas. but cool high pressure will dominate the mid