heavy rain is expected in shizuoka and kochi on tuesday and severe thunderstorms expected in niigatan the evening but conditions will improve in shizuoka and kochi as we go into wednesday and thursday. people in the central and eastern china are finally seeing dry weather on tuesday. but some of the rivers are still swollelen due to the recent downpours. on monday chinese authorities reported t that the water level of 433 rivers have passed their allotted levels. the river and streams are still exceeding the warning level. the government says it will momonitor the norththern chinan rivevers because h heavy rains expected to continue in that area. a front will develop once again wednesday as a tropical depression moves north and brings a lot of moisture. showers will increase in and around shanghai on wednesday with up to 120 millimeters possible. there will be showers wednesday and it will continue into the weekend. that's it for now. stay safe. >>> the head of the world health organization is warning that the coronavirus pandemic will get even worse if countries fail to take stricte

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the mercury hit 36 degrees in kochi prefecture and 36.6 degrees in chongqing on thursday.hings will be hot and dry in the southern half of japan into central china throughout the weekend. we may even see higher temperatures over the coming days. the high could reach 35 degrees in osaka, shanghai, and chongqing as we go into the weekend. meanwhile, tokyo had cooler temperatures in the last few days, but temperatures will climb to the 30s as the sun comes back. watch out for heat stroke. now we are talking about the end of the rainien is, bit also means the start of the typhoon season n. fact, we had a tropical system over the south china sea. that will become a tropical depression as it moves forth had. the center of the storm may bring heavy rain. the outer band of the storm will also produce downpours across southern coast of china and in northern vieietnam as we go int the weekend. expect up to 150 millimeters in the next 24 hours. the rainfall will continue to increase throughout the weekend. coastal flooding may be possible. winds will pick up in heiko, hongng kong,, a

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