>> kyushu is starting to see stormy conditions. as you can see the eye has gone but the clouds are still densely packed. that means this is a very strong typhoon still. it's the second highest rank for typhoon. the system is expected to move to the north and then veer toward the northeast. it could probably get close to south korea or kyushu this evening and then move over the sea of japan and then may attach to the -- may land on northern parts of japan by thursday morning local time. now as we go into tomorrow morning, the stormiest parts are going to be found across south korea, kyushu, as well . waves could be as high as nine meters if the storm's arrival coincides with high tide. flooding rests could be especially high, gusts as high as 200 kilometers per hour in places. as for rainfall b. 200 millimeters of rain is likely in parts of kyushu and southern

record amounts of rain fell in parts of kyushu. the front will remain. so the risk of heavy rein is shifting towards the east across central and eastern japan. we are expecting more than 200 millimeters of rain to fall in some locations. the heaviest rain is going to be found in the yoesh ma islands. the risk of flooding and landslides will ten for the next couple of days i'm afraid. >> we'll be back later with more updates in world weather. >>> nuclear regulators in japan have simplified things for the people in charge of fukushima daiichi. they've allowed workers at the nuclear plant to change the way they release water from barriers around the storage tanks. the tanks hold radioactive water. they're surrounded by barriers.

told to evacuate in one area in kyushu. landslides reported there on the key peninsula in shokoku. an additional 300 millimeters of rainfall is expected here in the next 24 hours. so still the risk of further flooding and landslides. just continuing to impact this area. as far as northern japan, it could be a lot worse because francisco is actually going to get wrapped up with likima. this one's going to start to pull it in from the west here and push it off to the east. so as far as this storm moving through north, it's actually going to move more eastward toward this one. good news there. powerful typhoon, as a matter of fact, 306 kilometer per hour winds up in the center of circulation. well over open ocean. only the fish will be impacted by this as it does push off. let's talk about what's going on in the americas, though. the big topic is the high pressure. look at this, the big high dominating. usually when you have a high big bubble, no trouble. pretty decent weather.