rains impact the northern and eastern end of the tropical storm system, so the pacific side of mainland japan will be looking at ample amounts of rain moving in today. lots of rain, especially for central sections of japan, and that will include hard hit areas. still dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm talas, so this rain is a big concern. northern japan looking wet this afternoon. more rain comes in off the korean peninsula. and behind it, it looks dryer as we head into the evening hours. central china, another area of rain comes in. that will be wetter as you head into the rest of friday. high is 31 in tokyo. 30 degrees in seoul. summer heat hanging on here. meanwhile, for the americas, looking at the tropical storm maria here. it has now strengthened into a hurricane, category one hurricane. but further strengthening is possible just a little more. as it aims for the eastern tip of canada here in newfoundland, it could make landfall over avalon peninsula. warnings and watches are issued. things getting stormy late thursday into friday. you want to watch for that. the u.s. will loo

typhoon talas is moving close to mainland japan. it has been bringing some widespread heavy rain as well as thunderstorms now. expected to turn stormy today. looks like it's going to be making land here during the overnight hours as a strong typhoon. before it continues to move in a northerly direction towards the sea of japan. it does remain a very large storm system, very strong system. so the results of course could be devastating. it has already been impacting much of fujioka. well over 300 millimeters in portions of the country. 420 in parts of nara as well. rainfall reaching its peak over the next 48 hours. to get a better idea, if we look at the next 24 hours. we're talking up to 200 millimeters in northern portions of the country. down farther we'll see more than that up to 700 millimeters occur in the next 24 hours. so flooding is going to be a big risk in many areas. coastal flooding as well to watch out for. and very stormy conditions. now let's head over to the americas. we could see a tropical storm form over the gulf o

looks like it'll head right for mainland japan. possible making land fall in the central area and crossing through. it will be a very stormy next couple of days for japan. it is picking up speed so it shouldn't be the same slow system. nonetheless, that is plenty of stormy weather it keep an eye on. for the peninsula, eastern china, things are dry. but for inland portions here, still looking at light showers. there have been landslides and flooding reported. that light rainfall will pose a problem here. highs on tuesday looking mild for the north. 22 in shanghai. and tokyo 30-degree mark for a change. over towards the americas, we've got rain moving through the eastern half of canada as well as united states. but it is looking like it is going to taper off as it heads to the northeast corner here. for the southeast it does look it remain pretty unsettled. behind another low falls right along the u.s.-canadian border. that too will pose a couple showers. we've got 20 degrees expected in vancouver. seattle heats up to 30 degrees. and

showers are going to start affecting, of course, islands in the south but parts of southern mainland japan as well. that will include hard-hit areas, areas still well saturated from last week's flood risk, land slide risk will remain very, very serious in some of these areas. china, remains wet towards the east. scattered showers today, so unsettled weather here, shanghai's high remains at 29 degrees, so pretty pleasant here. tokyo at 31, it will be on the humid and sticky side for a change. over towards the americas, good rotation here, this will be hurricane katia, bringing some dangerous rip currents to the east coast of the u.s., it will start heading out towards the sea, but we are keeping an eye on tropical storm nate in the gulf of mexico. remains at a slow, slow pace, about 4 kilometers per hour and expected to become a hurricane by friday and will bring in lots of rain to the yucatan peninsula and high waves. in the caribbean, of course, there is tropical storm maria. this one is expected to weaken a little bit as it moves through the leeward islands as a tropical depression, but

we have this typhoon moving slowly towards mainland japan. there are very high waves along the coast here. its intensity hasn't changed a whole lot. maximum wind speeds, 120 kilometers per hour. it is starting to veer towards north, moving very slowly. still it looks like it was going to be aiming for western j pan, due to make land fall here by saturday morning and then move over to t.o. the sea of japan. very large storm system indeed. as i said, already bringing very high waves. waves could reach nine meters in western japan and producing a lot of heavy rain into central portions of the country as well over 200 millimeters reported in some of the areas and again in the next 24 hours, we are expect torrential downpours in parts of western and central japan. we are looking upwards of a hundred millimeters and over 400 mill meet cores fall in the next 24 hours. flooding is a big concern. especially in mid section of the country. they are also looking at swied spread thunderstorms as well. meanwhile, we are looking at he rem napt, slow and sou

this is tropical storm nor, which is traveling along the pacific ocean, parallel to mainland japan. as of now it's not affecting land. it's sandwiching the rem and in of talas. it will bring amle amounts of moisture and therefore rain to come in hokkaido. if we can take a look at this video coming out from shimizu, hokkaido. the remnants are bringing torrential rainfall already. jma held a press conference for residents in hokkaido to prepare the residents. the land is already saturated from previous flooding. they're all at very high risk. now in hokkaido as we pull back here, you will see that in the next 24 hours the rain band will be moving through in and around ha pore rah and into southwestern russia as well. we may see 400 millimeters in some area of hokkaido. we've had an accumulation of 200 millimeters in southwestern hokkaido so the land is very, very saturated. we're very, very worried and being cautious about these high risks of flooding and landslides and mud slides. chongqing still heating up sat 38. tomorrow we'll be looking at very hot temperatures there, too, but th

ichb directly, though, it will already be affecting from late tonight honor shoe area of mainland japan. the accumulation of rainfall in tokai and kin kay region will be developing. this is where we've already hat flooding situation from the previous storm that brought torrential rain. the landslide is going to be, again, at very high risk for the next 24 hours. much of other -- elsewhere in japan looking pretty dry and very hot. hokkaido will be looking at very unstable conditions and also here in eastern china as well as northern china. all the cooler air from the north and moisture will be pulling in, so the clash is going to be bringing those unstable weathers also in the philippines and indo-china peninsula and india. as well, the southwest monsoon is picking up. thailand still has high risk of further flooding and flash floods. here in north america, a few things are happening here. let's get on with it. with tropical storm maria, this is speeding its pace up and just going over the tropical atlantic in the next 48 hours. looks like it will become a hurricane as it approaches the

showers are going to start effecting the islands here in the south but parts of southern mainland japan as well. and that will include some hard-hit areas. areas that are still well saturated from the tropical storm system from last week. landslide risk will remain very serious in some of these areas. over towards china it remains wet out towards the east. scattered showers across this wide area today. shanghai's high remains at 29 degrees. chongqing down to 25. pleasant here. tokyo in at 31. it is going to be on the humid, sticky side for a change. over towards the americas, we're looking at good rotation here. this is hurricane katia remaining off shore but bringing dangerous rip currents to the east coast of the u.s. it will start veering out towards sea after this and head out. but we are keeping an eye on tropical storm nate in the gulf of mexico. remains a slow pace, about four kilometers per hour. it is expected to become a hurricane by friday. and it will continue to bring in lots of rain to the yucatan peninsula as well as some high waves. we need to watch out for that. and in

typhoon is moving close to mainland japan. it is bringing widespread heavy rain ease well as thunder storms. it is expected to turn very, very stormy today. it looks like it'll make land here some time during evernight hours as a strong typhoon before continuing to move in the northerly direction towards the sea of japan tp does t does remain a very large storm system. very strong system. so the results of course could be devastating. it has been impacting much with heavy rain the last few days. . well over 300 millimeters. reaching 420 in part of nara as well. we will only see more rain. rainfall reaching its peak and to get a better idea if we look at next 24 hours we be talking up to 220 millimeters down in kinky and we certainly see more than that up to 700 millimeters occur in next 24 hours. so flooding is going to be a big risk in many areas, coastal flood willing as well as to watch out for, a very, very stormy conditions. now let's head over to the america americas then. we see a tropical storm form over the gulf of me

impacting more of the northern and eastern end of the tropical storm system so the pacific side of mainland japan looking at ample amounts of rain moving on in today. lots of rain especially for central sections of japan and includes very hard hit areas still dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm that lasso the additional rainfall is of a very, very big concern. meanwhile, northern japan, too, starting to look wet this afternoon. more rain off of the korean peninsula and behind it looks drier heading in to the evening hours but for central china, this slice looking at another area of rain coming on in so that will be a lot wetter as we head in to the rest of friday. there's a highs, 31 in tokyo. so hot and also 30 degrees in seoul. still summer heat hanging on here. meanwhile, for the americas, we're looking at the tropical storm maria here. rather it's now strengthened in to a hurricane and category 1 hurricane but the further strengthening is going to be possible, just a little bit more but as it aims for the very eastern tip of canada here and newfoundland, it could make landfall over a

if you're watching this from japan, no worries from mainland japan. similar to one of the last few storms that hit through islands. wor not expecting this to be a typhoon. if anything, it would be a low-wind typhoon. we're thinking 102 in 72 hours. thereafter it could go anywhere, head up to shanghai or perhaps head north into the yellow sea. first things first. we have to get through the next 72 hours. that will be for the islands in japan. also want to talk about the monsoon situation in southeastern pakistan. millions have now been affected. we have 13,000 camps that have been set up for 150,000 folks that have been left without homes. 650,000 homes have been partially or completely destroyed as a result of so much rain that has fallen so far in this monsoonal season. there's been a disaster here. we continue to see unfortunately that exact area getting hit again with more heavy rain over the next couple of days. tropical storm, then a hurricane, now an extra tropical storm. we're talking about katia, what was once a hurricane in the atlantic basin

only path to the mainland for them with eighteen points spain and macedonia go head to head in the of the semifinal this season. now the rugby world cup host new zealand are up against japan in their second game in pool a the last time they met was back in ninety ninety five when the all blacks were not one hundred forty five points to seventeenth or your plan hoping to keep the score lower than now but they do trail the thirty eight mil as half time approaches the all blacks aren't at full strength skipper richie mccaw is injured along with fly half dan carter and fullback mules and although they are expected to be fit for the next game against france. russia's assistant coach rushes assistant coach kingsley jones says the side should take heart from their debut at the rugby world cup despite losing thirteen points to six to be usa he believes there were plenty of positives as well as lessons to be learned from new plymouth here is which of them portly. it was a very brave and gutsy performance by the russians but in the end they lack the skill and perhaps the experience as they fell to their feet so america was a bitterly cold and wet night in new plymouth nevertheless