nhk reports. >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkel spoke with nhk on thursday in berlin. she says finding a way to resolve the russia/ukraine conflict is on the top of the agenda. >> translator: we will, of course, discuss how to address this situation in ukraine. japan is located beyond russia but we are close on this issue. we'll also discuss other important issues including efforts to eradicate terrorism. >> merkel gave her thoughts on another dispute, issues of sovereignty over islands involving china and its neighbors. >> translator: we're facing lots of wars and military conflicts such as the war in syria. i expect all the parties involvedn the south china sea disputes to fine a way to solve them peacefully. >> reporter: but she says this meeting is more about diplomacy, nhk obtained a draft of the summit declaration. it said the global economy is on a path to recovery but faces challenges. the leaders will pledge to create reliable, sustainable and viable conditions for economic growth. they will strive to wrap up negotiations on free trade agreements, including th

nhk world. >>> mean smar due to go to the polls in november. it will be the first general election in the transition from military to civilian rule. resolving the intern armed conflicts is a vital step in the democratic process. a key peace negotiator recently visited tokyo. our senior commentator has more. >> reporter: he advises the peace talks with ethnic groups. he attended a conference held by the japanese government on peace building in asia. government officials and experts came from 12 nations in the region. the audience paid close attention to what was said in a panel discussion. >> we know deep within our heart hearts that rare opportunity for our country to make peace with itself once and for all. failure is not an option for us. >> reporter: 51 million people live in myanmar. in 2011 it went from military rule to a civilian government. since then natural resources and the labor force have attracted foreign investment. but there have been conflicted for more than half a century between government forces and ethnic armed groups wantin

nhk world, bangkok. >> reporter: that wraps up our bulletin from bangkok. i'm patchari raksawong. >>> and now here's the three-day outlook on the world's weather. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. and from all of us at nhk world, thank you for watching and have a great day, wherever you are. >> hello and welcome to "global 3000." over the next half hour we'll bring you up to date on some of those key issues that matter wherever you live. and here is what is coming up. is coexistence impossible? how indigenous groups in peru try to live in harmony with nature. witch hunts in papua new guinea. a barbaric practice that simply won't go away. and moving to the city -- we visit chinese farmers happy to have left traditional life behind. we humans have left our mark on th

nhk world, bangkok. >> reporter: that wraps up our bulletin from bangkok. i'm patchari raksawong. >>> and now here's the three-day outlook on the world's weather. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. and from all of us at nhk world, thank you for watching and have a great day, wherever you are. steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100 an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then as it does today over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ir

>>> welcome to nhk "newsline." i'm ross mihara in tokyo. >>> the u.s. defense secretary has called on a top chinese military official to halt the country's land reclamation in the south china sea. ash carter met in washington with the jen, the highest level military official to visit the u.s. in six years. he's the vice chairman of the military commission. pentagon officials say the united states extended an invitation to him earlier this year in view of rising tensions over china's expanding maritime activities in the south china sea. defense department officials say carter called on fan about the spratly islands and cease further militarization. carter also expressed hope that the united states and china will reach consensus by autumn on rules to reduce the risk of accidents when the two countries' aircraft operate close to each other. >>> a court in china has handed down a life sentence to a former member of the nation's top decision-making body for accepting bribes. the ruling comes as president xi jinping aims to show he's committed to taking actio

jay tanaka, nhk world. >>> that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> the u.n. is getting a celebrity boost in its fight against climate change. actor robert redford is urging member countries for framework on greenhouse gas emissions. >> this is our only planet. our only life source. this may be our last chance. and only by acting now and standing together can we achieve the results we need in the time that we have left. >> redford has been an outspoken environmental advocate for more than 40 years. he made the remarks at a high-level conference on climate change at the u.n. headquarters in new york. u.n. secretary ban gee moon says it needs to speed up. they are hoping to hammer out an agreement on a new framework by the end of the year. >>> japanese authorities have raised the volcanic alert level for a mountain in kanagawa prefecture. they say a small eruption seems to have taken place on mt. hakone and warn it could erupt again. they raised the alert level to 3 on a scale of 5 and are calling on people not to ap

nhk accompanied a kurdish troop facing off with extremists on the front line. nhk world's tomoko kamata reports. >> reporter: islamic state militants seized the strategic city a year ago. kurdish troops far outnumber the militants. but they've been dealing with another challenge. suicide bombers. a video by the militants shows how they conduct the attacks. they load a car with explosives. then they barrel into an enemy stronghold. the militants have been devising ways to give the attacks even more impact. they've been armoring their vehicles with thick iron plates. kurdish commanders say the militants used nearly 30 suicide trucks when they launched an assault on ramadi. then they stormed into the heart of the city. >> translator: it's really tough battling islamic state militants who are ready to die. we've never experienced fighting like this. >> reporter: kurdish military leaders say many of the people staging suicide attacks are foreigners. this chechen man tried and failed to blow up a car outside before he was captured. >> translator: i was told to bomb p

chiaki ishikawa nhk world. >> we'll keep you updated here on "newsline." thanks for that report. >>> they've been locked in a sovereignty dispute with several other parties in the south china sea. officials with the foreign ministry said in a statement that reclamation work on some islands and reefs will be completed soon. they'll then move into building facilities on the spratly islands but they haven't given a timeline. it's the first time government officials have mentioned the end of construction work. beijing and several other parties claim the islands. washington is keeping a close watch while conducting reconnaissance activities. the announcement comes as delegates from both nations will meet next week for the strategic and economic dialogue. >>> the united nations chief has called for humanitarian truce in yemen and warned the country is like a ticking time bomb. ban ki-moon was trying to bring together -- >> today yemen's very existence hangs in the balance. the parties have a responsibility to end the fighting and begin a real process of peace an

nhk world reports. >> reporter: the peace museum is on a mission of remembrance. it's dedicated to telling the story of a young nursing unit. this is the museum's director. she was one of the 240 people drafted into the student corps as nurses. more than half of them lost their lives. southern okinawa was the scene of the fiercest fighting between japanese and u.s. troops. the japanese military set up hospitals in this kind of caves during the battle of okinawa. many female students were sent here to take care of the injured. eventually this too, became a battlefield. this woman saw many of her friends killed. some chose to commit suicide with hand grenades provided by japanese troops. >> translator: i'll never be able to forget that we had to leave our friends or couldn't help them in the flames of the battlefield. for 40 years many of us couldn't bring ourselves to admit that we had been part of the student corps. >> reporter: now many surviving members in their late 80s. to prepare for the day when none of them are left they renovated the museum's exhibition. b

reporting for nhk world. >>> it is time now for a check of the weather. people in southern japan are dealing with heavy rain. flooding is also a concern. mai shoji joins us with more in world weather. >> it is the rainy season so it is obviously going to be bringing lots of rainfall but it's too heavy in kagoshima. we look at the picture coming out from here. it's just too much. in the past 24 hours alone there has been, of course, over 330 millimeters of rainfall in kagoshima. while in the past month, the area has seen 1,500 millimeters, that's three times the average for june. landslides have occurred blocking roadways. one covered a train line in kagoshima on thursday. the line has now been cleared, but jma is warning of landslides that could still take place. this could result in continued travel delays and another landslide here ripped through a construction area carrying a wave of mud downstream, damaging several home and submerging vehicles in the dirt. lots happening here. unfortunately, catherine, we're likely to see more rain coming through the

more to come here on nhk world so stay with us. ?çqoq announces new migrants measures, but eu states want to share the burden of asylum seekers. tensions are running high in hong kong. the bill will decide how the financial hub chooses its next leader. and the palestinian unity government is expected to relying -- to resign later today. that is according to president mahmoud abbas. we cross to our correspondent for the latest. also coming up this hour, we have got the story of a french mail-order firm tha

. >>> nhk has obtained new satellite images of two spratly islands in the south china sea. six parties claim the islands. the photos show land reclamation being undertaken by china. a new image shows china's land reclamation around the mischief reef is close to completion. compared to a photo taken in march. the project is progressing significantly. a photo of the reef shows sand in the reef. this indicates the reclamation work is ongoing. china's foreign ministry spokesperson announced this week that china will soon complete its land reclamation work. he said that after the reclamation, china will build facilities to meet functional requirements. a fellow with the center for strategic and international studies says she expects the reclamation work will be completed in the next couple of months. china has been engaged in reclamation work at seven reefs in the spratly islands. cooper says the work is nearly complete at five reefs with the construction facilities such as an airstrip and a port continues. >> we do not read it as a change of policy. we read it as a change the d

mitsuko nishikawa, nhk world. >>> it's time now to get a check of the weather.ple in many areas of japan are dealing with the rainy season and those in southern regions are getting hit hard. mai shoji joins us from the latest. >> well, as you know the rainy season is very important for the country, especially for the agriculture, however it's really bringing down the rainfall and pouring especially across southern kush yu. pulling into these locations, especially in couplea moto. people are forced to evacuate, so far, 40,000 people are forced to evacuate. the rain has been continuing. moisture flowing off the rainy season front continues to collide with the mountains, that's why we're looking at a few locations in the region which have seen about 380 millimeters of rainfall in the past 72 hours. heavy rainfall warnings and landslide warnings are in place and people are also advised to be aware of flash flooding. at the very least, it will be a slow commute for the residents in parts of queue shoe this morning. we're likely to see 200 millimeters of rainfall very

chie tanaka, nhk world. >> and i'll have more stories for you in business next hour. i'll leave you now with a check on markets. >>> a chinese lawyer has told a special u.s. commission that beijing continues to crackdown on political activists in the country. the commission is looking into the human rights situation in china. thursday marks the 26th anniversary of the crackdown on protesters in beijing's tiananmen square. the chinese government says that 319 people died but critics say the real figure has not been revealed. a chinese lawyer in the u.s. said the human rights situation in china remains grim. >> the chinese government never stopped its crackdown on people's resistance since xi jinping came to power. >> this woman is a university student and the daughter of an activist who has been held in china for more than ten years. she says human rights issues are ignored. she says as a country that values democracy and human rights the u.s. should urge china to improve the situation. a group of south koreans are trying to stop a growing problem that keeps washing up

more to come here on nhk world, so stay with us. ief and anger as a man suspected of shooting 90 is due to make his first court appearance -- shooting 9 is due to make his first court appearance. denmark could have its first female prime minister. thousands of haitian immigrants and their descendents are facing deportation. in business, as greece

nhk world's ma gu mee nakanishi reports. >> reporter: white house officials said obama conveyed u.s. concerns over china's activities about the spratly islands in the south china sea. beijing's locked in a sovereignty over the islands with several southeast asian governments. the chinese are strengthening their presence in the region. they are building facilities. u.s. officials have called for an end to the project. remarks at the conclusion of the talks suggest the two sides remain apart. >> we believe that countries with competing claims should exercise restraint, refrain from preventive unilateral actions and settle their differences in accordance with international law. >> translator: i have repeatedly stressed that china will firmly defend its sovereignty and maritime interests. and we will continue direct talks with the parties involved. >> reporter: o'hara is specialing in asia. he said the difference in security policy. >> china recognized china must control the south china sea for prevent united states to access nearby chinese offshore freely. but on the other hand united s

>>> hello, and welcome to nhk "newsline." it's friday june 12th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> delegates at a u.n. climate meeting have come together to take measures to protect the environment. they say they'll draft by late july the negotiating text for a new framework to curb global warming. it was reached at working level talks. they met for 11 days in bonn germany. they discussed goals for greenhouse gas emission cuts and they talked about ways to financially help developing countries tackle global warming. japanese government officials explained they'll seek to count their greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2013 from 2013 levels. international nongovernment organizations and some developing nations have criticized the goal as too low. >> i hope that japan would have more ambitious start because everybody has to do their part to mitigate to make sure that we can avod the worst effects of climate change. >> they plan to seek understanding from other country. >> translator: i explained japan's targets to the participating delegates. and

nhk world's jun yotsumoto reports. >> the sounds of a kendo match travel fast and far. they are an essential part of the competition. this year's championships drew practitioners or kenchi from 56 countries and territories, the most ever. the international competition began in the nippon budokan in 1917. it's been held somewhere in the world every three years since. this year it returns to its roots. the czech and french teams practiced at one of the country's prime venues, the imperial palace. the historical training hall is not usually open to the public. this is where the emperor sits to watch martial arts bouts. this man is a director of the old japan kendo federation and a master of the martial art. he's been traveling to europe for about 40 years to share what he knows. >> translator: i want to teach more than technique. i hope to convey the qualities of japan culture, such as decorum, via kendo. >> reporter: at age 65 ozawa is still relentless, as are the other masters. they want to make sure that kendo doesn't lose its essence by going global. a match supposed t

nhk obtained a draft of the summit declaration. it said the global economy is on a path to recovery but faces challenges. so the leaders will create reliable sustainable and viable conditions for economic growth. and they will strive to wrap up negotiations on free trade agreements including the transpacific partnership deal. merkel also spoke about this year's 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii. >> translator: germans have dedicated themselves to confront their past and we've also made a lot of effort to be a good partner to our neighbors. i think japan has been following similar steps. >> reporter: the leaders will meet in the southern german resort on sunday and monday. >>> thanks for that report. top officials with japan's ruling liberal democratic party are defending security bills that would expand the role of the country's self-defense forces. some scholars have called the bills unconstitutional. opposition members are grilling the government over the issue. >> translator: given the fact three academics called the b

nhk world's hiroshim shi sake has more. >> reporter: nhk has a recent video of mosul secretly recorded by a resident. a motorcade is seen careening through the city's streets with islamic state militants inside waving their black flag. this was once a government office building. it's now under the control of the insurgents. downtown shops are closed. islamic state militants are restricting cell phone usage to avoid leaks of information. this camp is 70 kilometers east of mosul in the suburbs of the northern iraqi city of arbil. people here say the number of those displaced from mosul have dwindled in recent months. mosul is now full of checkpoints and residents are strictly forbidden to leave the city. a man who escaped said people in mosul must obey news of the islamic state militants who have imposed a sharia law. >> translator: women are not allowed to leave the house with a scarf covering their faces. smoking is prohibited. violators are whipped ten times. >> reporter: the man also said the insurgents have started enrolling children into what they say is a school to undergo trainin

kim chan-ju, nhk world, seoul. >>> that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. >>> kurdish fighters in northern syria say they are making deeper ingrowns. they have taken another key town putting them closer to the militant stronghold of raqqah. the kurdish troops are in control of ain issa on the turkish border. fighters captured that town last week. pilots in a u.s.-led coalition have been supporting them with air strikes. the conflict in syria has grown more complex since islamic state militants got involved. they have seized control of large areas of northern and eastern syria. now members are reportedly strengthening their defenses in raqqah. a representative for the group has released an audio recording. it calls for increased attacks against militant enemies during the holy month of ramadan. the 29-minute message released on tuesday is read by a spokesperson. he celebrates the start of ramadan, then he urges listeners to bring what he calls calamity to shia muslims and christians. the spokesman also says the militant group

kanerko sachno nhk world. >> thanks for that upbeat story. japan is placed in group c. the top two in each group and best ranked third place teams advance to the knockout stage. also in group c, cameroon beat ecuador 6-0. cameroon and japan both have three points. here's the current ranking in the group. >>> okay. now it's time for weather. the rainy season is upon us here in tokyo. and jonathan oh is here to tell us about how monsoon rains are battering neighboring china. jonathan? >> hello. our latest information is telling us we are going to be seeing even more rainfall for this region as we continue on forward. every time around this time of year we do see the rainy season from the stretch from china expanding eastward into japan. eventually as we go over a period of time that does move to the north. until then we are definitely going to be dealing with these concerns of heavy rainfall especially in southern china. let me show you what happened during the past couple of days giving you an idea of right here of what's been taking place with the rainy season in easter

hiyoki yagima nhk world. >>> it is time for a check of the weather.any people in tokyo woke up to the sound of heavy rain early this morning. meteorologist robert speta joins us with the latest. >> i do want to mention i, as well, who woke up pretty early this morning with that rain. it's a nice alarm clock but unfortunately if anybody is caught out in that, it is quite wet and we're still going to be expecting more showers through the rest of the day. now i think the heavy rainfall that we've seen in the early morning hours in tokyo for the most part that's over with, but we're still looking at light to moderate into the afternoon hours and that's really because our rainy season we've been talking about farther towards the west kind of lifted a little bit farther here towards the north during the overnight hours so we're seeing scattered showers, take a look at our accumulation outlook and while we still have some showers pushing by, mainly throughout the day, and even into saturday in the afternoon hours, there may still be some instability around t

julian luk, nhk world, macau. >>> craftsmanship is never out of style.e artisans of the current generation continue to look to tradition for inspiration. nhk world's meeko suzuki took in an exhibition that shows how they're reconsidering the old and rendering it new. >> reporter: the flatness of paper takes on three dimensions thanks to the skill of an artist with a knife. precise incisions make a delicate yet bold impression. a kimono stands as big as life. surprisingly, it's made of beads. the beads replace the role of fabric. but thread is essential. it forms the spine for the million and a half beads that make up the design. the work took three years to complete. >> wow, it's really beautiful. >> it's just amazing. i can't imagine any other country having such patience for such incredible detail. >> reporter: six artists from different genres all over japan gathered for an exhibition in tokyo. what they share is a desire to add a delicate and modern touch to a traditional art form. >> here you'll find a grocery store and a traditional house. it's act

. >>> nhk world's mingo takao reports. >> reporter: we've seen people come here to pray, lay flowers, and pay their respects. many are those who experienced the war. some were in tears. we also met some american war veterans who are back on this island for the first time since they fought in 1945. now, this park is situated where one of the bloodiest battles was held. when the fighting escalated, many resident hs nowhere to run. what they did was instead of being captured they threw themselves off cliffs like the one we're seeing in front of us. so this park was built so that such tragedies would never be repeated. now, if you can follow me over here, this is the center of the park. you can see many stone monuments. they're called the corner stones of peace. this is where the names of people whose lives were lost in the battle of okinawa, their names are listed. it includes not only the military personnel, but also civilians who lost their lives. every year those newly identified as having lost their lives during the battle their names are added. 87 names were engraved this year. many

keiko yamamoto, nhk world. >>> four asylum seekers that tried to enter australia illegally have arrived in cambodia on thursday. this comes as part of australia's efforts to deal with a flood of boat people. the move is the first under a settlement reached last september. the program is receiving criticism from the international community. the four one rohingya and three iranians were moved from an australian detention center to the cambodian capital. australia has been dealing with a seemingly endless flow of migrants, arriving by boat from asia and the middle east. in 2013, more than 20,000 such people found their way to the country's shores. they're placed in detention centers set up in papua new guinea. last september, australia struck a deal with cambodia to accept these asylum seekers in return for development assistance worth $35 million. the agreement is drawing criticism from human rights groups as well as the opposition parties in both countries. they say the refugee issue should not be passed on to another country. debate is growing about the ethics of turning these people ov

tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> nhk has obtained a report by the international atomic energy agency on the nuclear accident at fukushima daiichi. three of the plant's six reactors melted down following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. the report says japanese officials didn't do enough to prevent the disaster. the summary report was prepared by 180 scientists from more than 40 countries. the iaea board examined it this week before a final version is issued in september. the report says there were projections that a magnitude 8.3 quake would lead to tsunami measuring up to 15 meters high. it says officials at tokyo electric power take necessary precautions. the report also points out measures to prevent the flooding of emergency diesel generators were inadequate. they have proposed a period yachtic review of safety requirements. and also a scenario where multiple natural disasters dr simultaneously. >>> the decontamination team has a delay in a key initial step. officials from the government and tepco approved the revised plan. it refers to two important tasks. the removal of spent fuel

nhk world reports. >> reporter: people at this psychiatric clinic in kathmandu have been complaining of severe stress since the quake. this 8-year-old girl was trapped in a collapsed building for four hours. she couldn't move the right side of her body but had no injuries. the doctor thinks she is suffering from acute stress disorder. this 14-year-old girl was also trapped in the rubble and has difficulty sleeping. both girls are getting better thanks to medical help. but many children are still traumatized by the quake. >> children and women are vulnerable groups. the psychology is very strong and so they are vulnerable groups. we have to focus on children and women, actually. >> reporter: nongovernmental organizations are trying to ease the children's psychological stress. the children enjoy a singing and dancing class arranged by an international ngo. the aid workers think the most important thing is to restore a sense of normal life for the children. >> translator: the children have looked nervous since the earthquake. some would start crying even after a small aftershock. we hav

nhk's reporters as china attempts to place itself in a favorable position in a framework that does not include the u.s. or japan. >>> a japanese government official has defended proposed security legislation saying it's logically and legally consistent with the views of past governments. the opposition bloc urged the government to present its view on the consistency issue after all three experts invited to the lower house panel on constitutional affairs said the bill submitted to the diet are unconstitutional. cabinet bureau chief yusuke yokobatake sent his views to the parties. a previous administration expressed a view in 1972 that japan's use of force would be allowed only if an armed attack took place against the country. but the current administration says in light of the changing security environment in japan an armed attack against a foreign country could threaten japan's survival. the government says three new conditions it has set governing jan an ps right to collective self-defense are more stringent than those prevailing under international law. but it says that if a foreign

more to come on nhk world, so stay with us. ' headlines.raq's prime minister is in paris to drum up support in the fight against the islamic state. he tells the coalition it is an international problem that has to be solved. over 400 elderly chinese tourists are feared dead after their ship sinks in a storm. just over a dozen people have been rescued so far. hundreds of migrants are cleared out of a makeshift camp under the paris metro. also coming up

nhk world has more on this story. >> 3, 2, 1 sequence start and liftoff of the spacex. >> the rocket was launched by u.s. company spacex. nasa says the falcon 9 rocket broke apart on sunday two minutes after liftoff in cape canaveral in florida. it was carrying a cargo transporter, with food and equipment for experiments and supplies. officials from nasa and spacex are investigating the cause of the accident. the chief executive spoke by phone at a news conference afterward. >> we saw some pressurization indications in the second stage, which we'll be tracking down and following up on there. we did receive information from dra gone after the event as well. >> missions to the iss have failed three times in a row. in october, a rocket built by a u.s. private sector firm was destroyed in the launch accident. and a russian space product burned up earlier this year. experts have lost two cameras they developed to observe meteors. a scientist of the institute was at cape canaveral to what up the launch. she expressed bewilderment over the accident. >> at first i really thought the launch h

commander told nhk they advanced and gained control of 90% of the town. heavy fighting continues in surrounding areas. the coalition has stepped up its air and ground campaigns in the past week. the islamic state group. they used the town as a hub for weapons and oil smuggled in and out of neighboring turkey. the fighting prompted citizens to flee homes and cross the boarder. authorities in turkey are monitoring the situation. humanitarian groups say as many as 20,000 people are displaced. >>> police in hong kong say they have arrested nine people on suspicion of conspireing to make explosives. political tension has escalated in receipt days as lawmakers prepare to vote on a controversial reform plan for the 2017 elections. investigators say they are holding five men and four women in their 20s and 30s. they say they have seized chemicals that can be used to make bombs. police say they confiscated air rifles and maps of the districts where the territory's government is head quartered. hong kong lawmakers are due to den bait debate forums. prodemocracy stu

as nhk reports, experts with the world health organization stress difficulty of preventing the spread. >> reporter: a team of expert from the world health organization is advising the government on how best to eradicate an outbreak t. co-leader of the team points out the infection isn't yet clear, but he says taking preventative measures are crucial. >> we know from experience in saudi arabia but also here that when you take basic infection prevention and control measures that are good for respiratory droplets that can you stop these outbreaks. so i think right now the evidence points out that most of the transmission of the virus is probably do you do respiratory droplets. however, we need to understand this better. we need to study it more. >> mers is the one that triggered the deadly source outbreak in 2003. many of the symptoms are similar to the flu and are passed on through close personal contact. it is said fatality rate can be as high as 40%. there is no vaccine to prevent mers and no specific treatment. they warn the outbreak is not unique to the country. he adds hospitals th

reporting for nhk world from tokyo. >>> we take you over to the u.s.ow where people along the gulf coast in texas are dealing with stormy weather. meteorologist robert speta joins us with the details. >> we're looking at a lot of rainfall but also farther inland. i do want to mention this made landfall right around noon time here on tuesday just outside of galveston, texas. max winds reported at 101-kilometers per hour. so max winds across this area but as i mentioned, it's the rain and also even some coastal storm surge. let's go to video we have coming out of this area where the storm system came off shore on tuesday, definitely punched the cool side here. this comes about three weeks after flooding killed over 30 people in the state of texas a couple weeks ago. so definitely not welcome. now, this second tropical storm to make landfall in 2015 here in hurricane season but this is where it made landfall here along the texas coastline. you can see some of these communities seeing some inundation in the coast. one thing to take away from the video is m