more than 9,000 households in northern kyushu are under evacuation order. on top of flooding and landslides, people are warned to be on the lookout for tornadoes and thunderstorms. we'll check in with robert speta later in the program. >>> china's fiscal fortunes are falling. 7.6 quarterly growth doesn't sound too bad if you look at state of things in the u.s. and europe. but for china, the april to june gdp figure marks a slowdown. the growth rate of its gross domestic product is below 8% for the first time in three years. it's been shrinking for the past six quarters. problems in europe and at home are to blame. the national bureau of statistics spokespersons says the figure is the lowest since the second quarter of 2009. that's when the global financial crisis pushed the growth rate below 7%. some analysts say the eurozone debt crisis is creating sluggish demand for chinese products, and that's weighing down on gdp. others cite weaker domestic demand because of uncertainties about the economy. national bureau of statistics spokesperson says the governmen

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now the additional accumulations could be as much as 150 millimeters in the northern kyushu region. kinku has already seen its peak and that's going to be gone. however, short time heavy rain could also be possible in and around these regions. about 50 millimeters in an hour. across much of the eastern and northern japan, we have a high pressure that is lingering around this area bringing a lot of cool air around the ridge this high pressure system. so temperatures are still going to be on the cooler side, especially in kanto region as well. you can see this tropical state farm here. that's a tropical depression as of now but will be intensifying in the next 24 hours as a tropical storm. and that's going to be moving across the luzon area affecting heavily with those downpours especially on the western seaboards of luzon. already 100 millimeters of accumulation has been saturating the land and rising the water levels. but additional of 150 to 200 millimeters could be possible across much of northeastern china as well. this heavy rainmaker band will be bringing 250 millimeters, espec

now the additional accumulations could be as much as 150 millimeters in the northern kyushu region. kinki has already seen its peak and that's going to be gone. however, short time heavy rain could also still be possible in and around these regions. about 50 millimeters in an hour. across much of the eastern and northern japan, we have a high pressure that is lingering around this area bringing a lot of cool air around the ridge of this high pressure system. so temperatures are still going to be on the cooler side, especially in kanto region as well. you can see this tropical storm here. that's a tropical depression as of now but will be intensifying in the next 24 hours as a tropical storm. and that's going to be moving across the luzon area affecting heavily with those downpours, especially on the western seaboards of luzon. already 100 millimeters of accumulation has been saturating the land and rising the water levels. but additional of 150 to 200 millimeters could be possible across much of northeastern china as well. this heavy rainmaker band will be bringing 250 millimeters,

northern kyushu, the flooding situation not completely alleviated yet, but some areas would see about 150 millimeters in the next 24 hours. 60 millimeters of -- in an hour. short time heavy rain could target these regions. even in some of the southern regions of kyushu could accumulate rainfall as much as 120 millimeters. even in and around the korean peninsula, especially in the central regions, 120 millimeters could be felt in the next 24 hours. and short time heavy rain could trigger flooding situations here, too. in china, things are going to be tapering off, but still localized areas may see about 250 millimeters in the next 24 hours. really messy and unstable conditions continue in the indo china peninsula as well as the philippines. take a look at your temperatures soaring up to 30 degrees here in tokyo. really uncomfortable, humid weather here for tomorrow yet again. and shanghai reaching up to 37 degrees. well above average. moving over to the americas now, the moisture has surged from the pacific all the way out towards wyoming and montana. severe weather, however, will be f

northern portions of kyushu could see another 200 millimeters of heavy rain even off towards the tokai region and moving into the tokyo area. already widespread thunderstorms popping up here. some places could see about 120 millimeters of rain in tokyo, a little bit less than 100 millimeters of rain due to the thunderstorms rolling through. definitely still a very dangerous situation out across this area. going to be continuing to keep you posted. let's look at this frontal area. you have it over japan. look off farther toward the west. in central and eastern china, the last 24 hours, you have seen upwards of 180 millimeters of rain. and it does look like an additional 200 could be occurring here where you see those areas in the dark blues and even into the purples. that's indicating very heavy precipitation. flooding and land slides are going to be high at risk here. south of that, though in southeastern china, hot temperatures here. hong kong, 32. bangkok, in and around thailand have seen reports of above 100 millimeters of rain. some nearing about 200. so there's that risk of flash

seasonal front that will be lifting towards the north stretching from kyushu and into kanto region as this moves toward the northern portions and affecting tokyo as well with some short time heavy rain. could be 50 millimeters in an hour's span. total accumulation from today into tomorrow, it's going to be about 180 millimeters, especially in the kyushu region. the seasonal front stretches into central china and across much of shanghai area as well as chengdu city. we may see about 50 to 100 millimeters in the next 24 hours, but some locations could be targeted with isolated amounts of about 250 millimeters in just one day's span. very unstable here in the indochina peninsula as well and in the philippines, we already have a report of 65 millimeters that has fallen in the past 24 hours. ongoing heavy downpours will be continuing here for the next couple of days. a cut off low will be cresting overhead here in northeastern china, and that will be disturbing the area with pop-up thunderstorms in northern portion of north korea as well. we're looking at a lot of 30s here in our picture. tokyo, 27 degrees. also in ulaa