you can see the high waves picking up already in okinawa but in the city side here in naha, storms are also going to be affecting these regions. already stormy conditions are affecting this area. this is from okinawa. let me pull back and show you where this system is moving ahead. this is the track that it's taking. it's east of northern luzon at the moment. it's going to be tracking towards taiwan and also the southwestern islands of japan. so you can see how far this system is. but it is a big system. already the outer bands are affecting the okinawan islands from where the video came out from. the wind gusts are 144 kph as of now picking up those high waves around the coastal areas. around 9 meters high. in and around the southeastern islands of okinawa as well. overnight hours and into tomorrow morning, the high tides could be as much as 1.3 meters higher than the normal sea level. and plus that, 9 meters of high waves could be very dangerous. stay away from those coastal areas. in the next couple of days it looks like it's going to be intensifying into a very strong typhoon statu