rachel ferguson gives us the detail. >> there certainly are. just after we get rid of one typho typhoon, there's two more to deal with. the other will be situated just over the south china sea. it's at the moment packing winds of 72 kilometers an hour. the gusts over 100 kilometers an hour. it looks like it's going to be causing some trouble for the islands as a severe tropical storm before swerving up toward eastern japan where it could come close to the eastern coast later in the week as a strong typhoon. another major system to deal with here. let's go now to the south china sea. the tropical storm doesn't have such a decided path at the moment. it's going to be almost stationary. it's going to be gaining strength over the next several days. we'll see increasing sea swells and high waves. here in the northern philippines we're going to be seeing enhanced rainfall. this kind of system really enhances that rainfall. in towards southern china we see heavier rain as well. you could see also some locally heavy rain into tuesday too. temperatures

here is rachel ferguson. >> let's get you a check on tropical storm, sitting to tt east of the philippines. it picked up the piece, moving 15 kilometers an hour. tropical storm gaemi. it is going to be intensifying before it makes landfall. then quickly we should see it become a tropical depression. the peak of the wind and the waves will be on sunday night just before making landfall. as i say then it will weaken off. we still have the rain to deal with as well. it could bring even as much as 300 millimeters to parts of central vietnam. then as it moves inland towards cambodia, heavy rain is going to spread. japan looking nice and clear today. but we are still seeing potential for a few thunderstorms at the moment toward the northwest. in fact this morning, there were reports of about 60 millimeters of rain in one hour and strong wind as well. now, it is going to be clearing up shortly. and a round of moisture toward the north. any additional rain will be welcome. and keeping an eye out here. and looking clear and fine. there will be ongoing showers down toward the southwest in toward the

rachel ferguson joins us now with the world weather forecast. the sound of the rain and wind pounding my windows kept me up last night, but we're seeing fair skies this morning. are we in the clear? >> well, yes and no. certainly region has abawakened nicely. however, the storm is still going to be effecting northeastern japan. yesterday the typhoon made landfall in the region. it is now a tropical storm and is located just towards the east of tohoku region. so it has moved out over the water now. it's going to be moving towards the east of hokkaido today. we're still seeing sustained winds up above a hundred kilometers an hour with gusts over 140 kilometers per hour. the storm surge combined with spring tides could bring certainly the risk of coastal flooding. waves could be around six to eight meters for northeastern japan. and in terms of the rainfall, hokkaido is likely to see another hundred millimeters or so. certainly as we head into the day, it'll be drier across the day. another tropical expression has formed here. this one does look li

let's turn to rachel ferguson for the latest. >> hi, that's right. this is the storm hitting to the east of japan at the moment. it is currently moving at about -- 55 kilometers an hour. we are not expecting direct landfall. cloud bands are affecting central eastern japan. we will still see significant rainfall from this system. by thursday, afternoontime. so within the next -- say, 6 to 12 hours. expected to become an ex-tropical low. losing those tropical characteristics, but actually the wind are going to increase. so it is still going to be very gusty over the next 24 hours or so as the system pulls away. let's talk what is happening in the south china sea. we have a tropical storm. so it has weakened off a little bit from severe tropical storm status. looks like it will be heading into vietnam. making landfall here, saturday, local time. it will pick up the pace. also intensity a little bit before doing so. reaching these warmer walte eer. for the time being close to the philippines. helping enhance the rainfall across luzon, southwesterly, mons

let's turn to rachel ferguson. >> all right, yes, we have been following it for more than a week now and i am afraid it hasn't moved very much. it is showing some good signs. starting to pick up the pace and to make that curve towards the northeast we have been waiting for. it has not really moved very far. the islands are blanketed in the clouds on the outer band of the system. resulting in flash flooding. pretty intense rain and wind across much of japan. we have another day of that at least and then the storm is likely to pull away towards the northeast. but we're not expecting a direct hit. it should move away nicely into the weekend. then we have severe tropical storm maria. it's starting to pull away towards the northeast. it's impacting the islands with high wakes and the storm surge. thursday should be a lot more settled. it is not just tropical storms to deal with in and around japan. we had a couple of low pressure systems in around and country and they're bringing very heavy rain in places. japan is disappearing there. down towards the south is where it's going to be the m

let's turn now to rachel ferguson for the details. and two storms in the western pacific. is to the north of the islands. and this one is going to be intensifying. heads to the northwest. first of all. heading up toward the islands. expecting to see a severe tropical storm. by tomorrow. after that, tomorrow being wednesday of course. after that it will take a swerve toward the northeast. and maybe moving parallel with -- with the eastern coast of mainland japan. maintaining strength as a severe tropical storm. right now wind speed. sustained at 72 kilometers an hour. gusts at 10 #. we will see the storm intensifying within the next 24 hours. we have a second storm, which doesn't hatch quite as much of a decided path. sitting here in the south china sea. moving very slowly at the movement. it isn't like low ly to take of anywhere right now. this one almost stationary the next couple days. also intensifying at the same time. becoming a severe tropical storm by friday. it is giving us winds of 65 kilometers an hour. gusts up to 90 kilometers an hour. impacting surrounding are

rachel ferguson joins us to tell us more in her world weather forecast. >> all right, yes, we have been following it for more than a week now and i am afraid it hasn't moved very much. it is showing some good signs. starting to pick up the pace and to make that curve towards the northeast we have been waiting for. it is moving towards the northwest at 15 kilometers per hour so it is still going to be impacting okinawa today and expect short time heavy rain and you can see as much as 60 millimeters in the space of one hour with totals upo 200 millimeters in the next 24 hours. also, storm surges will be a concern for coastal flooding and we'll also be seeing of course the gal force winds here. it is starting to pull away from the northeast coming close to the pacific edge of japan as it heads out so we could be seeing the outer bands of the storm reaching the main islands of japan. by the weekend by friday and into saturday and sunday we should start to see the system depart. we have one more to talk about which is severe tropical storm maria. mariis als startinto tn away to the northeast

. >> rachel ferguson is here with the latest on hurricane sandy. rachel, how is the storm shaping up? >>> we're going to get you the most recent figures on this hurricane. it is a very intense system, and you can see here if i pull back to the front to see just how strong these winds are that we're going to be dealing with not just today but for the next several days. so this is hurricane sandy, currently a category 1 system. we have tropical storm warnings turning to hurricane warnings along the coast here, and then hurricane-force wind warnings in the blue to green there. not sure what to call that. now, the storm is going to be making landfall in new jersey in the evening hours of monday, and then it looks like it's just going to be lingering in the northeast for the next several days. the best part of the week we're going to see this storm or the remnants of this storm just move in towards the northeast and then curve around in towards new england. so it is going to be heavy rain over a prolonged period of time, and these strong winds, as well,

rachel ferguson tells us how the situation is now. >> all right, well that storm you're talking about is maliksi. it is now a tropical storm. it did bring heavy rainfall to some of the southern japanese islands. parts of izu picked up 220 millimeters of rain in the last 24 hours. system is moving up towards the north, it looks like it is going to be moving at a fair clip, about 45 kilometers an hour up towards the north and east. we are still going to be seeing some significant rainfall from the system. maybe about 100 millimeters or so in places like chiba. those gusts are going to continue to be strong as well. taking a look at our second severe tropical storm, sitting in the south china sea, it's been hovering for the last several days but it now looks like it is going to be moving in a slightly more decided path. we expect landfall on friday local time in southern vietnam, southern to central vietnam. at the moment it is moving slowly but it is expected to intensify as it heads toward vietnam and for the time being it is really helping to enhance the southwest monsoon across surro

let's turn to rachel ferguson for the updates. >> hi, there. we go to the western pacific first. we have two storms here. one is maria. the smaller storm moving quickly to the north. the specced is prapiroon. this is the system that's been around for a while. it was a typhoon, now a severe storm. let's start with this one, moving at the moment southwest at 15 kilometers an hour. it's started to pick up the pace just a little bit. we're expecting it to turn towards the northeast, coming quite close to the pacific edge of japan towards the weekend. for the time being, it's going to be impacting the okinawa islands into wednesday with sustained winds of 80 kilometers an hour, up to 83 kilometers an hour, and gusts exceeding that, 120 kilometers an hour. heavy rain, potentially short-term heavy rain as well as storm surge, which along with spring tide will cause concern for coastal flooding. let's talk about what it happening with maria, going to be heading toward the north, pulling away a little more quickly out towards the northeast. so that's certainly good news. but before that h