robert speta has more on the heat wave hitting japan. robert? >> let's start off by what's really causing these extreme temperatures across japan. if we look at the satellite picture, we can see, well, there's very little in the form of cloud cover. pop-up storms here. even a few of them blowing up storms over tokyo, 50 millimeters recorded in a one-hour span over tokyo. that is triggers because we have this extreme heat causing the atmosphere to be unstable. for the most part, that high pressure is in place. clear skies. very calm winds. so the air is not able to mix up. we are seeing -- well, these very high temperatures. shimanto toward the southwest, 41 degrees here for the high. like we mentioned there, that is the record since recordkeeping started in 1875. elsewhere in the world, especially the tropics, you probably think 41 is not so high. japan is an island which typically keep it is cooler. sea surface temperatures are above average. you have calm winds and high temperatures in place, triggering more thunderstorms across most of japan.

for more we turn to meteorologist robert speta. robert. >>> yeah. let's first start off talking about what is going on out here across the sea of japan coastline with this front that is pushing through here. we also have a tropical storm out there in the east china sea. but this is really dropping some tremendous amount of rainfall there in western kyushu, reports up yards about 300 millimeters in the past 24 hours. the rain's really coming down out here, even into the hokuriku region. you can see the cloud cover continuing to stream onshore with the stationary boundary. and that is just pushing the rainfall on shore into the mountains there and it's resulting in some flooding. show you video out of hokuriku in sado where the rain has accumulated up to about 70 millimeters in the past 24 hours. officials are cautioning about, well, possibility of landslides. we see that rain -- water continue to flow down that stairwell there. the possibility of even flooding is there. and residents are being advised, just be prepared for the poblgt of evacuations i

meteorologist robert speta has been following this story. robert. >>> i've been watching this one. it is tropical storm pulling just north osteast or luzon. a similar situation as we saw last week with trami that moved to the north and impacted taiwan. but it pulled in the monsoon from the southwest here and that brought in these heavy rain showers. so the waters are still receding following that. this storm system very well could be bringing a similar condition. now, it is going to continue to push off here towards the north expecting it to intensify up to a severe tropical storm intensity, but it's still not going to be a big windmaker. the wind could spread out as it pushes to the north, but it's going to be a big rainmaker, in the next 24 to 72 hours possibly moving into taiwan. something we want to continue to watch out for for the risk of flooding and even landslides with it. farther to the north we have this stationary boundary. it's slowly drifting off to the east though. much of western japan going into your tuesday you're going to be seeing improving conditions following

meteorologist robert speta is back with the details on that. robert? >> well, yeah, gene. typhoon ator. we were watching that last week and now here into monday morning. it made landfall here in northeastern luzon, one report of a casualty out of this. 114 people are still missing, many fishermen that encountered waves up to 10 meters high. dangerous stuff. now moving away from the west coast of luzon. it dropped a tremendous amount of rainfall, damaging winds. landfall about 250 kilometer-per-hour winds. the storm just made landfall today but we also had one push through last week as well. we saw heavy rain totals from that, farther north with this one pushing through here as well. you're seeing these widespread, heavy accumulations across the philippines. very serious risk of flooding the next 24 to 48 hours. as this tracks west, inflow of moisture wrapping around it. even in manila, don't be surprised if you see low-lying accumulation of the water. and then into -- well, southern china, where the storm system is heading next. we had mangkhui push through, and jebi befor

robert speta has been following the storm for us. robert? >> yeah, typhoon utor is already over land right now. winds are still gusting up and over 100 kilometers per hour, up to 180 kilometers per hour at this time. really the main threat now that it is over land is that we'll continue to see this heavy rainfall from it from where you saw rain reports of 174 millimeters in the past 24 hours, out towards hong kong, we're actually earlier on today a ship sank 80 kilometers southwest of hong kong. the crew was rescued by helicopter but it shows the strength of these winds. kicking up winds 8 meters high. now the storm overland and decreasing during the overnight hours. the main threat is going to be river flooding further inland. it won't be going too far inland. high pressure is keeping things dree across central and eastern china. the rain is concentrated in southeastern china. you see that looping back around the 72-hour outlook, that next storm system could be impacting by the weekend or early next week. we'll keep a very close eye. mainla

meteorologist robert speta has the latest on that, robert? >> a tropical storm jetty out here. and already we've been seeing winds in hong kong about 80, 90 kilometers. also heavy rain across the philippines. as far as the center of circulation, it's really broad at this time. you have this very deep monsoonal depression. so that means heavy rains over a widespread area as this does continue to work off there towards the northwest. making landfall by friday afternoon going through the evening hours there in hanan province. 150 millimeters of rainfall toward guangdong and gaungxi province. so that just equates to some risk of flash flooding, even landslides that does continue to push off toward the northwest. not just here in southern china. over towards northern portions of the philippines. and then we have to watch a low pressure area coming in from the east. very well could develop into a tropical depression here in the coming days. a lot going on in the tropics. we have a frontal area over japan. really stationary boundary. see it here in the blue. that is really going to st

meteorologist robert speta has more on that. robert? >> utor is the storm we have been watching all week. it didn't make landfall here on wednesday as a typhoon there west of hong kong. now it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. winds about 65, gusting up to 90 kilometers at this hour. the winds have dramatically decreased in intensity. the main problem over the next several days is going to be the heavy rainfall. even though the storm has weakened, it's still going to be dropping a copious amount of rain out here, and i'm talking about in eastern portions of the province, still going to be seeing about 250 millimeters of rain in some areas, up to 260 millimeters seen in the past 24 hours. one area saw 75 in just a one-hour period, very intense stuff going on. you would think with all this rain here it would help with the drought farther to the north, but looks like most is going to be reserved farther to the south. if any showers do get triggered into porgs of southern hunon province, it's going to be doing more harm possibly than

meteorologist robert speta has been on that story. robert. >> out here today we have several areas we're continuing to watch. the tropics are very active. it's the middle of august, you typically see that this time of year. a little farther to the east of taiwan another area of cloud cover. this is a separate tropical depression. and the remnants of utor still dropping heavy rainfall. some rainfall dropping over 200 millimeters of accumulation. the next rainfall in guangdong province, you could see that same amount. over to the north we have this high pressure dominating, unfortunately that's been creating drought conditions. but it looks like this is not going to be providing too much in the form of relief. if anything it will be causing more harm than good. you're talking about flash flooding due to these short-time heavy rains in these very dry and parched areas here just brought in by utor. that's going to continue to weaken out. we see an area of low pressure on the map. also into the forecast here by saturday morning this is no l

robert speta has more on the heat wave hitting japan. robert? >> yeah, this intense heat really is record breaking out here. not just down there towards the southwest, even in tokyo we saw temperatures climbing into the high 30s approaching that 40-degree mark. what this has done is not just bring this unbearable heat along with the humidity, but it's making the atmosphere very unstable. if we look at the satellite picture, we can see there's clear skies, but in the evening hours in japan you see this popcorn-type white clouds popping up here. these are actually some rather strong and severe thunderstorms. i'll show you video out of tohoku here earlier on today. this is in southern tokyo where, well, this heavy rainfall and gusty winds came through across much of the city. we saw one report about 50 millimeters in an hour causing some flash flooding. winds gusting up to 61 kilometers per hour. in return this has caused power outages to about 12,000 homes during the afternoon hours here in tokyo. that doesn't happen all too often. shows how stron

for more we turn to meteorologist robert speta. >>> off to the north we've been talking abtd these tropical systems, really the peak of tropical season. but here into bolivia seeing pretty heavy snowfall. you have the westerly wind, all this cloud cover here. and i'll show you the images on the ground because it's pretty some incredible stuff. it's the heart of winter down here into south america. and this heavy snow is blanketed paralyzing these towns and villages, downing telephone lines and blocking many roads. the snow which has fallen for two days has caused the death of two people in some areas here. damaged 45 communities. and in the rural regions thousands of people have been stranded. while this is the thing that's going to be affecting the economy and many people's livelihoods out here, about a quarter million of those alpacas have passed. it's a pretty big impact with the snowfall. typically gets pretty cold out hear especially across the andes. unfortunately going into the weekend still a risk of yet more snowfall. but let's look back towards the north, talk about the tropics ou

meteorologist robert speta has been following the situation. robert. >>> well, today we have the tropical storm still pulling off to the north-northeast of luzon. you can see the big massive cloud cover over the center of the philippines. most of it's being sheared off to the west. so what we're seeing is heavy rainfall across, well, much of luzon out here. still seeing about 200 millimeters. we've seen reports right around 1 hurkds millimeters in the northern portions of the philippines in the past 24 hours. this really looks like a decent risk of flooding in some areas here, even landslides. the good news is that the storm system itself is continuing to pull off here towards north. and what we're going to be seeing is that rainfall in the philippines start to decrease in intensity. you could still be seeing pop-up thunderstorms, but really the bulk of the rain is going to switch off towards the north impacting you there into taiwan still see about 200 millimeters here. and also seeing pretty gusty winds across the southern japanese islands alo

for more we turn to meteorologist robert speta. what can you tell us? >> well, yeah, let's first start off talking about what is going on out here in northern india. the monsoon has been strong. another surge of rainfall. we can see the cloud cover spinning off the bay of bengal, towards northeastern india, this past week alone, 300 to 400 millimeters have accumulated. this was the past week. you see that big line where the heaviest showers have come down. this has resulted in some flooding out here. i'll show you this video out of northern india. the floodwaters from the river in the northern state of uttar failed to bring life to a stand still. waters have started to flow in the streets causing spread about water born diseases. electricity and drinking water are scarce. these are very dirty flood waters and when you have that, it's very hard to find good clean drinking water. unfortunately the next 72 hours looks like heavy rainfall is still expected a very dangerous situation. something to continue to watch here. let's look what's going on in eastern

meteorologist robert speta has more on that. >> typhoon uto, we've been watching this this week. it really is still packing quite a punch out here. right now winds are up over 120 kilometers per hour, but the big thing with this storm system is the cloud field. you're seeing rain all the way towards southern portions of taiwan extending towards vietnam. it was much tighter before it made landfall in luzon but the mountains kind of tore it apart. once it gets reorganized, it's just a very broad circulation. so the tropical storm strength winds extends far from the center. actually up to about 144 now. it has been gradually intensifying throughout the day here. winds gusting up to about 216 kilometers per hour. once it does make landfall we could be seeing waves up to about 7 to 8 meters high right near the coast here. but that's not the main threat. it will be the rainfall. up to about 250 millimeters could be expected from hong kong to macau towards hainon island. especially in the core and center of the storm system. the other thing is most of the precipitation is going to stay