for more we turn to meteorologist robert speta. robert, what's the latest on this typhoon? >> the good news is at this time danas is continuing to race off to the north away from the southern japanese islands. bad news, it's starting to move towards western portions of mainland japan. let's talk about the impact from the storm system. jima, just north of the island of okinawa here, you saw winds reported up to 192 kilometers per hour. i'm going to show you some video of what that looks like. sustained winds over a ten-minute period, up to 135 kilometers per hour. so a very intense storm system. you can see the trees being blown about here. we also saw damage to some of the roofs out here. not to mention the waves which continue to crash ashore, up to ten meters high, still to shall expected across much of this area. these japanese islands and much of the chain out here has really high and strict building codes. so we often see when these intense storms come through, it is not so much severe damage. you get a lot of superficial damage. really, they're built for tie foons out

our meteorologist, robert speta, is tracking typhoon wipha for us. robert, tell us the latest. >> at this time the storm is really racing off towards the north, moving about 40 kilometers per hour, just at a very, very fast pace. really just ever so closely inching its way towards the tokyo metro area. and really through the overnight hours, into the early-morning hours, we'll see the worst of the storm system. ahead of it, look at this huge cloud shield. we're seeing tropical storm strength winds heading toward tokyo and the islands off the coastline, about 80 kilometer winds have already been reported out there. and also rainfall totals, over about 50 millimeters in an hour's span. in the center of circulation at this time, winds at 200 kilometers per hour. it is expected to weaken, but that's still going to be relative, because we're still going to be seeing typhoon strength winds in the tokyo metro area. once you get winds that high, it is potentially going to cause some damage out here. a lot of the trains are expected to be running on a limited

co nhk world, tokyo. >>> meteorologist robert speta is back with the rest of world weather. robert? >> we're continuing to watch danas pull off to the northeast. but there's also several other areas in southeast asia that are really bringing active weather here on a tuesday. we have the remnants of feto, which has caused at least five casualties out of eastern china. five people still missing there. that's still pulling off to the northeast. all that moisture is getting wrapped up with a stationary boundary extending to the north. and you're seeing heavy rainfall across portions of the korean peninsula as well. the good news is all that moisture is pushing off to the east. we haven't seen the impacts in eastern china. it will start to dry out as a high pressure starts to work its way in from the northwest. i wish i could say danas is pulling off to the north. we'll see tropical activity start to taper off, but unfortunately, that is not the case. we have three new tropical depressions going to be expected to develop in the next 24 hours. one already has developed actually in the bay

. >>> let's see how worrisome the situation is, because of the approaching storm systems with robert speta from our weather desk. robert? >> right now, just seeing this big band of cloud cover extending all the way from ku shu, extending off to the north, we're seeing widespread rain showers across much of japan through the evening hours here on friday. it does look like the peak of it is going to be passing over tokyo, and even down to the izu islands after midnight, into the early morning hours. tokyo expecting about 50 millimeters in just a few hours. but that is on the tail of what's been happening down to the southwest into portions of ku shu, and off to the key peninsula. about 636 millimeters reported in a course of a few hours. video coming off just towards the north, where a rock actually rolled down the hill here, caused by a landslide due to the heavy rain at this location. you saw about 100 millimeters of rain. now, the good news, this train was not derailed. it did cause some damage and definitely a headache for a lot of commuters out here, but it's just one of the examples of

our meteorologist, robert speta, is tracking the storm. robert? >> as of rain now, it's down to the south, just east of okinawa. it will change going through the day on friday, and eventually out toward saturday as the storm system tracks off to the northeast. first bringing heavy rainfall across western japan, then going into tokytokyo. we're going to be seeing heavy rainfall. it's not going to be a big wind event out here. the max of the winds will stay offshore. by the time it gets up here it will be a strong tropical storm. it's the rain that's going to be a problem. western japan, pretty heavy showers here. tohoku area, 50 to 100 millimeters, and isolated areas could see up to 200 millimeters of rainfall here going through friday night into saturday. so something we want to continue to watch. i do think the bulk of the rough weather is going to be down here towards the west, and also across the southern japanese islands. i'll be back a little bit later on with more information on what's going on there. >>> a court in western japan has set a l

and our meteorologist, robert speta, has been closely monitoring the situation. robert? >> there really is a powder keg of tropical activity out here. not only in the western pacific, but also over towards the indian ocean. i first want to talk about the storm out here, this one is currently making landfall actually there across luzon, packing winds gusting up to about 200 kilometers per hour. you've already been seeing gusty winds in the area. heavy rainfall farther inland. as that tracks inland, right now, we are seeing the max of the winds near the coast. the good news is that this is very sparsely populated, right along the eastern seaboard of luzon, where most of the population there is just north of the metro manila area, the capital of the philippines and also in manila itself. the many threat is this heavy rainfall. but don't be surprised if you see the sustained tropical storm strength waves and possibly typhoon strength winds as this does track off there just north of your location, if you're watching from manila, and then moving out there toward the south chin

robert speta has been following that story. robert? >> let's start off with this strong cyclonic storm pulling off to the west. now technically a very severe cyclonic storm. you can see here with this cloud cover, it is covering a very wide area across the bay of bengal, moving off to the northwest. right now, winds sustained at 120, gusting to 130 -- or 120 to 130, gusting to 140 kilometers per hour. but it is expected to intensify. that is really the big story with this. as it pulls off to the northwest, it starts to push near the indian coastline. this is going to be packing winds gusting over 200 kilometers per hour. so a very serious storm system. definitely a serious threat to the loss of life out here. if people do not heed these warnings ahead of this storm system, definitely a storm surge is going to be a major threat, not to mention the heavy rainfall accompanying this as it pushes onshore. we'll continue to keep an eye on this cyclonic storm. but also we have our severe tropical storm out here, just towards the east of the p

meteorologist robert speta is here with the latest in weather. robert?> we are continuing to track the storm system. it is racing off toward the north and already off to the northeast of hokkaido, moving about 90 kilometers per hour. so just one very fast storm system, but it already has brought widespread impacts still bringing about a 90 kilometer-per-hour winds and you will see 50 millimeters of rainfall. farther to the south, this is where we saw the bulk of the severe weather earlier on today there in oshima upwards of 824 millimeters was recorded. that is really where you are seeing the devastation coming out of here. that island just to the south of tokyo into the sagami bay and all of the mud slides and everything occurring with this just because of that intense, heavy rainfall. winds gusting up to 166 kilometers per hour was also reported here in chiba prefecture, but this is what i want to talk about. take a look at the north into hokkaido, 15 centimeters of snowfall currently on the ground. the key thing about this location is that this is upw

for more on world weather, robert speta will walk us through the latest developments. robert? >> let's start off with typhoon francisco here. currently towards the southeast of okinawa in the southern japanese islands, still fairly strong system despite the weakening we've seen over the past several days. about the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane if this was out into the eastern pacific, or there into the atlantic. winds right now sustained at 162, gusting up to 216 kilometers per hour. well over the open ocean at this time. but already been sending out this cascading effect of large waves away from that center of circulation. i want to show you video coming out where the storm system is headed now, large waves already here on tuesday. now going into wednesday. expected to continue to build. by wednesday night into thursday, ten meter high winds very well will be hitting the same area. winds around 100, gusting up to 140 kilometers per hour. very serious storm system heading toward that island. now, the good news is that this is going to be weakening still, but you're goi

meteorologist robert speta has been keeping an eye on that. robert, how serious is this one. >> right now, let's first start off by talking about typhoon francisco, working off to the north. at first slowly, but now winds are gusting up near 200 kilometers per hour at this time. about 180 kilometers per hour. but right just towards the west of guam, we're going to be seeing these waves push onshore, could be up to about seven meters high in some coastal areas. so definitely it's going to be a rough day going through the day here on friday. also tropical storm warnings are in effect at this time. and we're continuing to see that risk of heavy rainfall, to about 70, 80 millimeters across the mariana islands. as it tracks off to the north and the west, we'll start see it gradually intensify, up to a fairly strong typhoon before it starts to approach japan. now, where exactly is it going to be going? well, still undetermined at this time. we're looking out to a possible impact here, somewhere in japan by tuesday and wednesday of next week. so a lot

our meteorologist, robert speta, has been following this situation. robert, what's the latest? >> well, typhoon francisco is still pulling off towards the northwest. rain now, though, continuing to intensify. winds actually gusting up to about 250 kilometers per hour right in that center of circulation here, right where the eye is developing, you can see it pop up on the satellite imagery just to the west of guam. tropical strength winds were noted here. believe it or not, it's actually expected to continue to intensify through the next 72 hours, becoming a violent typhoon out over open ocean. the good news is that before it starts to impact japan here going into next week, we are expecting a decrease in the intensity. where exactly is this going to be going? right now, still long-range forecast, but i think from okinawa through western japan and even off here towards the areas impacted by wipha earlier this week. you could be seeing this storm system come through. definitely want to keep an eye on that. for now, though, japan is actually seeing showers across western portions

standing by is robert speta with news on typhoon francisco, which is headed for japan. >> all right. now, actually towards the southeast of okinawa, but you're right it is coming off towards the northwest. it will be impacting the okinawa and much of the islands going into wednesday here, as it does track off to the northwest. right now, though, winds at 162, gusting up to 234 kilometers per hour. a fairly strong system here. it is expected to weaken, as it does move off to the northwest. but still, you're going to be seeing pretty strong tropical storm strength winds across okinawa. and you could see three to six meter high waves. i think that will be the major threat as it turns to the northeast, it impacts mainland japan by friday and actually into saturday later on this week. not moving very fast at all, this storm system. it's going to bring some heavy rainfall out here. a lot of the moisture gets pushed off to the northern per rify. what it means is we'll see a widespread area of heavy rainfall. this stops right at about the 72-hour mark. if you just extrapolate that and move i

here with the latest on world weather is robert speta. >>> we are continuing to watch typhoon francisco. that's definitely the the main story today as it it approaches the southern japanese islands out here with winds gusting up to about 174 kilometers per hour -- excuse me, 180 kilometers per hour at this time as it it approaches okinawa here and moving just to the east of okinawa. we have been seeing winds gusting up to 112 kilometers per hour this evening and also waves about ten meterses high. a very serious storm system out here. much of the southern japanese islands and you'll see strong tropical storm force winds and gusts could be over a hundred. you still want to watch out for loose, flying debris and as it moves off toward the east. the good news as it starts to approach mainland japan and by the time it gets out here by friday and then into saturday it will be a much weaker storm system becoming extra tropical and getting wrapped up with a stationary boundary and what that will be doing is it will be bringing a tremendous amount rainfall and that will be the main story andal