sayaka, i want to start off with japan. we had a chilly, but very sunny, nice day here in tokyo which is often the case around the end of the year or new year's in japan. but, sayaka, will this lovely weather continue through the new year's? >> i have some good news. nice weather will likely continue and tememperatures expected to rise. on january 1st, tokyo could see a high of 13 degrees, more like march. across the north, heavy snow is falling this moment. in fact, over the past 24 hours, nearly 45 centimeters of snow fell. as we go into morrrrow, condititions will be improving. that's good news. it looks like on january 1st, the conditions are going to be quite calm in many parts of japan, including sapporo as well as fukukoa. fukukoa could see the high of 15 degrees on monday and normally higher conditions continue into next week. let's go to china. a a couple of high preurure systems e caususing calmlm weatr in many plplaces ithe country. there's no rain inin most of th country. that's actually not good news. in beijin

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us with details. sayaka?> late december is typically the hottest time of year in australia. it has been extremely hot, in fact hotter than normal in parts of new south wales and queensland. the mercury hit 40 degrees on thursday. there's a high pressure system and along the rim of the high pressure system northerly winds are flowing in. and heavavy rain is fallinin parts of victoria and sydney as well and that could cool things down as we go into saturday, but it's going to be another hot day in sydney on your friday with a high of 35 degrees. 2016 could be the hottest year on record for sydney. temperurures are expxpected to warm u up into the mid 30s as w go into the weekend for brisbane. let's go to asia. frigid cold air is in the north. the air quality level is quite bad across eastern portions of china and conditions will worsen as we go intnto the next couplef days in places s like jap.. acroross japan, sea efct s snows quite heavy. for the next 24 hours, this regionilill likelyy see an additional 35 ce

let's get more detailsls from o meteorologist sayaka mori. what areas have been affected? and what should people be bracing for? >> the typhoon affect the the northern areas of the philippines. the typhoons are not too rare but it was the strongest typhoon on record to hit the philippines on record. but it moved over the south of luzon on christmas day as a very strong tide, the second high highest category on a typhoon scale. the system moved toward the west, and it was near manila today. it has weakened slightly packing winds of 180 kilometers per hour. the good news is the system is starting to pull away from the country but still strong winds are blowing over parts of luzon. the next start is going to be the south of vietnam as we go into later this week. in fact the system couould get very clolose to the country y a tropical depression by thursday afternoon local time. as it does it's goining to have nortrtheasterly flow. that means strong winds and heavy rain is expected for the central portions of vietnam which has been continuing with flooding over the past couple

and here to tell us what the conditions are like weather wise here on earth is sayaka mori. >> quite stormy this morning. fishing boat capsized off the coast of western japan, still several people are missing. and it looks like waves are going to be quite high as we go into tomorrow across the sea of japan and also heavy snow is expected across the western flank of the nation. now, strong winds will be coming in from the continent and it gets ample moisture from the sea of japan and clouds will form and hit the mountains and cause a lot of snowfall in the area like hokkaidodo and also the we will see heavy snowfall. we'll see snowfall even in low lying areas across northwestern japan. may see rainfall on thursday. 10 degrees with rainy weather persisting to thursday. but sunny weather is expected to come back on your saturday. as for tokyo, it is going to be quite chilly. 10 for the high on thursday and down to 3. according to the japan national agency it is going to be warm next week and sunny weather contntinues s into monday at le. we'll see susubzero temperature persisisting into

let's go to our meteorologist sayaka mori. let's start with central australia.t seems heavy rain has sparked flash floods and many parks have closed. >>>> yes, over 230 millimeters rain in just 24 hours. that's six times more than the average rainfall during this time of year. it impacted a tourist spot. let's go to some video from uluru. the p pk was closed on monday after an intense storm causesed heavy rain and severe e damage. water appeared over the rock which is a popular destination for auststralians s and foreign tourists. dozens of people were evacuated. the weather was extremely severe in the mid portions of australia. the low-pressure e system is no located orr the south and causing torrential rainfall. temperatures as follows, 32 in adelaide. you'll see thunderstorms persisting into your wednesday. there's a chance for thunderstorms once again in uluru. as well, sydney is going to be scorching hot on your thursday. the higigh could be 37 degrees r your thursday. across the philippines, a a typhoon made landfall in the northernrn areas of the countrtn

sayaka mori has the details. >> heavy snow is falling on japan side of the country. cold air is coming in from russia and that is something tremendous amount of heavy rainfall in many places. we also had the first snowfall of the season in places like kyoto and sunny weather across the pacific side of japan including tokyo. tomorrow, the weather will improve across western japan but not the case for the northwestern flank of the nationon. you'll see more snowfall and powerful winds continuing at least into y your saturdayay. thee risk of avalanches is getttting higher and higher dayy day. so, please, watch out for that. now, these are your expected highs on your saturday. minus 2 degrees in sapporo. staying below freezing for your sunday. snowflakes and tokyo is going to be a little warmer. 13 degrees for the high with plenty of sunshine and nice weather will continue across the west, as well. now, a couple of high-pressure systems are causing beautiful weather across many portion of china, as well as mongolia, but looks like haze will develop over the weekend in the

for an update on world weather, here's sayaka mori, starting off with india. >> yes, it was a very severelonic storm. it was as strong as a category 1 hurricane. it caused a lot of damage in the country. let's go to some video from chennai. the strongest storm of the year in the bay of bengal hit the highly populated citymondnday. thousandnds of people were evacuated, but at least ten people were killed, according to local media. gusts over 140 kilometerss per hour were reported, and 230 millimeters of rain were observed. that's over the month worth of rain. as opposed to the beaeautiful nameme, it caused a lot of dama in the country. vardah has been downgraded to a depression, but it's still bringingbring ibrin bringing a lot of heavy rainfall. now, let's go to japan. we have a winter storm moving through the country this morning. it caused as much as 20 centimeters of snowfall in parts of hokkaido and very strong winds buffeted the area as well. the system is moving away, but more snow is expected for parts of ohhokkaido. the system is now heading towards the greater tokyo area. the sys