from tokyo, where it was hot and dry today, but the situation was far different way up north, as sayaka mori tells us. >> yes, james. drenching rains are affecting many parts of hokkaido. clouds are emerging over the island. typically hokkaido doesn't have the rainy season during this time of year, but this year is something unusual. heavy rain has been causing flooding across this area and at least into thursday more rain is expected. further down towards the south, there is a tropical storm named moyave. that's moving away from mainland japan, but thundershowers and high waves are expected to occur over the next couple days. typhoon soudelor made landfall in mainland china over the weekend. it has been downgraded to a tropical depression, but it's still packing lots of moisture. it has dump about 320 millimeters of rain in just 24 hours. more rain is expected across south korea as well as western japan as we go into the next couple of days. take a look at this. seoul turning wet on thursday with a high of 31 degrees and turning wet in osaka on thursday. tokyo will see rain coming down on f

sayaka mori joins us with world weather, starting off with the wildfires still blazing in the western u.s. sayaka? >> yes, dozens of fires are scorching the ground over the western u.s. this area has been dealing with a lack of precipitation and warmer weather over the past few years. now, take a look at this picture. one of the big fires is occurring in inland washington. you can see a very serious situation and smokey conditions out there. fortuna unfortunately, significant rain is not in the forecast throughout this week, so more wildfiresi could happen in the western united states. a slow-moving low-pressure system is still lingering over eastern portions of canada, and the cold front is creating a risk of thundershowers across the eastern edge of the united states. temperatures are going to be in the 20s in the u.s. capital. mean while, quite warm in houston at 36 degrees on tuesday. now, across europe, very slow moving and significant low-pressure system is over the black sea region, causing heavy rainfall in the north of turkey. about 250 millimeters of rain fell in just one da

let's now turn our attention to weather with sayaka mori, who joins us with an update on how parts of japan are reeling from the aftereffects of a powerful storm. >> yes, typhoon koni is now affecting northeastern china as well as southeastern russia. the typhoon has become a low-pressure system. it's not a typhoon anymore, but that doesn't mean it has weakened. it still has lots of energy and winds, enough to cause damage across these areas. in fact, an additional 120 millimeters is likely into the next 24 hours. winds are going to be strong as well. and a front attached to the low-pressure system is affecting many parts of japan. temperatures are much chillier than normal in many parts of japan, including tokyo. the high was only 21 degrees, more like october. now, temperatures will be 27 degrees, so warmer than today on thursday in tokyo. meanwhile, heavy rain is on the menu for many parts of taiwan. taipei at 29 degrees for the high. warmer conditions in beijing. 31 degrees for the high with cloudy conditions. now let's go to hawaii. flash flood watches are widely posted across th

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us for an update on local and world weather. >> gentlemen, james. 1e6 ear weather has been affecting many parts of japan this week. record breaking heavy rainfall was reported in several areas like kyushu and hokkaido and yesterday one tornado was reported that damaged structures. now, we are looking at more rain to come across many areas. there is a cold air mass in the upper atmosphere, and near the ground, warm and humid air is covering. so, the difference is causing instability. now more wet weather for you across many parts of the country. that includes tokyo, but getting drier on saturday, and sunday. and temperatures are going to be quite high. 35 degrees for the high on saturday. so take care of your health. now, monday will be very wet, so watch out for floods. now across china, heavy rain is still affecting the southeastern corner of the country, fujian province is experiencing the worst of it. then we have a couple of tropical depressions over the western pacific and one of them will likely reach the marianas as we go into the next severa

sayaka mori is here to tell us the details. >> yes, james. torrential rains are affected hokkai hokkaido. hundreds of houses are without electrici electricity. also, roads are completely flooded in several areas. in the west, nagasaki, 230 millimeters of rain fell in just 24 hours, making it the heaviest rainfall on record for this area in august. so flooding is taking place across the west. the rain in the west is caused by the remnants of typhoon soudelor. the system has become a low-pressure system but still bringing heavy rain flow and winds across a wide area. this system is likely to move into the east as we go into the next couple of days. so rain is on the menu in osaka on thursday. rain will come down in tokyo on thursday as well. that will continue into friday. sapporo, another day of rainy weather on thursday but getting drier starting friday. that's good news for you. now across the central pacific, we're watching a hurricane. hurricane hilda has become a tropical storm so that's good news. and it is expected to take a more southe