sayaka mori joins us starting with conditions in china. sayaka. >> yes, the typhoon caused massive tornadoes over southeastern portions of china and tornadoes in october in guangdong is rare and the time when it's the strongest in 60 years to hit guangdong directly. now the system has weakened to a tropical depression. still packing lots of moisture. that's because more heavy rainfall. some areas have been 270 millimeters of rainfall already. an additional 120 or even 180 millimeters likely. that's why we still have warnings for heavy rain posted in the provinces. now, across the opposite side, we are looking at a very wet weather over the water. we have a tropical storm. it's packing wind gusts of 126 kilometers. it's over the waters, and it's large. quite large system. and it's expected to move up to the north while intensifying. the system will likely affect eastern portions of japan, especially hokkaido, as we go into thursday afternoon. so high waves expected across the eastern portions of japan. now, we are looking at cold weather. it