. >> meteorologist sayaka mori brings us more on the typhoon. >> it was a week ago when the previousyphoon approached the region with record-breaking rainfall. they're experiencing stormy weather once again due to another typhoon, maysak. it's the ninth named storm for the western pacific. maysak is packing gusts of 216 kilometers per hour, and it is a large typhoon that's likely to intensify further into tuesday morning. it'll likely get very close to okinawa for the next 12 hours or so, then it will likely head to the north and east, probably make landfall in south korea on thursday, and then drift over north korea as we go into late thursday. again, it'll likely intensify. the peak intensity could be 935 hectopascals, the central pressure. it is likely too become the strongest typyphoon of ththe yeo far. gusts could be over 250 kilometers per hour. for okinawa, the peak will be overnight monday into tuesday. we'll be looking at record-breaking, strong winds. gusts could be, again, 250 kilometers per hour. that is a record for some places. also, waves are going to be up to 13 meter

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us now with details. sayaka?> the second typhoon of the year made landfall in china on tuesday. it has weakened to a tropical storm and is now over the yellow sea. the next target is going to be the korean peninsula. it looks like the center will move over central portions of north korea. maybe hit directly by the storm. it's likely to drop 400 millimeters of rain in north korea. even south korea could see up to 300 millimeters of rain. that's not good news because south korea has been dealing with heavy rainfall over the past several days. especially from august 1st. they got nearly 600 millimeters of rain already. additional rain could worsen the situation. going into friday, the remnants of hakabit could make an impact. it was hot across many places of japan on wednesday. the high rose to 34 on wednesday in tokyo making the highest temperature of the year so far. it's going to be as hot as wednesday on thursday in tokyo and 34 once again on your saturday. and osaka will see sizzling hot weather conditions on t

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us now to explain where the storm is expected to make an impact nextyaka? >> july was a quiet one. we had, rather, zero tropical storms last month, the first time in recorded history. august is a different story. we have already two tropical storms, and one of them has intensified into a typhoon. now, the system has brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to the south of okinawa region. there was record heavy rainfall. over 100 millimeters fell in three hours. the next target is going to be the eastern areas of china. hagupit is packing gusts of 180 kilometers per hour. as a typhoon, it'll likely make landfall on the coast by tonight. it will likely move along the east coast of china towards the north, and it will likely transform to a low pressure system and will likely move over the korean peninsula and then northern japan as we go into the latter part of this week. the yancey river basin has record heavy rainfall since june. additional rain will worsen the situation. across the korean peninsula, during the weekend, we saw heavy rainfall, too. take a

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us with the forecast. >> heg put made landfall on thursday morning it has become a low pressure system and is drifting over the sea of japan. it is intensifying further. it's expect to pound northern japan on friday, expecting to cause typhoon-like strong wind gusts and also heavy rainfall, nearly 200 millimeters possible in hokkaido, not just rain and winds. we might see heavy thundershowers, plus tornadoes are possible and also very dangerous conditions are expected to pound northern japan, especially hokkaido. the attached frontal system will cause a line of thunderstorms across hjorth earn japan and parts of western japan. meanwhile, there's a front across portions of china. the system has been bringing heavy rainfall to parts of the country. take a look at this video from shang she province. multiple roads h he c collapseds a result and a natural gas pipeline exploded early wednesday. surging rivers have swept cars away and close to 500 supreme to be relocated to safety. the frontal system will likely shift to the south a little bit. areas from

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us to explain where the storm is heaeaded. >> the second typhoonf the year made landfall across eastern portions of china. the system brought heavy rainfall to many places of eastern china, the center is now near shanghai. hagupit is no longer a typhoon, a severe tropical storm packing winds of 90 kilometers. it will likely weaken further as it moves over land. the star will likely move over eastern china and reach the ocean. as we go into thursday, as a tropical storm, hagupit could make the second landfall in the korean peninsula. the center will likely move over north korea and south korea. it will likely move over seoul or pyongyang. the estimated rainfall is going to be very significant. for example, eastern china may see an additional 200 millimete millimeters. even heavier rain is on the way across the korean peninsula. pyongyang and north korea might see more than 400 millimeters of rainfall. this region, especially northern portions of south korea experienced more than 500 millimeters of rain since the start of august, so heavy rain will l

our meteorologist sayaka mori joins us now with the details. >> rain has been a big problem for japan, as well as south korea. on friday,the former typhoon hit tokyo bringing heavy rain and strong winds. central region of south korea has been experiencing rainfall for 45 days or so that has led to serious flooding. look at this video coming out of japan, as well as south korea. it brought stormy weather to northern hokkaido on friday. evacuation orders have been issued and some train services have been canceled in the area. roads have turned like rivers. meanwhile in south korea, authorities issued a rare flood alert due to heavy rain. the han river reached the highest level in nine years. hokkaido experienced about 150 mill meters of rain in 24 hours, that's the all-time record, very strong winds buffetted the airport as well. conditions are looking across hokkaido because it will continue to pull away from the north. the rainy season front will continue to batter the korean peninsula and hoe hoe cue region so we'll see more heavy rainfall. it looks like the heaviest rain will fall i