yuji osawa, nhk world. >>> time now for check of the weather across the globe. an extremely powerful storm is nearing northeastern tip of australia. our meteorologist robert speta is here with an update. robert? >> yes, this very severe cyclone ita currently coming onshore just north of cairns and this one is packing quite a punch. actually got some imagery coming out of cooktown just north of cairns, as well. this is located right in the right front quadrant and this was taken just a few hours ago. already have the gale force winds continuing to push onshore here and no reports of damage just yet but i'm sure that is going to be changing through the coming hours as we go after sunset, and even structural damage. actually people who are in houses built before 1985 have been told by local authorities to get out of those homes due to lower building standards at that time. and they're saying that those homes will likely be destroyed due to these category 4 strength winds. we're talking about winds gusting up near 200 kilometers per hour. take a look at the center o