our international viewers. it slowly, gradually started to weaken, but it was still a formidable storm when it lashed the east coast of taiwan, and it brought some impressive rainfall totals to that region and also mudslides. take a look at this footage coming out of that area. scarey stuff when you consider just how difficult it is for some of these reporters to stand up in the elements like that. people trying to, well, get on with their daily lives, but just, frankly, it s impossible with this type of weather and wind and rain, blinding rain sweeping through. and the population density of this storm or where this storm is headed over the fujian province is quite fascinating as well. if you can get to the graphics, you can see we ve highlighted this area across the southeastern portions of china. that would be the next area of landfall, the second landfall of this particular typhoon. and there s roughly about 1,500 people per square kilometer across this area, so it is quite
main impact zone in taiwan. george? james reynolds, we appreciate your insights and reporting there, and we wish you safety as you continue to do so. we ll stay in touch with you again as this storm continues over taiwan and heads now toward mainland china. james, thank you. governments and aid organizations, they are already stepping up to help, and then if you would like to do the same, cnn s impact your world has several ways that you can support relief efforts, through groups like the red cross and through world vision. you can find more information on our website. head over to cnn.com/impact to learn more. here in the united states, the man who shot and killed a dozen people at a movie theater in the state of colorado will spend the rest of his life behind bars. sentencing wrapped up on friday in the case of james holmes for the 2012 massacre at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. holmes admitted to his crimes but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
good day to you and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we start this hour tracking a powerful typhoon. it is barreling across taiwan at this hour, bringing with it devastating accommodations of strong winds and credential rains. according to taiwan s central news agency, typhoon soudelor has killed four people and four people are missing. the government has deployed some 35,000 military personnel in order to help out with evacuations there. right now, soudelor is making its way toward china, but it is set to weaken before it makes landfall there. our derek van dam is tracking it all here. derek, this is a very strong storm. extremely strong storm, george. in fact, it peaked on wednesay as the strongest storm so far in 2015. it had 180-mile-per-hour sustained winds. wow. 290 kilometers per hour for
bringing strong winds and heavy rains. this strong storm is moving right now toward china. according to taiwan s central news agency, four people are dead, four people are still missing. two people were killed before the storm even made landfall on friday. a 7-year-old girl and her mother both swept to sea along with the girl s twin sister. she is still missing. this powerful storm has triggered mudslides and flooding. roughly 2 million homes remain without power. at this hour, we have a storm-chaser on the ground who joins us by phone. james reynolds is there. james, thank you for being with us. just talk to us about what you re seeing right now. well, it s been a very long and arduous day traveling down the east coast of taiwan. this morning when the typhoon made landfall, we were hit by extremely ferocious winds and blinding rain as well as huge waves battering the coastline. and the results of which was a lot of flying debris, a lot of
since my son was murdered. they re out there. they re evil. until we figure out how to keep them away from children, it s up to you to protect your child and to be street smart and follow to be street smart and follow your gut. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a deadly typhoon battering taiwan, leaving damage, flooding and millions of people without electricity. a live report on the ground is next. plus, donald trump disinvited from a conservative conference after making shocking comments about a female fox news anchor during an interview on this network. and convicted of killing 12 people inside a colorado movie theater, james holmes hears his sentence from a divided jury. from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, i m george howell. this is cnn newsroom.