depression is approaching the country. meanwhile there are also multiple storms churning in the caribbean and gulf of mexico right now. haiti is bracing for heavy rain from grace while fred heads toward the florida panhandle. pedram javaheri is tracking it all for us. good morning, rosemary. this is a story a lot of people looking at carefully and you notice across portions of the gulf into the western atlantic, areas around bermuda, a trio of tropical systems to tell you about. grace in particular, one that we re watching because of course impacts across haiti and the island of hispaniola, this is a system that had begun breaking apart a little bit, down to a tropical depression, and a lot of it has to do with interaction across a very rugged terrain in this region. mountains here rise to as high as 10,100 feet, higher than 37 u.s. states.
of the kind of work and construction going on in the western coast. michael. all right. appreciate the update in new delhi. thanks. now, strong winds and heavy rains are lashing eastern china, as typhoon closes in. shanghai and surrounding areas cancelled flights and shuddered businesses ahead of the storm. it is one of two, major storms churning away in the western pacific. the other, a tropical storm, is expected to hammer central japan, in the coming days. let s bring in meteorologist derek van dam. tell us where they re headed. of course, you know, the the storm heading for japan during the olympics. you know, a bit of a worry. yeah, not what we want. here is kind of a regional view of the western pacific. and you can see what is tropical storm nepartak, that is the one that will impact japan, come tuesday and wednesday. more on that, in just one moment. but the more-immediate threat is typhoon in-fa, which is now, as
kathy park reports from scorching new york city. reporter: tonight more storms churning in the gulf of mexico threatening parts of texas and louisiana. trying to dry out after an historic week dam failed friday forcing hundreds to evacuate as emergency responders moved in. the wet weather also filling streets and homes with water in central arkansas. the damage piling up each day. you are fighting a losing battle. no matter what you do, water is unforgiving. they call it the most destructive natural force for a reason. reporter: mother nature unleashing another blow in the atlantic with strong winds, high surf and heavy rain near bermuda forming overnight ana is now the first named storm of the hurricane season. we have had seven years in a row of a tropical storm or a subtropical storm forming before the beginning of hurricane
the russian spy is accused of offering sex to republicans. moments from now, she will be in court. will this hurt her case or their case against her? we begin with hurricane florence barrelling towards the east coast. just strengthening to a dangerous category four hurricane. carolina bracing for impact. mandatory evacuations for parts of the north carolina coast. the storm could stall after making landfall, bringing hurricane harvey-like flooding to the coast. this comes at the peak of hurricane season. three massive storms churning in the atlantic. let s go to allison. you look at the pictures there and the pictures from space. just incredible. how big is this relative to that what we have seen before? it s not like north carolina has never been hit, but it s been a while.
more on people and less on bureaucracy. we must ensure that no one and no member state shoulders a disproportionate share of the burden. and that s militarily or financially. if the united states has to defend itself or defend its allies in any way, north korea will be destroyed. and we all know that. and none of us want that. that s where the rockets are coming from. rockets though that we ought to probably not laugh too much about, because they do represent a grave threat. the president has been very clear, that he views this threat of north korea as ever growing. as we ve watched each missile test and each nuclear test, their program is advancing. it is advancing technologically and advancing in its capabilities. we ve said from the beginning, we don t have a lot of time left. we don t have a runway left to land this plane on. so we need china s assistance to bring them to the table. three powerful storms churning in the atlantic,