for the flood concerns to go down. big update. 12 to 18 named storms as we take you less than two weeks now heading into the big hurricane season, june 1st. typhoon season now under way. that started in april. we've had three tropical depressions. and here it is. tropical depression -- this is going to be the first typhoon of the season. it looks promising. in fact they have it becoming a typhoon toward the day three period with winds at 139 kph. it's going to go north of lau. what does it do? we have several days to follow it and we will let you know, but this one will be important to follow because it is going be a potent storm with a significant wind. monita? >> ivan, thank you very much. here's some of the stories we're talking about at this hour. he'll be back, just not quite yet.