Weather officials say snow is intensifying over wide areas of Japan, especially along the Sea of Japan coast in northern and western regions of the country.

Japan's northern areas are experiencing heavy snow. Weather officials are urging people to stay alert for avalanches and traffic disruptions.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says there is no threat of tsunami for the country after the Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java Island erupted on Sunday.

Atmospheric conditions have become unstable due to effects of typhoon No.4 and moist air from high pressure, and rain clouds have developed locally in Kyushu, Shikoku, Kinki, and Hokuriku, which are far from typhoons.

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – An asteroid four time the size of the Empire State Building, the third tallest skyscraper in New York, USA, passes near Earth. However, there was no threat whatsoever from the celestial body.

Due to the influence of fronts and low pressure, developed rain clouds are spotted on Kanto and Tokai regions. Over May 14th, heavy rains may occur intermittently, especially on the Pacific side of western and eastern of Japan, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is calling for careful attention to sediment-related disasters and inundation of low land.

Eruption was confirmed around 06.00 PM on March 27th at “Eruption Asane”, a submarine volcano located on the north of Iwo Jima in the Ogasawara Islands. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an eruption warning in the surrounding sea area late at night on the 27th, saying that an eruption had occurred, calling attention to ships that navigating in the vicinity.

On Monday morning, the typhoon had weakened.

Almost one-third of the hotspots was extinguished thanks to the rain, said one official from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.

Since Japanese authorities only provided warnings in the Japanese language, many foreigners are left confused.

Japan Meteorological Agency said on Monday that the country is going to face two more typhoons.

A magnitude-4.7 earthquake struck a remote area of central California on Tuesday. But a seismologist said there was no connection to a slightly smaller quake hours earlier in the San Francisco Bay region.