Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast for Meari through June 27. Issued June 24, 2011 (JTWC image).

Two named tropical cyclones will bring flooding rain and gusty winds over the next few days as they play out their lifecycles in the Far East.

Friday, Tropical Storm Meari and Tropical Depression Haima were located northeast of the northern Philippines and between the South China coast and Vietnam, respectively.

Meari has slowly continued to consolidate and intensify northeast of the Philippine island of Luzon. While winds were not a serious matter, heavy rain pelting parts of the Philippines was triggering local flooding as of Friday. Ambulong, in the northern Philippines recorded more than 10 inches of rain since Wednesday.

More than 35,000 people have been evacuated from their homes due to recent flooding. Over 50 flights have been canceled out of Manila due to the unsettled weather. Several ports have also been closed due to heavy rain, strong winds and high seas associated with the storm.

Forecast tools available to AccuWeather.com meteorologists show that Meari will track essentially northward through at least Sunday.

Intensification could lift Meari to typhoon status during the next 24 hours, when its center should pass between Taiwan and Okinawa. At this time, the worst of Meari’s wind and rain could strike the southwestern Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

Saturday and Sunday, the likely destination for Meari’s wind and rain will be the Korean Peninsula. Potential will be for damaging wind and widespread flooding rain.

Meanwhile, Haima weakened to a tropical depression following landfall on the Luichow Peninsula of Guangdong, South China early Thursday. The storm then reemerged over the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin and obtained tropical storm status once again.

Haima brought heavy rainfall to southern China, including Hainan and also to parts of northern Vietnam, over the past 24 to 48 hours. Tung Fang in western Hainan recorded more than 5 inches of rain during this time.

The flooding across the region has resulted widespread flooding. More than 5,000 people have been evacuated from there homes. Meanwhile, at least 130 homes have been destroyed. Heavy rain is expected over the next several days across Indochina as the storm moves inland.

T.S. Meari on June 24, 2011 (Japan Meteorological Agency image).

For a human perspective on the flooding, read Filipinos Take Flooding Worries to Twitter.