shanghai with a heat advisory at 47 degrees. to north america, we have a couple of storms to talk about. let me start off with this one moving towards the leeward islands. that's a tropical storm watch. it could make a few landfalls as it maintains intensity as a tropical storm status. this is on the baja peninsula and still do watch out for the heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. los angeles up to 35 degrees. well above average. here's the extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. # and waterfront dives of oakland to become the most popular novelist and short-story writer of his day, with such internationally famous works as "call of the wild," "white fang," and "the sea wolf." but along with his books and stories, he was also widely known for his personal exploits. you see, he was an honest-to-goodness celebrity, an adventurer, a rascal, a colorful and controversial personality.

nhk world reports. >> reporter: this supermarket is in the suburbs of shanghai. live chickens have just hit the shelves for the first time in two and a half months. many people have been waiting for this day. shoppers rush to buy the live chickens. >> translator: live chickens are much better because they are fresh. >> during the bird flu epidemic, the world health organization suspected the market selling live birds to be one of the roots of infection. to prevent the disease from spreading, shanghai city closed its live poultry markets. the number of infection cases declined. with concerns still remaining, we asked people in shanghai which they prefer, live chickens or prepacked meat. >> translator: live chickens. they're fresher and taste better. >> translator: i prefer live poultry. bird flu is over. we just have to be careful. >> of the 30 people we asked, 21 said they would buy live birds. during the ban, prepacked meat was sold instead of live chickens, but it wasn't well received by consumers. in the shanghai area, most people buy live chickens at market a

shanghai with a heat advisory at 47 degrees. to north america, we have a couple of storms to talk about. let me start off with this one moving towards the leeward islands. that's a tropical storm watch. it could make a few landfalls as it maintains intensity as a tropical storm status. this is on the baja peninsula and still do watch out for the heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. los angeles up to 35 degrees. well above average. here's the extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." do stay with us. # captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: investigators tried to determine today why the jet that crashed at san francisco's airport saturday was flying too low and too slowly. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the accident, which killed two chinese teenagers and sent more than 180 people to the hospital from the head of the national transportation safety boar

shanghai with a high of 38. you are going to be seeing afternoon thunderstorms pop up here. but, wow, look at that, about 10 degrees higher than down here towards manila, where we're seeing 29 on wednesday. now, let's look over towards the americas, what's going on here? well, the severe weather spot is right there in the center of the screen. it is this large area of thunderstorms pushing out there from kansas into oklahoma, extending out through arkansas and missouri. expecting about 40, 80 millimeters of rainfall with this going through your day on tuesday into wednesday. before it starts to weaken out, as it moves into kentucky and tennessee, pushing off there towards the east. so that's the good news. it does look like the worst of this is starting to get over with as it pushes off there. but then, we have this cold front pushing in out of canada. and that's going to trigger up some thunderstorms into the western great lakes over towards chicago as well. you have flying plans out of o'hare, keep an eye on that, especially by wednesday evening. you have the daytime heati

these include an area in shanghai's p unong district. the officials did not give out details on when and how those zones will be set up. however, they said once the plan is implemented, it will make easier for foreign firms to invest in china. concerns have been mounting about china's economic outlook. this is due to the country's sluggish exports stemming from the advance against major currencies. foreign investments in china have also been sluggish. the chinese authorities aim to boost the economy by societying up these pilot-free trade zones. u.s. stock prices ended higher on wednesday. for more on the japanese markets, let's go to the tokyo stock exchange. >> let's have a look at the broader topics is also lower by 0.26%. investors seem to be cautious ahead of friday's key jobs reports. let's move onto currency starting with euro-yen. that's compared to the 130 level at around the same time on wednesday. market player saw the euro due to the situation in portugal and finance minister both resigned. this is casting doubts over portuga

as far as temperatures though, shanghai with a high of 38, seoul at 29, seeing showers here. tokyo, cloudy skies but don't be surprised if you see an afternoon thunderstorm pop-up especially inland going through wednesday afternoon into the evening hours. let's talk about the americas. really, it's the meandering jet stream out here which is dominating the weather pattern right now. i'll show you what i mean here. over towards the west we have this high pressure ridge. and look how far north that jet stream is continuing to push. then it dives down into the gulf of mexico where you have this low pressure area though that is the air being lifted up. and it's also dragging in this moisture in from the south off the atlantic pushing it on shore. the next several days many areas see about 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall. already flash flood watches in effect here as well. and even some strong storms, actually a tornado reported in new jersey. so this is going to be continuing to be a problem through the next several days. it's just the fact that this is lingering, it's not goin

very hot in shanghai going up to 37 degrees for the high on thursday. it will stay almost the same into the weekend. heating up once again to 30 degrees and shooting up to 30 in tokyo and more sweltering conditions are on the cards for you as we go into monday. tokyo shooting up to 34 on saturday and sunday. the average temperatures is only 28 degrees. sendai, 31 for you over the weekend. so get hydrated and take precautions against heat stroke. in north america, as we have been reporting, there are three distinctive features over the u.s. record high temperatures across the west and cool and dry conditions in the center and lots of thunderstorms across the east. but we're going to see some changes as we go into the independence day. the frontal system will move towards the southeast so the northeast coast including new york city and washington, d.c., will see some dry weather on your thursday. so that's good news. but heavy rain and thunderstorms will continue across the southeast. even tornadoes cannot be ruled out for the next several hours. but acro

take a look at shanghai. 38 degrees, well above your average, with plenty of sunshine there. now to the americas. we are looking at chantal, a tropical storm system. it looks like it's going maintain its intensity as a tropical storm. and it is already bringing hurricane-force winds. so we do have hurricane watches posted in some of the countries, especially espanolia. looks like it will be tracking towards the countries and into florida peninsula. talking about the east coast, we're seeing lots of rain and severe thunderstorms. we have several reports of tornadoes already falling from this phenomenon. to the temperatures, as we see, death valley reaching 48 degrees, quite hot there, or sizzling willing hot. some people are actually -- they know how to cool off, especially in new york. let me show you a picture coming up from there. some new yorkers are escaping from the blistering heat at this newly opened bar called minus 5. the temperature remains minus 5 degrees celsius. everything here made out of ice, including the bar, glasses ask tables. the admission fee is 20 u.s. d

that, drought conditions are going to be continuing for places across central china. 39 degrees in shanghai. 36 in chongqing once again strong sunshine here. all right. on into america, we're talking about hawaii, in fact, flossie is another tropical storm we have here heading towards hawaii. it's not expected to become a hurricane and there aren't any watches or warnings, but if you're in the vicinity know the wind and waves are really going to be increased here over the weekend. let's go now to europe to see what's going on. it's quite a split in the weather out west. it's going to be wet and cooler, i'm afraid. then we have the severe area of storms. we get the hot and cooler air masses colliding and can result in storms. and the heat is going to prevail from the southeast and south all the way up towards, well, just south of scandinavia in fact. you're going to see temperatures improving in places like berlin, warsaw up to 30 sdegrees as wel. 35 for vienna. here is your extended forecast. >>> and to end this edition of "newsline," four singers from the u.s. who are continuing a legacy t

. >> 24 million people live in shanghai. the local dialect is struggling to survive. >> do you speak shanghai nese? >> no,i don't. my son was born in shanghai, but doesn't speak it. >> i don't speak it well. >> china is said to have 130 languages including dialects and languages of ethnic minorities. about 40 years ago, the goal designated mandarin as the nation's official language. school education raised the number of people who speak chinese to 60%. the number of young people who can speak the language of their own region is falling sharply. >> some buses have started to announce both in mandarin and shanghai nese dialect. it has been received well, particularly among the elderly users. city authorities are also considering using the dialect in the subway system. >> translator: i was born in shanghai. i appreciate the shanghai nese announcement. >> translator: the city has too few localized services like the announcements. i want more services like this to make sure that the shanghai dialect won't be lost. >> another effo

and quite hot in shanghai. heat warnings in place. 36 degrees for the high on friday, but that could go down by about 5 degrees as we go into your saturday and go up to 28 degrees in seoul. in north america a pooling of moisture is in the south. up to the ohio river valley with quite heavy rain and a risk of hail and thunderstorms and tornadoes but back in the northeast coast, it's dry. and on your independence day, that's on your thursday. looking quite dry across the northeast coast. nice conditions to enjoy fireworks tonight. across the west we could see patches of thunder but mostly dry across the west coast. speaking of the heavy rain across the east, the ground is already saturated. however, still, an additional 100 millimeters or more is possible into friday. flooding, particularly a flash flood is going to be a quite major risk across the southeast coast. temperatures are going to be quite high across the northeast coast. boston amazingly 37 degrees for you. but across the west, the heat is easing, 32 i

shanghai getting up to 38 degrees. another sweltering day on wednesday. tokyo, 34 and staying dry. 36 in chongqing. towards the north, a little bit cooler in the upper 20s there. and quite unstable. and we'll see some scattered thunderstorms down towards the south. all right, on we go into the americas. and severe storms are erupting here across the northern tier of the u.s. and into canada as well. you can even see some tornadoes with this system. it's bringing winds of up to about 100 kilometers an hour. you could see golf ball sized hail and also some rain, heavy enough to cause flash flooding issues. so there's your severe area. and it's quite wide dipping down all the way down into kansas. much of the eastern two-thirds of the continent is going to be dealing with rain. but the central plains further down towards the south as well you've been dealing with some really extreme heat. temperatures in the mid-30s in denver, into oklahoma city as well as in houston. things are looking very hot indeed. and quite unstable too. up towards the northwest much m

shanghai, mid to high 30s as well. towards the americas, what's going on here as far as the upper level low which is still spinning over texas, drawing in moisture from the west. portions of northwest new mexico seeing heavy showers and risk of flooding and flash floods. this will weaken out but really pop-up thunderstorms across much of the northeast at this time into the midwest and great lakes. you see this set upright here? this will drift in from the north. there's a risk of severe weather thursday and friday. main reason is because it's very hot and humid. the atmosphere is unstable across the great lakes. 34 in chicago, 32 in toronto. new york at 35. what it feels like due to the heat and mugginess of the atmosphere, some places into the 40s. you'll want to stay cool especially in some cities where you don't have air conditioning in a few places. so it really is going to get quite hot. a similar picture right now into southern france towards northern italy, showers there. a few could become strong. look at a hig

i want to point out shanghai here on our temperature chart, 38 degrees and bright sunshine. that's going to feel very intense indeed, but you're tapping into some of those showers a little further north in seoul. on into the americas. more rain here spread out across the eastern third of the united states. a lot of heavy rain. that's going to be the main concern here. but you'll also see gusts up to about 90 kilometers an hour. further towards the north along the u.s./canada border, we have the low moving through onontari. and more wet weather out here towards the southwest. we've been talking about flash flooding happening in nevada as well as in arizona. the suburbs of phoenix we were talking about very dramatic rescue there of people being air lifted out of their vehicle that got submerged in waters. well, things are going to be wet here into your monday as well. temperaturewise staying hot in the center of the continent. denver down through houston in the mid-30s there. little cooler up towards the northeast, new york tapping into some of those thunderstorms, 27 degrees.

quite hot in shanghai. heat warnings in place. 36 degrees for the high on friday. that could go down by 5 degrees into your saturday and up to 28 degrees in seoul. right in north america, a pool of moisture is surging in from the south with quite heavy rain and hisk of hail and thunderstorms and isolated tornados. back behind me is dry. on your independence day thursday looking quite dry in the northeast coast. nice conditions to enjoy fireworks tonight. across the west, we may see patches of thundershowers across the west, but mostly dry on the coast. speaking of the heavy rain across the east, the ground is already saturated. however still 100 millimeters or more is possible. flooding and particularly flash flood is going to be a major risk across the southeast coast. temperatures will be high and boston amazingly is 37 degrees for you. more than 10 degrees higher than sammy, but across the west is 32 in sacramento, 10 degrees more than what we saw on thursday. here's the extended forecast. . >>> that's all for this edition of news line. thank you very much for j

north of that things are on the hot side across chongqing, shanghai, 37 and 38 for you. northeastern china, on the other hand, some areas could see about 100 millimeters of rainfall going into tuesday. even out towards wednesday, even seoul will be seeing some showers, it's the stationary boundary, the same one bringing the flooding rains across much of northern japan. et cetera let's look at the americas, we have the monsoonal flow coming in off the pacific here and that's been triggering the showers much of the southwest. right now we have this disturbance there into the plains, coming off the central rockies. in portions of kansas, oklahoma, you could see 48 millimeters of rainfall as it pushes through. pushing to the east, we have this high pressure in the great lakes and then a low pressure moving out through ontario and quebec. now the high pressure is the big story with this. we are seeing the rain showers, the thunderstorms ahead of it. but what it did, it's bringing in the cooler air from the north. and northern minnesota, during the early morning hours on monda

chongqing at 36 degrees, shanghai you have a heat advisory at 37 degrees. now to north america, a couple of storms to talk about. let me start with this one. this is moving towards the leeward islands. chantal has a tropical storm warning posted in puerto rico and tropical storm watch in the virgin islands. looks like it could make a few landfalls on its way as it maintains its intensity as a tropical storm status. this is just west of baja peninsula. eric will be decreasing its intensity. good news. it will become a remnant low, but still do watch out for the very heavy rain to move here. severe weather will be moving into the great lakes region today. chicago at 31 degrees with chances of thunderstorms. los angeles heating up to 35 degrees, well above your average. here's the extended forecast. >>> we wrap up this program with a look at how some hotel managers are helping their guests survive a heat wave. staff at a hotel in urayasu near tokyo strung about 300 wind chimes along the corridor. they say the tinkling sound has a cooling effect. some of the ch

tokyo tomorrow at 34. 37 in shanghai. 36 in chongquing. let's talk about chantal, headed toward the caribbean. it's going to be weakening. it's already weakened off. the winds at 75 kilometers per hour. that's good news. we have tropical storm warnings for puerto rico and the bahamas. we'll see the system headed up toward florida over the weekend. but whether it's going to be a weaker system, fall apart we are not sure now. so keeping a close eye on oh out. you are certainly going to see significant rainfall and it will be windy, too. do keep looking at those broadcasts for your vicinity as well. all right. into the bigger picture here we have the heavy rain targeting eastern portion ohs of canada from quebec down to the southeast. we have a few systems making things wet. storms could turn severe all the way from the northeast down into the central plains here. that's just stretching into the eastern tip of the four corners. severe weather. that could mean golf ball-sized hail, gusts up to 100 kilometers per hour. of course the rain as wel

shanghai is reaching 39 degrees, quite a dangerous level. even western japan is in the bulk of that. kyoto where the gion festival is held, 35 degrees until friday, but take a look at hangzhou, the 40s to friday. do stay hydrated. let's look at the americas where the cold front is sagging all the way to the south. and due to the tropical moisture from gulf of mexico, this is the collision and thunderstorms are very active across the southeast. another area we're looking at thunderstorms, and this one actually could even spawn tornadoes. we have a tornado watch in southern manitoba as we speak. flash floods are also still posted, risk is actually posted in a wide range in the southwest and down to new mexico due to the moisture surging from the bay of california. it's quite hot. still that heat dome across the pacific northwest, but cooler and dry across the great lakes region. and that includes chicago, toronto, looking at nice temperatures but houston's reaching up to 37 degrees and phoenix, 41, las vegas in the 40s, too. let's move over to

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temperatures are scorching hot at 40 degrees in chongqing, do stay hydrated and shanghai at 39 degrees. moving over to north america, we've got a cold front that's still hugging the coastal line. so here across the area, thunderstorms, new brunswick and new england these areas will find about 100 millimeters of additional rainfall. due to this cold front, severe weather is possible. we have three tornado touchdowns reported in the midsection of this country. so this is still capable of spawning these tornadoes. we're looking at 20s in bismarck and in winnipeg. these are mid-september temperatures and the morning low will be in the single digits. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> and that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> brown: attorney general eric holder wants texas to get federal court approval before changing election rules, part of an administration strategy to challenge laws it says discriminate by race. good evening, i'm jeffrey brown.

shanghai, the highs have been over 38 degrees over the past several days. your high could be 35 degrees today as well as yamaguchi prefecture as well. so drink plenty of water and take extra precautions against heat stroke. now, to the north of it, where hot air is colliding with warmer air, excuse me, cool air, we are seeing quite heavy rain from southwestern china through northeastern china, the korean peninsula as well as the western flank of japan. so heavy rain will raise the risk of flooding. across north america, there are two areas of severe weather. one is in the northern half of the plains. actually one tornado has been reported in south dakota with hail the size of a golf ball. the system is expected to head towards the south affecting the kansas area on wednesday. and another area can be found across the mid-mississippi river valley and surrounding areas. the greater risk could be damaging winds as well as lightning. the system will also head towards the southeast. now, towards the west, looking quite dry, and no monsoonal showers for the southw

temperatures are quite soaring in shanghai. 37 degrees for you. this is a coastal area. we don't usually see this high temperature even in the mid part of summer. towards the south 33 in bangkok. north america the main story is going to be the heat dome covering the eastern 1/3 of the u.s. temperatures going up to the mid 30s in places like boston, chicago and new york city. dangerously hot there. with the high humidity feels more like 38 degrees or higher. watch out for that. and quite cool and wet across the southern plains. mostly dry for the west and temperatures are quite mild in the north. 26 degrees for vancouver. 27 in seattle. finally in europe mostly no cloud cover across the continent and the british isles. temperatures we'll show the figures in a moment. we are seeing afternoon thunder showers. and as you can see over 30 degrees in some places. 35 degrees in madrid. 30 for london and paris as well as vienna on your wednesday. that's it for me now. here is your extended forecast around the globe. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kob

sole, shanghai hot spot on the map, 36 on your wednesday. now, as you look towards the americas, well, there's this upper level low spinning there into the texas panhandle. that's been bringing some showers out here. the good news, it's at some relief because you have been dealing with drought across much of this area. and the rain is going to bring some a little bit of a relief for that especially for the farmers out here. the problem is short-time heavy rain, there's the risk of flooding with that as well. even some of these lightning strikes continuing to occur with these storm systems that are going to continue o pop up. really widespread showers but a few isolated areas could still see about 130 millimeters of rain. on the flip side of that also looking at very warm temperatures into the northeastern u.s., even oit there towards ontario. temperatures continuing to climb into the high 20s to low 30s here on tuesday and that's expected throughout the rest of the workweek. into the 30s itself is not so bad, but a lot of these areas you're

and temperatures are quite soaring in shanghai, 37 degrees for you this. is the closest area. we don't usually see this high temperature, even in the middle of summer. and bangkok with seasonal thundershowers. north america. the main story is going to be the heat dome covering the eastern third of the u.s. temperatures are quite seasonal, going up to the mid 30s in places like boston, chicago, and new york city. dangerously hot there. and with the high humidity, you would feel more like 38 degrees or higher. so watch out for that. and quiet cool and wet across the southern plains. and same scenario for the next couple of days. mostly dry for the west, and temperatures quite mild in the north. 26 for vancouver. 27 in seattle. and finally, in europe then, mostly no cloud cover across the continent and the british isles. temperatures are quite hot. we'll show you the figures in just a moment. we are seeing some afternoon thundershowers with the pyrenees in the alpine regions. and as you can see, over 30 degrees in some places. 35 degrees, 30 for london, paris, as well as vienna o

the temperatures are rising almost up to 40 degrees in shanghai. 36 degrees in fukuoko. sudden weather changes. north america, the eastern half is looking quite misty. it has been an ongoing swigs here. we are still likely to see more bad weather due to this cold front stretching all the way into new england. into tomorrow, on wednesday, we'll see the system move toward the east hitting the atlantic coast and into southeastern corner of the country. the temperatures are still very high in oklahoma city at 33 degrees. houston, at 36. los angeles, 27, quite nice but the atmosphere is very unstable. we have a report of about 7,000 lightnings reported yesterday. now, here to europe, the midsection is clear and fine. the northwestern russia is wet and windy. we have a system moving into the atlantic. that is bringing the temperatures down. numerous thunderstorms have been reported and that's likely to continue. we a red alert in western germany for thunderstorms. 29 degrees. we are looking at the same digits here at 29. some of the midsections are soring into the. that's goin

bright sunshine in shanghai, 39 degrees here. you'll see a lot of areas hitting the 40 degree mark or beyond. that is causing yet another different kind of problem here in eastern asia. on we go into the americas and thunderstorms for you in the deep south. through the southeastern quarter of the united states, you'll see plenty of thunderstorm action, hail the size of ping pong balls possible as well as gusty winds. up towards the north, another storm system also capable of bringing pretty severe nasty storms. this will be pushing through central canada and the front moving through the northern plains into the upper midwest. dry cooler conditions and quite pleasant here in that northeastern corridor. in the other side of the jet stream it stays hot and also you have the threat of flash flooding, the monsoonal flow in the southwest and potential for flash floods here. the heat as well will be pretty unbearable in some areas. 41 degrees in phoenix and the next few days are going to be around about that, very hot indeed. even seatt

the shanghai composite fell about 2% due to renewed worries about the health of china's financial system. that's after authorities said they will conduct a nationwide audit of local government debt. they will be following china-related companies and construction machinery. both companies posted a decline in operating profits in the april and june quarter compared to a year ago. that is due to slowing growth in the economies including china. the financial firms and securities released positive earnings reports for the first quarter of the fiscal year. both companies appear to benefit from the recent stock market rally. we will see how the shares react to all of this. y woo will get more earnings reports for companies like all nippon airways and japan and pits bushy motors. now let's move on to currency starting to dollar yen. the dollar is trading against the yen. after it fell to the mid-97 level on monday. some are buying back the dollar after the currency fell in the past few trading session. the dollar gained ground against the euro. the euro dollar is not at 1.32559-3260. it will sta

now, the heat is extending in southern japan in towards the shanghai region. we've got a couple of strong high pressure systems that are causing it. japan has been particularly suffering with that heat and some temperatures that recorded on thursday we'll show you just why that is nearing the 40 degree mark in places like hatoyama. into the weekend we are likely to see a little respite which is certainly good news from the mid-30s, upper 30s down to the low 30s in tokyo, nagoya as well as fukuoka. should feel a little more comfortable and alleviate that heat. into the americas, the eastern seaboard is likely to see thunderstorms all the way down in fact to the gulf states. we have another area of severe weather making its way along the u.s./canada border, alberta and north dakota are going to be dealing with that. you can even see tornadoes up here. it's this rain that's just developing there if you can spot it. and then down to the southwest we've got that monsoonal flow we've been talking about, thunderstorms here and the potential for short-time heavy rain.

heat still covering much of the mid section, so rising the temperatures almost up to 40 degrees in shanghai, puck echo also seeing 36 degrees. considering western japan, still chances of sudden weather changes to be aware of. now moving over to north america, quite messy. an ongoing situation here. we're still likely to see more bad weather due to this cold front stretching all the way into new england. into tomorrow on wednesday, we'll see the system move towards the east, hitting the atlantic coast and into southeastern corner of the country. the temperatures are still very high in oklahoma city at 33 degrees. houston at 36. los angeles, 27. quite nice. but the atmosphere is very unstable. we have a report of about 7,000 lightnings reported yesterday. now here to europe. this section is clear and fine. northwestern russia is wet and windy. and we have a system moving into the atlantic. that's bringing the temperatures down, but numerous thunderstorms have been reported, and that's likely to continue. in fact, we have a red alert in western germany for thunderstorms. paris at 29 degrees, s

chongqing 40 on friday, 39 in shanghai and 34 here in fukuoka. in tokyo, 31 degrees. back to the heat and humidity after that cool wet spell we had in the middle of the week. all right. we'll head on into the americas where you're going to be seeing more thunderstorms. and if i pull back this cloud, you'll see where the rain is. this is going to be particularly heavy for places like kansas down into oklahoma. you can see a real threat of flash flooding, thunderstorms spreading up in towards the great lakes region as well. could be a little bit on the severe side. it is going to be dry and cooler, but sunshine there as well up towards the northeast and to the northwest is where you're going to be finding most of that heat. 27 degrees in seattle. getting up to 42 in las vegas. all right. let's go now to south america to southern brazil where i want to talk about a very strange phenomenon. some places seeing snow for the first time in 38 years. this is pretty unusual thing to see. it is of course the winter in the southern hemisphere. however, this is the heaviest snow t

already at 38 in shanghai. so heat advisories and warning in this region. tokyo looking at 32 with sunny spells. but into the afternoon and evening hours, showers and heavy rain will be possible. heavy rain is also possible in southern california here in north america. the eastern half of the continent, looking at a messy situation. severe thunderstorms across this area into the lower mississippi valley. but starting tomorrow tuesday. this is going to be do with foc here. this could be spawning tornadoes. this is going to be an ongoing situation with flash flood warnings and watches posted across california and into new mexico and that includes the four corners region as well. north of that, we have a heat dome that's preventing things from cooling down. take a look at that. sizzling hot, please stay hydrated if you are going to be out and about. we have a spinning cloud system as you can see. gale force winds reported yesterday. that's going to be continuing across the area. and towards the atlantic, we have a system moving into the british isles. so final

already at 38 in shanghai so heat advisories and warnings are posted widely in this region. that includes nagoya as well at 36 degrees today. tokyo looking at 32 with sunny spells. into the afternoon and evening hours, showers and heavy rain will be possible. heavy rains also possible across the four corners and southern california here in north america. same distinctive feature with the eastern half of the continent looking at very messy situation. today we're looking at some severe thunderstorms across this area into the lower mississippi valley. but starting tomorrow, tuesday, this is going to be focused here. so more severe weather to come and we cannot rule out the chances that this could be spawning even tornados. towards the four corners region, this is going to be an ongoing situation with flash flood warnings and watches posted widely across california and into new mexico and that includes the four corners region as well. towards the north of that, we have a heat dome that's preventing things from cooling down. take a look at that boise still at 37. salt lake city a

dry and hot in chongqing, shanghai, taipei as well as in tokyo on tuesday. cooler and stormy towards the north. and then we have those mid to low 30s across the south and thunderstorms here scattered around as well. more thunderstorms -- more tropical storms to talk about here. one is heading in towards the eastern caribbean. it's called chantal. this is a tropical storm that at the moment is looking towards st. lucia as well as barbados. and we have tropical storm warnings there for these islands. it's not expected to become a hurricane. it's expected to maintain status as it heads across the caribbean. and then head over to erick, also a tropical storm. it's expected to move parallel with the baja, california, peninsula. not making landfall but coming quite close. rip currents as well as heavy rain are going to be concerns. and we have a tropical storm warning here already for the southern tip of the peninsula. hopefully this one will go on the predicted track and head away from mexico and just another one to keep an eye on right now. more severe storms fo

with thunderstorms in bangkok and then we have this intense sunshine across chongqing as well as in shanghai. 38 degrees, strong sunshine and 35 for beijing. meanwhile, it's going to be raining in seoul as well as tokyo. and as i mentioned, temperatures coming down here across many portions of japan, 26 degrees in tokyo, but by thursday we'll be returning to that muggy heat once again. on into the americas and severe storms are erupting today right along this cold front with stretches from the northeast down through the midwest and close up into the central plains. you can see problems with flooding here in portions of missouri, arkansas, as well as in kansas. some large hail, strong gusts too in those storms. and it looks like much of the atlantic seaboard here is going to be very wet as well. rain just clinging and thunderstorms as well from new england right down through into florida. the southwest is expecting some more rain too. we've got that monsoonal flow filtering in and bringing you showers here. some of them could be short-time heavy showers leading to flooding, flash flooding her

shanghai, 37 to start off your weekend. look towards the americas. what's going on here? well, the southwest monsoon, that moisture being pulled out of the pacific still bringing showers in mexico, four corners region, risk of thunderstorms and also flash flooding out of that as well in the short-time heavy rain. but the bulk of the severe weather is off to the north. you can even see on satellite picture that cold front starting to develop towards the midwest pushing off towards the east. that is going to bring some thunderstorm activity in places like chicago over towards detroit, into buffalo as well as that does continue to push through the great lakes region. we've already been seeing some hail out here, up to about golf ball size. winds, damaging winds very welcoming out of this. don't be surprised if you hear of a report of a tornado or two with it. not a big tornado outbreak, but it is going to be packing quite a punch as it pushes off to the east being fueled by the absolutely steamy and warm temperatures we have been seeing across the northeast. right now chicag

temperatures are scorching hot at 40 degrees in chongqing, do stay hydrated and shanghai at 39 degrees. moving over to north america, we've got a cold front that's still hugging the coastal line. so here across the area, thunderstorms, new brunswick and new england these areas will find 100 millimeters of additional rainfall. due to this cold front severe weather is possible. we have three tornado touchdowns reported in the midsection of this country. so this is still capable of spawning these tornadoes. we're looking at 20s in bismarck and in winnipeg. these are mid-september temperatures and the morning low will be in the single digits. i'll leave you now for the extended forecast. >>> one more story to share with you before we go. people in osaka, western japan, have taken part in one of japan's top three summer festivals. about 3,000 people paraded from the osaka tenmangu shrine. the tenjin matsuri festival. the deity appears at this time every year. more than 10,000 festival goers boarded boats fitted with their own portable shrines. they sailed up an down a river that flows throu

shanghai a high of 31, beijing 34, even towards the tropics afternoon thunderstorms popping up across much of the region here, but temperatures only going to continue to climb up there towards the 30s. looking across the ocean though, well, we have our latest tropical storm. tropical storm erick. now, it's pulling off towards the west really following in the same weather pattern we've been seeing in the eastern pacific. actually, this is dalila, it's really not much left of that now. now this storm system it's going to continue to follow that same track, moving away from the coastline. it formed a little closer to the coastline. so we have these tropical storm warnings in effect around acapulco, you could be seeing high waves. definitely stay out of the waters. rip currents are also going to be very dangerous with it. it is going to continue to track out to sea before gradually weakening. farther towards the north also watching heavy rainfall across much of the east coast especially around the appalachians, florida pan hapd l two to three millimeters reported in the past 48 hours alon

we'll see things cooling down with rain in shanghai on saturday, but 37 inland china and chongqing also. let's take a look into north america. you're going to see storms here in the southeast and up through towards the mid-atlantic. lots of moisture coming in over the weekend. so that's not likely to change. up to the north severe weather here, could even see trntd tornadoings, hail, thunder and lightning and heavy rain moving east over the weekend and more storms and heavy rain, potential for flash flooding in the southwest too. here are your temperatures then for the americas. i'm going to leave you with your extended forecast. >>> before we go, an old japanese saying describes sake as being the best medicine. a group of visitors to a buddhist temple in western japan have gotten to sample that medicine combined with the health giving power of lotus leaves. about 100 varieties of lotus are now in full bloom at the temple near kyoto. the temple priests hold the sake tasting event every year. temple staff pour sake onto lotus leaves. tourists then use the stem as a straw to drink the ric

temperatures are quite seasonal in shanghai once again. 39 for you with abundance of sunshine. tokyo the upper 20s, relief from the heat. beachgoers and surfers in hawaii could be surprised at the higher surf. a tropical storm is approaching the hawaii islands and it could hit the islands by monday local time. so high surf, stronger gusts and quite heavy rain are likely to pound this area. tropical storm could hit the islands which is quite rare but not unheard of in 1992 a hurricane hit the island. now so quite severe weather is likely to happen across this area. so watch out for that. now further out towards the east we have a rainstorm across the eastern parts of the u.s. and up towards southeastern canada. lots of rain has caused flash floods as well as lots of thundershowers. monday things will be clearing up. windy conditions in the great lakes region will be clearing by the first day of the work week. but severe weather is expected tonight over oklahoma and the southern half of kansas on your monday. monsoonal rain could lead to flash flood across the desert southwest. t