i realized how language shapes thinking, how definitions i'm not only mental images are a whole perception of the world's dis inside to save my life. and was one of the reasons i became a journalist. i'm a storyteller, and i use my words to help with intercultural understanding. my name is ellen quailey and i work a ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, winter chaos on the us east coast heavy snow and howard can force windsor batter,

boston and new york disrupting the lives of millions. authorities issued blizzard warnings for the region and se stay at harm and brice for extreme cold. also coming out to poland is fencing off it's part of the european union border with bill of roost. to keep my grants out about critics say the you is failing asylum seekers and spans roughly on the dollar, chases the record 21st grand slam at the australian open. dr. neil made video of russia is determined to rick his dream. ah, i'm jared rate. thank you very much for your company. a major winter storm has slammed into the east coast of the united states, bringing strong winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts were issued across a region of around 70000000 people residence there are being urged to stay indoors

and avoid unnecessary travel. the snow storm is almost empty. the streets of boston with authorities urging people to stay at home. the bomb cyclone, as meteorologists call it, has generated a dangerous mixture of snow and hurricane force winds. in new england storm surges are threatening communities along the coast, forcing many people to flee inland to safety. we got some sand bags. we elevated things in our basement, but this is one of the worst storms i've seen so far. tens of thousands have been left without power along the eastern us. in rhode island, driving is only allowed in emergencies. new york city was spared the worst of the blizzard. somewhere out enjoying a rare sight manhattan blanketed by a half a meter of snow. this is just an ice sweet winter snowfall.

i'm so happy that it is harry, unless you hit her at silly. ha. okay, dear snowball fights. the storm is expected to continue until sunday morning until then it stay home or get home as soon as possible. well, cape cod in massachusetts is one of the worst hate regions. and from there i'm joined by meteorologist matthew could poochie matthew high. at least 10 states have been affected by the storm. that's one 5th of the entire us. what's the situation like where you are? yeah, good morning jack. you're absolutely right. 70000000 people under different winter storm warnings, blizzard warnings at one point with 10000000 people seeing a foot or more snowfall. now the good news, it's pulling us your now the stores moving into the canadian americans and eventually kind of out of our neck of the woods behind me, it lifting, plastering us. no false boss. and 2nd,

biggest storm on record and biggest owner days, no total on record. and as you can see where i am and we think about 19, roughly about 5 meters, which is the most recent years. and i know what the bond sounds like make up there. i'm basically, it's an, a low pressure system that drops in incredible amount of air pressure. $24.00 mil bars and 24 hours. it's actually becoming a vacuum cleaner. sucking more air in grappling fine. but this thing breaking at double the rate needed for bama genesis go from barely a blip on weather maps to a hard teen for low. absolutely incredible weather and the way you're describing it . now this cold is expected to keep the 8th group east coast in its group well into sunday. what do you think the authorities have it all under control? yes, so the storm pulls off. sure. we have to remember that low system spin counterclockwise and now we have winds out of the west, north west, pulling down

a frigid canadian air mass. and a lot of people still don't have power the entire community or province to on cape cod without power. about 2030 percent of cape cod does not power either. they're in the dark, you'll be able to heat their homes now suddenly cold, outside know what to do. other interesting element. if the weights go but down there, the road with the force down there, the roads aren't loud. it's been about 18 to 24 hours since the snow started. the house can buy one and didn't even plow. this is going to drove over the roadway. we have roughly 30 to 42nd meters us know on the road and i've been here for decades. these are the worst road conditions i seen really any point in my life time. just because i think snowball rate the clips in 10 centimeters per hour. there's no way anyone would be able to pilot really keep up. so they just didn't. and now we're kind of snowed in now matthew, last year was a year of extreme weather events. the theory shaping up to be no different just

quickly if you could the relationship of this to global warming. yes. so in general, we actually expect to see less. you know, year to year, thanks to communities, climate change. it's obviously it's warmer outside war makes. it's tough to guess. but we're times when we're still below freezing. in other words, if we'd otherwise be below freezing, we could actually see a little bit more snow in the biggest storms. because for every degrees celsius the air temperature increases. the atmosphere can hold about 7 percent more water. so we're the biggest storms requisite, or moisture loading. so more snow falls during big events, but here to year less. no. overall. that was matthew computing in cape cod, massachusetts. matthew enjoyed the snow stay warm, many thanks. thank you. let's get a round up of some of the other stories making world news to day 3 days after launching to short range ballistic missiles, north korea has conducted what analysts say could be its largest missile test since

2017 japanese authorities tractor miss. i'm traveling some 800 kilometers before landing in the sea. now this is north korea's 7th round of weapons launch just this month. portuguese voters are voting for a new parliament today, 2 years earlier in scheduled. now this early election was cold after a political did look on spending, brought down the minority socialist government holding suggests a tight race between right and left wing parties. britain is preparing to offer now. so a major deployment of troops, war ships, and jets to eastern europe, prime minister boris johnson said the move was in response to russia's rising hostility towards neighboring ukraine. if nato accept the offer, it could double the number of u. k. troops already, station day. you as president joe biden, also plans to send american troops to boost nachos prison in the region. u. s. defense officials are warning that russia has deployed enough forces on ukraine's

border to invade the entire country. and attention on another border, e. u. member, poland is working on a permanent security fence along its frontier with bell ruse. for months now, thousands of migrants had been trying to reach the european union via this route. poland says the wall is a justified response to the crisis, but critics say it's also a j, a barrier for genuine asylum seekers. the foundation for a border wall is dug into the frozen ground along the polish belly ruffian border. the 1st stage for a 5 me to high steel fence with motion detectors, poland barea to prevent people from crossing whatever these fence is being erected for safety reasons. so that we don't have to fear any further provocation from bell roofs. details of the exact route of the fence are being kept secret. every day between 20 and 50 undocumented people tried across the border,

se polish border gods. that significantly less than a few months ago. there met by almost 10000 polish soldiers and gods and loudspeakers blaring in different languages. the polish border is closed. this is the end of your journey go back to minsk. but refugee 8 organizations believe the more than 360000000 euro project is misguided. mapped on the vast sums of money spent on building this barrier would be enough to establish an effective arrival and asylum system in poland. this has been lacking for years back. we are that for critics. the fence is not a sign of strength, but rather of the failure of polish and european refugee policies. with the huge challenges facing afghanistan since the taliban takeover. very few people are focused on the country's tourism industry. but before the taliban came

to power, tourism did boost local economies and help sustain communities. afghans traveling to different parts of the country providing much needed employment for to a guides boat operators and other professionals. but since august last year, all of this has dried up, leaving tourism, and industry workers struggling the deep blue lakes of bundy, amier, a pristine mountain landscape, 3000 meters above sea level. it's afghanistan's 1st and only national park. the area usually attracts thousands of visitors a year. all that changed with the taliban take over now it's deserted. the normally busy kiosks. empty and padlocked. clubland hill, it used to be very good and all there was skiing programs and competitions in the winter. the used to be so many tourists, but since the taliban came in the last 4 months we haven't seen any tourists in bondo mia? who do you see that the one is will the when ended 90. to day visitors are greeted

by arm taliban soldiers and vehicle inspections. afghans once flocked to bundy. amir looking for a break from decades of conflict. the region prospered, but now it's taken a double hit. from the pandemic and the economic crisis following the taliban victory over 7, maryland. when them 70 to 80 families living in the village in their livelihoods depend entirely on tourism. could you go? if they're a tourist, their income is good. if not one, they have nothing. when monsieur, without the tourists, the striking beauty of the mountains remains. but the people who live here are facing a winter of hardship. oh, well, rough a and a doll is chasing a record 21st grand slam in today's australian open final in melbourne. the spanish tennis champion is facing off against daneen, mid viet, if the 25 year old russian player is aiming to win his 2nd successive grand slam

title after his victory at the us open in september. now this year's competition in australia was marked by the deportation of the unvaccinated tennis dog neglect junkie, which now dw sports. chris harrington is with me now to talk this began chris, how's it looking for an a doll is, is he going to make history today? will he, he would have to pull off quite the come back on top of the come back. he's already pulled off just being if the australian open final jerry you know, he's dealing with foot injuries and so forth. yet cove it in december. and just to make it back to this point, he spoke on how happy and thrilled he was just to be active on tour. clearly he's chasing his 21st grand slam title, but it doesn't look good. he dropped the 1st 2 set. so, you know, that's why he'll have to pull off quite the come back and i think it's the uphill battle because prior to this match, he already called moving his toughest opponent thus far. so it's been over decades,

isn't all his won the australian open 2009 the last time you know, but i yet to applaud, you know, just him getting back to the point. now, could be history repeating itself, you know, mid it does have a history of stopping grand slam records might happen again to day. right. you know, he prevented novak joke of ich, from winning his 21st. the us open in that's where the history lies with merverdad, you know, he could become the 1st player to win his back to back his 1st and 2nd. a grand slam titles. you know, if he does accomplish, you know, it is when of the final say we're of the for said, you know, he perhaps, you know, but maybe they have, you know, spoke on the history he made prevents novak. he said he knew what was at stake back there. he knows what's at stake now. and, and it'll be quite the turning of the tide. you know, because there's more, obviously at stake with med v. davies. number 2 in the world. no, no bag joke, which means he will be propelled to number one. so, so that'll be a new crown. you know, for him in if yes, name,

power. he could be the next big name in this war. so history will be made either way. today really let's talk about novick, jock of it's did the soccer of his deportation ruin the tournament. thoughtful people, you know, i think 5050 obviously those loyalton of egg yolk of it's, they would argue that point, you know, typically you see a fallen former to re prevent a tennis player from regional historic accomplishment like that that was within grasp from no back joke. of it, but i think regardless of the way this match and the fact that he was chasing history, he looked to be a good form and so on. this clearly will be a foot no, in the australian open, so it's a lose lose situation. either way you break it for no bag. that's d w very, and chris harrington. thank you very much. thank you. now since 2018 close to a 3rd of australia's co while is have died as a result of bush fires, disease, and d for a straight deforestation. now, the australian government is increasing its spending by over 30000000 euros over

the next 4 years to restore koala habitats and expand research on the vulnerable species. research is estimate, it could be as few as $100000.00 of the native marsupials left on the continent. he's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you. and major winter storm has slammed into the eastern united states with strong winds and heavy snow. severe weather alerts were issued across the region of around 70000000 people. residents are being urged to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel. well, stories is up next. don't go with her.