we saw tremendous amounts of heheavy rain then, awellll. it has been quite wet over the past cououple of m months. thisiss a rainy season. so more rain is anticipated in the country. now let's go to north america. the first significant snowstorm is affecting the northern plains with snowfall and blustery conditions. we have blizzard warnings in place in places like minnesota and the dakotas and the stormy weather will likely head into ontario. watch the snow is expected for the great lakes region. thunderstorms expecteded. acroross the eastern seaboard temperatures will be warm. but within the next couple of days, temperatures will drop significantly. for example, buffalo, the high is going to be 21 on friday. down to only 3 degrees on sunday. here is your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> thank you for watching nhk "newsline." i'm james tengan in tokyo. bye for now. 8úxúo#qÑ ♪ welcome to the france 24 newsroom. here is a look at headlines we are following. french conservative space off in a television debate before the first round of a presid