where heavy rains have caused widespread flooding all across the balkan peninsula. villagers in southern albania rescued livestock after rivers burst their banks sunday. now, so far, no casualties have been reported. but homes, and businesses and farmlands all being inundated, and also unfortunately many of the livestock, many of the farm animals have drowned because of the water. albania's not the only one facing all of this flooding greece macedonia, bulgaria, all dealing with the major water problems here because of this weather pattern that we have seen in the southern portions of europe. and we are going to see even more rainfall as we continue on into tuesday, another low pressure system has developed in the western portions of the mediterranean. and that combination of cold air wrapping around and then bringing in the collision with the warm air, that's when it's going to really pick up steam and bring rain into the italian peninsula and also into the balkan peninsula. we're looking at areas of up to 80 millimeters of rainfall in the next 72 hours. that may n

we talked about heavy rainfall for italy and for the balkan peninsula for the past few weeks. i want to take you over into italy where we are seeing some more problems alone the eastern side of the country. and you can see just right here in this video, because of the high water level, the adriatic sea because of the rain falling, 18% of venice's historic center was flooded sunday. waters washed over canal walls in saint mark's square. people were forced to walk along those higher walkways and carry their bags so that they would not get wet. you can see here some of these areas are up to knee deep high when you're sitting down and people not only have to wear these wet boots but some of them were even using plastic bags to cover up their feet in the process in the shoes so they don't get completely soaked. we're going to see this pattern continue because we have this low pressure system once again in place. that's going to pull all that moisture from the mediterranean sea, dumping it back around into italy and also the balkan peninsula. that wet weather pattern will continue o

as far as italy and over to the balkan peninsula, really looking at the threat of thunderstorms out here heavy rain severe wind gusts that could be included with this low. the big problem with it is moving very slowly. and that means a long duration event. not very welcome. if you have any travel plans across this region you doen watt to be aware, there are going to be some showers and possibly some delays out in at the airports. showers in your forecast as mentioned, more with a high of seven, and moscow getting up to three there, staying on the chilly side. let's see what's going on in india now. i want to mention this what we have is this low that tracked in from the southwest. move over pakistan and pulled in the moisture out of the arabian sea. all that moisture doesn't drop too much down here toward the south, once it hits the mountains, it squeezes out like a spurngng, we've been seeing some showers out here. if you're a farmer you need the rain definitely making for a rough go across much of this region. now, wrapping things up here in eastern asia let's talk about the dust which

we're looking at some continued snowy conditions for turkey and also balkan peninsula, 8 degrees in athens as we go through thursday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here is your extended outlook. ♪ >> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. he key town of debeltseve prompting the president to call for u.n. peacekeepers to keep the cease-fire in place. a no confidence vote to be held on the french government, as it pushes for a new plan to free up labor rules and regulations. chelsea football club asks supporters to help identify fans videoed singing racist chants and pushing a black man off the metro in paris. could a new greek

the storm system is headed not so much the case moving across italy and now over toward the balkan peninsulaeen bringing some rough weather out here already. in western turkey you actually did see one report of a tornado. even back here toward the west in athens you've been seeing on and off rain and snow mix and still some snow in your forecast. still could see upwards of about 20 centimeters across parts of sturky and even the winds gusting as high as 80 kilometers per hour. if you have travel plans out here, be ready for delays at the airport. take a look at the temperatures, though. north of that things on the cold side, a big dip in the jet stream really ushering in that cold air mass. kiev with just a high minus 3. moscow at minus 7 there on your tuesday. now, let's move over toward the americas. talking about the snowfall. in the east coast you have just been seeing really one storm after another. this is one way to put it. take aimage. this is what people in parts of new england have been waking up to what it feels like almost every day for the past several weeks. i actually grew up

this system is going to bring some stormy conditions and very strong winds in to the balkan peninsuland some snowfall. plentiful amounts of snowfall into turkey as we go through tuesday. 7 for the high in athens. 16 in rome. some rain also into paris with a high of 9 degrees. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. until next time, good-bye. rubble photos fell to meet a deadline to start with throwing heavy weapons. and the aggravated pending trial of former imf boss dominique strauss-kahn have dropped accusations against him. french president france while on has been visiting the jewish cemetery in the northeast reason -- francois hollande has been visiting the jewish cemetery northeast france after grace of been desecrated. and greece's debt dilemma. we will be looking at the

for the coastal locations, and another spot of severe weather can be found in italy and the balkan peninsulatuesday. there's your chance of thunderstorms and hail as well. and very windy over the north, up to 130 kilometers per hour gusts will likely happen in ireland. quite strong enough to cause some structural damage out there. temperatures are not bad in london with a high of 8 degrees. quite warm for this time of year across the east. 3 degrees in moscow with sunny conditions. and 5 degrees in kiev with rain on tuesday. and finally over asia clear conditions for many parts of china on tuesday. but rain will develop in the south and snow will develop in the north as we go into wednesday. and the moisture will likely move in to japan, as well as the korean peninsula. hong kong will stay dry, but shanghai rainy weather on wednesday and thursday. dry weather in tokyo wednesday but that turns wet as we go into thursday in the tokyo area. here's the extended forecast around the globe. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ÷wÑ/ st of economic reform plans to brussels m

and we expect strong winds, isolated tornados and large hail greece, albania, macedonia, the balkan peninsula leaving the possibility of stronger storms this afternoon. the u.k. getting in on the action especially monday in to tuesday as another low pressure moves in. we will get a brief break in the winds through the course of your sunday and early monday. there's the next system moving in for dublin. very wet and windy conditions. look out. we have the possibility of airport delays today. highest near munich. 60 to 90 minutes possible 0. check those flight plans. natalie, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are keeping an eye on the australian open men's final underway right now in melbourne. novak djokovic is taking on sixth seed andy murray. the match started about an hour ago, and right now the score is get this 4-4 in the first set. tie breaker. looks like a duel on hand perhaps. >>> the pressure is high for both men, but especially murray. four-time winner djokovic has never been meeting at melbourne park in a semi final or final. but get this should murray win, he would be the first bri

the influence a lot larger as it brings all the moisture further east and into the balkans and italian peninsula are not only seeing rainfall but also strong thunderstorms popping up with the system. gusts up to 120 kilometers an hour possible with snow up to 70 centimeters. we can't rule out isolated tornadoes and flooding is a problem and will continue to be a problem through the day. we are seeing a cold behind the low and snow in moscow and through thursday. in north america. new york and new england states see flurries through the day as low pressure system is departing from the area but still driving cold air. another low coming out of the deep south will depart and help start clearing out the skies but we will also see windy conditions in the process. let me take you to the western side of the united states and canada. we are connected to a pineapple express setup. lots of rain coming up with this. we're looking at 200 millimeters of rainfall in northern california and pacific northwest along the coast. flooding is going to be a concern as we go through the rest of this week. 11 degrees i