as nhk world's catherine kobayashi reports, the pandemic has driven them to levels not seen since thereatat depressi. >> repeporter: millions o of americans are joioining lines n one wants to join. they spend houours waiting on t phone or staringng at their screen. then, they stand in line for unemploymement benefefits just get by. >> i have not hadad any incncom since lasast d day of march.h. and i'm just like trying to survive this. >> reporter: a decade of job gains vanished within weeks. millions of u.s. workers lost their jobs in april. by comparison, the number in the worst month of the financial crisis was 800,000. earlier this year, the unemployment rate dipped to a 50-year low, 3.5%. some analysts expect it to reach above 15% and the real picture is worse. in general, people must be actively looking to be considered unemployed. but many believe the jobs just aren't out there so they've stopped trying. every part of the economy has been hit. every size of business. every sector. individuals struggling one by one. a restaurant server, a retail clerk, a hotel employee. >> it was

catherine kobayashi, nhk world, new york. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now moving on to world weather.severe cyclone east of india is posing a serioous threat to parts of that country and bangladesh. our meteorologist setsei monoare has more. >> severe weather conditions toward the southeast and the northeastern coast of bangladesh and india expected. you need to look out for storm surges particularly along the coast where there are a lot of rivers and a lot of water associated with the storm and also the winds that are growing at about 185 kilometers per hour will be the major concern toward india as well as into bangladesh. please do take care and stay clear. go to higher situated areas so that you can avoid being flooded with the amount of rainfall that we are expecting there which could exceed 180 millimeters in just a short period of time. please do take care at all times. there could be severe damage to crops and coconut trees and also power outages are quite possible. if you see kolkata, and areas like dhaka are highly populated areas that could lead to significant damage. three