inland china will stay mostly dry for western sections dealing with heat here. 39 degrees in chongqing. 33 in shanghai. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. indeed much of japan will be contending with that high heat and humidity once again. many areas reaching the mid-30s. 35 in fukushima. now as for the americas, storms continue to rumble away in eastern canada. but that system is finally going to be weakening after tonight. as for the midsections of the u.s., also looking quite stormy throughout the night. rain will slowly start to weaken off at the end of central canada. but for the central plains of the u.s., will remain quite stormy. especially for nebraska, the dakotas looking at damaging winds and large hail and torrential downpours. out towards the east and over towards the west, two high pressure systems in control. it will be fairly pleasant as well as dry. we could use more rain down in the south. but again contending with that heat and dry weather. 38 in houston. up towards the northeast, 29 in new york with plenty of sunshine. very warm in toronto, 28 degrees. as for europe we've

let's get a look at the temperatures. 31 the high in manila. 32 in hong kong. 31 in chongqing. and 28 in tokyo. definitely warmer than yesterday, but still not quite that strong heat. now for the americas, we're keeping an eye on the caribbean of course. here are the clouds from hurricane irene. it is now a hurricane just north of the dominican republic. category one right now but forecasts are calling for it to strengthen in the next couple days becoming a major hurricane as it enters northern bahamas. we're keeping a close eye on this system over the next few days. right now, though, of course the relly heavy stormy weather is impacting hispaniola. looking into enter turks and caicos over the next couple days. things are going to be really stormy here. you can see the core of heavy rain moving right through these islands. so you can expect quite a bit of rainfall here. and of course along with that, we will be talking about the strong winds as well as, of course, storm surges too. so flooding of areas, mudslides, landslides also possible. keepn eye on that. now, for north ame

may be popping up thunderstorms and tokyo at 30 degrees, but chongqing still at 39.t's the end of august. very hot there and well above seasonal average. here in europe we've got a very well developed low system rotating over the scandinavian peninsula. so a few thunderstorms may be popping up in those areas. but out toward the west, looking very sunny and dry for you from the west all the way into central portions of europe. we have a system coming in toward the iberian peninsula. so portugal and portions of spain will be seeing a few thundershowers for you to come. london, 18 degrees, on the cooler side. madrid, 32 degrees. we're looking at berlin, 17. moscow here at 26 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again the top story at this hour. >>> yoshihiko noda has signed up to take on one of the toughest jobs in japan. a job that has a high turnover rate. the finance minister is now the new leader of the country's ruling democratic party, and that means he is certain to become japan's next prime minister, its sixth in just five years. >> translator: as a

we're looking at high risk of flooding and landslides. 39 in chongqing today. another hot day for you. now over towards the americas, remnant of what was hurricane irene is bringing significant rains to parts of quebec, canada. the tail end of the system also bringing thunderstorms to north carolina and virginia as well. the plains states dealing with plenty of showers in and around montana, saskatchewan looking for thunderstorms to break out tonight. temperaturewise, hotting up in houston. 39 degrees. it is going to be chilly in seattle at 19 celsius. now over towards europe, we have a large low pressure system that continues to move slowly across northern europe here. looking very windy and thundery across germany, poland and into the baltic states. looking cloudy for the british isles as well. but mostly dry. sunny skies towards the south. and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers th

it stays hot in chongqing at 37 degrees. now heading towards the americas, the western half of the continent looks very calm and pleasant today. out towards the east, it's a different story. we have a couple of systems in the works here bringing lots of unsettled weather, lots of thunderstorms tonight and into your tuesday. tonight especially near the center of the storm for southwestern ontario also near the frontal system for nebraska looking very stormy. looking at the potential of damaging winds as well as large hail and severe thunderstorms. then down towards the south, this low pressure system also will remain fairly strong into tuesday. that will continue to bring lots of thunderstorms across the southeastern corner of the u.s. otherwise the heat will continue to impact the southern plains again. 38 degrees in houston. 32 in denver. also warm on the east coast as well. now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. inte

temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistetish isles.

it stays hot in chongqing at 37 degrees. now heading towards the americas, the western half of the continent looks very calm and pleasant today. out towards the east, it's a different story. we have a couple of systems in the works here bringing lots of unsettled weather, lots of thunderstorms tonight and into your tuesday. tonight especially near the center of the storm for southwestern ontario also near the frontal system for nebraska looking very stormy. looking at the potential of damaging winds as well as large hail and severe thunderstorms. then down towards the south, this low pressure system also will remain fairly strong into tuesday. that will continue to bring lots of thunderstorms across the southeastern corner of the u.s. otherwise the heat will continue to impact the southern plains again. 38 degrees in houston. 32 in denver. also warm on the east coast as well. now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. inte

inland china will stay mostly dry for western sections dealing with heat here. 39 degrees in chongqing. 33 in shanghai. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. indeed much of japan will be contending with that high heat and humidity once again. many areas reaching the mid-30s. 35 in fukushima. now as for the americas, storms continue to rumble away in eastern canada. but that system is finally going to be weakening after tonight. as for the midsections of the u.s., also looking quite stormy throughout the night. rain will slowly start to weaken off at the end of central canada. but for the central plains of the u.s., will remain quite stormy. especially for nebraska, the dakotas looking at damaging winds and large hail and torrential downpours. out towards the east and over towards the west, two high pressure systems in control. it will be fairly pleasant as well as dry. we could use more rain down in the south. but again contending with that heat and dry weather. 38 in houston. up towards the northeast, 29 in new york with plenty of sunshine. very warm in toronto, 28 degrees. as for europe we've

hitting 42 in chongqing. it looks like that's going to continue over the next several days. the heat wave really lingers in southern china. tokyo looking more comfortable at 31 degrees. across much of japan, that rain helps to cool things down. down to 29 degrees in maebashi today. and 31 in kyoto today. now over towards the americas we're seeing thunderstorms. that will dissipate in eastern canada across the plains states in the u.s. we are seeing widespread thunderstorms erupting here across minnesota, south dakota, iowa. tornadoes are not out of the question. and then that slowly moves in towards the lower midwest throughout the night. so generally looking much, much calmer on friday. much of the u.s. will continue to see the line of showers develop in the southwestern corner in western mexico with the heat of the day. there is that possibility of a couple of thunderstorms in the plains states again by friday afternoon. 42 degrees in oklahoma city. so it stays extremely hot here. 38 in houston. and we've got 29 in los angeles today. now let's take you to europe. big impro

temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it will be developing a bit more as we head into your wednesday as well. so kansas city in at 24 degrees. looking much cooler today. it does stay hot across much of oklahoma as well as texas here into louisiana as well. now for europe. very unsettled conditions for the northwestern section of europe. persistent rain for

elsewhere looking at 26 in seoul. 40 degrees in chongqing. 36 in shanghai. now let's get a look at south asia. we're dealing with monsoon rain effecting much of indochina. pockets of heavy showers in around myanmar. we're looking at heavy downpours to occur again. the ground already saturated. risks of flooding, landslides going to be high. as well as northeastern india and bangladesh. now for the americas. starting to see the tropical storm move away from bermuda. also the low pressure up in the northeastern u.s. additional rain will come throughout the night. thunderstorms as well. that could certainly bring some additional flooding problems out here. the central areas looking at severe areas to break out. also for montana in the u.s. looking windy. watch out for the stormy conditions. in the eastern u.s., temperatures pretty comfortable. 29 in washington, d.c. fairly cool but does stay hot in the south. houston coming in at 35 degrees. finally taking a look at europe, we're looking at more wet and windy weather to effect much of the british isles today. h

let's get a look at the temperatures. 31 the high in manila. 32 in hong kong. 31 in chongqing. and 28 in tokyo. definitely warmer than yesterday, but still not quite that strong heat. now for the americas, we're keeping an eye on the caribbean of course. here are the clouds from hurricane irene. it is now a hurricane just north of the dominican republic. category one right now but forecasts are calling for it to strengthen in the next couple days becoming a major hurricane as it enters northern bahamas. we're keeping a close eye on this system over the next few days. right now, though, of course the relly heavy stormy weather is impacting hispaniola. looking into enter turks and caicos over the next couple days. things are going to be really stormy here. you can see the core of heavy rain moving right through these islands. so you can expect quite a bit of rainfall here. and of course along with that, we will be talking about the strong winds as well as, of course, storm surges too. so flooding of areas, mudslides, landslides also possible. keep an eye on that. now, for north a

then behind it a new wet area develops towards the chongqing area. we'll look at more heavier showers to develop into the afternoon. down towards the south. the philippines then into the indochina peninsula. 31 is the high in manila today. on the other hand we're looking at only 24 in tokyo. it is going to be another mild and cool day. it will be looking warmer on tuesday. over towards the americas, right at the corner of the screen here we've got this cluster of clouds. this will be the tropical storm system heading in towards puerto rico know. tropical storm irene is still on the strengthening track. it may become a hurricane on monday. we're talking about within the next 24 hours. a lot of warnings. you do want to take precautions in the area. some of the heaviest rains will be impacting this area. will all look at 500 millimeters of rain possible with the system. lot of rain, flooding, landslides will be possible. you do want to be on the watch for that. over towards north america we've got this very active frontal system that is going to be impa

hitting 42 in chongqing. it looks like that's going to continue over the next several days. the heat wave really lingers in southern china. tokyo looking more comfortable at 31 degrees. across much of japan, that rain helps to cool things down. down to 29 degrees in maebashi today. and 31 in kyoto today. now over towards the americas we're seeing thunderstorms. that will dissipate in eastern canada across the plains states in the u.s. we are seeing widespread thunderstorms erupting here across minnesota, south dakota, iowa. tornadoes are not out of the question. and then that slowly moves in towards the lower midwest throughout the night. so generally looking much, much calmer on friday. much of the u.s. will continue to see the line of showers develop in the southwestern corner in western mexico with the heat of the day. there is that possibility of a couple of thunderstorms in the plains states again by friday afternoon. 42 degrees in oklahoma city. so it stays extremely hot here. 38 in houston. and we've got 29 in los angeles today. now let's take you to europe. big impro

we're looking at high risk of flooding and landslides. 39 in chongqing today. another hot day for you. now over towards the americas, remnant of what was hurricane irene is bringing significant rains to parts of quebec, canada. the tail end of the system also bringing thunderstorms to north carolina and virginia as well. the plains states dealing with plenty of showers in and around montana, saskatchewan looking for thunderstorms to break out tonight. temperaturewise, hotting up in houston. 39 degrees. it is going to be chilly in seattle at 19 celsius. now over towards europe, we have a large low pressure system that continues to move slowly across northern europe here. looking very windy and thundery across germany, poland and into the baltic states. looking cloudy for the british isles as well. but mostly dry. sunny skies towards the south. and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers th

we've got the 40 degrees in chongqing. that's set to last throughout the week. extremely hot conditions here. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. it will be hot again for central and western areas coming in at 36 in kyoto today. 35 in fukushima. on the other hand up towards the north looking relatively cool. 26 in sapporo. in the americas, a system bringing heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. now we have rainfall warnings in effect for manitoba. that will continue throughout the night. it becomes a bit better on wednesday. it will remain fairly stormy across much of ontario. we do have risks of tornadoes out here. minnesota across the u.s. looking severe tonight as well. but as you can see the weather conditions improve by wednesday. as we're looking at fairly long conditions. we have a tropical depression to the south of mexico as well. 38 degrees in houston today. and hot day in los angeles. 31. but much cooler towards the pacific northwest. now for europe. the heaviest of rain will occur across the northern tier of the continent. much of continental europe will stay

hotting up to 39 in chongqing. in europe we have a large low pressure system lingering in the northern areas of europe. scandinav scandinavia, baltic states, poland, and germany looking unsettled. british isles is under a high pressure system. it will be generally calm out here. cloudy and cool again. then for central and eastern europe, it remains fairly settled. good spells of sunshine once again. just a couple of showers to watch out for. and we are starting to see that significant rain moving into the iberian peninsula. cooling down in lisbon, 21. 18 in london. and berlin at 19 with cloudy skies. here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

elsewhere looking at 26 in seoul. 40 degrees in chongqing. 36 in shanghai. now let's get a look at south asia. we're dealing with monsoon rain effecting much of indochina. pockets of heavy showers in around myanmar. we're looking at heavy downpours to occur again. the ground already saturated. risks of flooding, landslides going to be high. as well as northeastern india and bangladesh. now for the americas. starting to see the tropical storm move away from bermuda. also the low pressure up in the northeastern u.s. additional rain will come throughout the night. thunderstorms as well. that could certainly bring some additional flooding problems out here. the central areas looking at severe areas to break out. also for montana in the u.s. looking windy. watch out for the stormy conditions. in the eastern u.s., temperatures pretty comfortable. 29 in washington, d.c. fairly cool but does stay hot in the south. houston coming in at 35 degrees. finally taking a look at europe, we're looking at more wet and windy weather to effect much of the british isles today. h

chongqing at 36. tokyo in the same digits 32 for your friday high.e in north amera, let's start off talking about this dangerous hurricane irene. this is a major hurricane and category 3 at the moment. it looks like it will be strengthening little bit as it pass through offshore of the florida peninsula. then weakening again whe it reaches north carolina. maybe even making landfall there it will become a hurricane then towards northeast. it may eveaknoer landfall there, as well. o iovgn northwest direction at the sed of 20 kilometers perur. it wil b bringing lots of rain isone, as well. 300 mrs ihe next 36 hours in bahamas. this is what we are lki. heavy rain will up the risk of flooding here, as. swellsould beenat y away froen. coastal side, if possible. temperatures are shaping u like this, still ver hot in phoenix at 44 degrees. here in europe, we're got very active low preur system here in the british isles. it looks very unstable. in france, germany and southern norway with is where we'll be seeing lots of unstable conditions. dry and hot out in

we've got the 40 degrees in chongqing. that's set to last throughout the week. extremely hot conditions here. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. it will be hot again for central and western areas coming in at 36 in kyoto today. 35 in fukushima. on the other hand up towards the north looking relatively cool. 26 in sapporo. in the americas, a system bringing heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. now we have rainfall warnings in effect for manitoba. that will continue throughout the night. it becomes a bit better on wednesday. it will remain fairly stormy across much of ontario. we do have risks of tornadoes out here. minnesota across the u.s. looking severe tonight as well. but as you can see the weather conditions improve by wednesday. as we're looking at fairly long conditions. we have a tropical depression to the south of mexico as well. 38 degrees in houston today. and hot day in los angeles. 31. but much cooler towards the pacific northwest. now for europe. the heaviest of rain will occur across the northern tier of the continent. much of continental europe will stay

chongqing 31. it's been 40 for quite a while. 31 in tokyo. we head now into north america. check on what's happening with irene, which is the hurricane that has formed now. we've been looking at it. it was affecting puerto rico as a tropical storm. it's now a hurricane. looks like it will be heading towards hispanola and starting to affect the dominican republic. winds at 120 with gusts that will see significantly stronger than that. looks like it will just head up towards florida through the bahamas in towards the weekend. after it leaves the bahamas, expected to become a stronger system once again this. could be a major storm. we will be tracking it for you. lots of heavy rain to come. you can see as the storm moves up towards the tip of florida, this is 72 hours, so the three-day precipitation forecast. we are looking for heavy rain in mexico with tropical depression harvey. cold front is just starting to move away from the northeast. conditions clearing up here as high pressure moves in. still got to see that low push further out of the east of canada. then we'll still

about 33 in tokyo. 27 in seoul. 33 also in beijing. 20 in ulambatur. 3 234d chongqing. it's dry and shot and doesn't look like a change in that as we head into the weekend. >>> into north america here, out west, things are looking dry and fine, moderate temperatures as well. but then we run into a little bit of a nasty storm system. now this one is bring something severe weather on friday. this is the same storm that brought some pretty horrible storms through the northern plains and into nebraska as well on thursday. we had tornado reports here, about six of them, i think, in nebraska on thursday. on friday, it shifts just a little further towards the east and once again, storms continuing, large hail and damaging winds are likely. tornadoes not out of the question. as for the east, well, down towards the south, a few showers and pop-up thunderstorms here. eastern canada also still just deal with the last of a very stubborn, slow-moving storm system bring something rain. but it is going to be weakening off as we head into the weekend. down across the south, rather than

chongqing still looking very hot. we're looking at 40 degrees on our thursday high. seoul at 32. tokyo at 29 degrees. here in north america, high pressure system will be dominating much of eastern canada and new england, northeastern portion all the way in towards the east of the united states. maybe some few showers in the great lakes. nothing too significant. but this one will be significant. it may be bringing severe thunderstorms just across northern plains. maybe in the mountains, elevation above 2,000 meters high, mountains in montana may even see early season snowfall due to the cold air that is coming in from the cold front. we will be seeing a few thunderstorms here in the florida peninsula as well. if we do, then the winds will be picking up to about 65 kilometers per hour. we still have fire weather warnings just across much of southwest f southwest. phoenix, 44, oklahoma, 39, heating up there as well and new york at 30 degrees. here in europe we have a low pressure system, associated front just along this front is where we're going to be seeing some severe weather to

expecting 32 in hong kong. 31 in chongqing. cooling off just a tad bit, and 28 degrees in shanghai. and 28 in tokyo. definitely warmer than yesterday, but still not quite that strong heat. now for the americas, we're keeping an eye on the caribbean of course. here are the clouds from hurricane irene. it is now a hurricane just north of the dominican republic. category 1 right now but forecasts are calling for it to strengthen further in the next couple of days, becoming a major hurricane as it enters the northern bahamas, gets close to the florida peninsula as well. we're keeping a close eye on this system over the next few days. right now, though, of course the really heavy stormy weather is impacting hispaniola, looking set to move towards the turks and caicos, bahamas as well over the next couple of days. things are going to be really stormy here. this is the 72-hour forecast. you can see the core of heavy rain moving right through these islands. so you can expect quite a bit of rainfall here. and of course along with that, we will be talking about the strong winds as well as, of

let's look at the temperatures, 41 degrees in chongqing, very, very hot in fact anywhere in the orangesoutheastern china as well, temperatures are going to be widely in the upper 30s, low 40s, as we head on into the weekend. 26 degrees in tokyo, a cooler day as we have the showers moving in yet again and fairly warm day in ulan ba tour at 30 degrees. this massive cloud is our hurricane greg, moving away and we no longer have any warnings or watches posted for it but this one over here just heading in towards honduras as well as belize, guatemala this one is a tropical depression that could cause a bit of a problem in terms of flooding, rain could reach triple digits, even up to 130 millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours so we'll watch for the potential of flooding as well. monsoonals moisture up into new mexico wide popping storms could turn severe. most of the nasty weather here along this cold front, we're talking about large hail as well as very strong gusts and i think you are going to see heavy rain moving through kansas as well. one ing that is a cold front so we are going to b

chongqing been hard hit. you can see people going through there and dealing with the heat.ation to try to keep things nice and alive. when the sun beats down like that and you haven't been picking up precipitation across the central part, it takes a lot of water for things to improve. as we show you this video, people are enjoying the conditions despite the hot temperatures. of course i have to leave it on an animal shot. you're looking at the grizzly bears. at least we can cool things off in the water to try to settle things back down. andrew, nina, back over to you. >> i know how those bears feel sometimes. >> all that fur, gets mighty hot out there. >> it does indeed. that coat doesn't help. >>> you've been watching "world business today" today. thanks so much for joining us. i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. >>> i'm nina dos santos in london. you're watching cnn, the world's news leader.

the big hot spot is chongqing. for hong kong, 32. 34 in taipei, in parts of japan, temperatures in the 30s. continue to remain hot there. south of the equator conditions a little cooler, talking through parts of new zealand. look at the area right now, things have settled down. let me show you what it looks like across parts of new zealand, talking about wellington, auckland, these areas are dealing with heavy snowfall. luckily they do have the snowplows out there. they've been quite busy. they said they haven't seen this smuch snow in the christchurch business district in 72 years. keep in mind, for wellington, i think we have more photos as well, this area is it sea level. they haven't seen snow there, some of the residents say, in 90 years. temperatures right now you can see in the single digits. it's going to be cool. temperatures are going to be struggling warm today. certainly not going to reach our average. for wednesday, so cool, by thursday more clouds around. thursday, the sunshine returns, but it's still

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