now, across the southeast of asia, the philippines, indochina peninsula still looking at ongoing downpoursnow northern thailand has been dealing with some record flooding issues. looks like that's still continuing. here are some of the latest images we've got coming in. you can see roads still pretty heavily flooded, buildings, cars submerged, rescue operations going on by boat. hundreds of thousands of residents have been affected. already the death toll has reached 56, so very serious situation. relief efforts are under way but not good here but luckily a little bit drier today for northeastern sections but really, the outer edges of the indochina peninsula to the south, very wet picture indeed and that will include parts of indonesia, including areas like java and sumatra which were hit by the tsunami as well as dealing with those volcanic eruptions. here's a look at highs for wednesday. 15 in tokyo, 12 for seoul and 13 degrees in beijing. so some pretty chilly conditions again today. now, across the united states, big picture here is going to be this storm system in the center here. in

as for indochina, it has been dealing with rather a lot of rain in the last 24 hours, central vietnam, thailand as well. so some of these areas dealt with severe flooding just a week ago, so it is going to be quite vulnerable to flooding and landslides, hainan island, vietnam. it looks like there will be torrential rains this weekend. thailand too looking at the possibility of flooding. tropical depression that will be making its way slowly across northeastern india will also be raising risks of flooding and landslides here as well, especially in and around arisa. keep updated with your local weather reports. looking quite mild on your saturday, across central and southern china. 27 degrees in hong kong with light showers and tropical downpours for bangkok, 30 degrees on your saturday. now, let's head to the americas. largely settled and dry, not much cloud about for a large part of the u.s. it is pretty windy, though, today on friday across central and western canada and down towards the northern rockies as well. over towards the northeastern corner, this very large system is going t

as for indochina, it has been dealing with rather a lot of rain in the last 24 hours, central vietnam, thailand as well. so some of these areas dealt with severe flooding just a week ago, so it is going to be quite vulnerable to flooding and landslides, hainan island, vietnam. it looks like there will be torrential rains this weekend. thailand too looking at the possibility of flooding. tropical depression that will be making its way slowly across northeastern india will also be raising risks of flooding and landslides here as well, especially in and around arisa. keep updated with your local weather reports. looking quite mild on your saturday, across central and southern china. 27 degrees in hong kong with light showers and tropical downpours for bangkok, 30 degrees on your saturday. now, let's head to the americas. largely settled and dry, not much cloud about for a large part of the u.s. it is pretty windy, though, today on friday across central and western canada and down towards the northern rockies as well. over towards the northeastern corner, this very large system is going t

down towards the southeast, philippines and then across indochina peninsula, tropical showers, thunder showers continuing, especially across vietnam, we're seeing a couple pink areas showing up, so heavier amounts of rain could be headed your way. as for highs on friday, 21 in beijing, 23 for seoul, 24 degrees in tokyo. should be quite nice and warm with that sunshine. 24 also in shanghai. definitely a much hotter picture towards the south. manila at 32 degrees. over towards the americas, it's still very calm and settled picture for a lot of western canada. the majority of the united states and even towards northern mexico. high pressure still the in t too much going on here, but t going to be e s, as well as shifng ltlatnow, picking up 58 e asorig o soen w rk.laic. ro gma, enowindsheas mnwle picte. eaerseio oeu

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a very strong easterly wind is helping to create lots of heavy rain clouds across eastern indochina and eastern locations of the philippines. temperatures are going to be looking like this. 32 degrees in taipei. 24 in tokyo. dry day here, 14 and 34 with scattered thunderstorms in bangkok. now into north america, let's start and talk about what is happening here in the northeast. of course we have two low pressure systems we have been tracking here. the second one is our ex-tropical storm nicole, now a tropical rainstorm. it is moving away from the coast here, but there is still quite a lot of rain to come. the next 48 hours show well at least 100 millimeters, maybe 150 in that little orange dot you see. for the mid-atlantic coast up to new england, and then into eastern canada there are watches and warnings in place. so check your local advisory. i want to also talk about what is happening down here in the caribbean. lots of very heavy rain has been affecting this region. i want to start with some video coming out of jamaica. you're looking at kingston, incredible scenes here, days of t

but it will help to pump a lot of moisture into the indochina peninsula.e have several systems in place, triggering flooding rains in the region for it thailand and vietnam. additional rainfall is not good news. it looks like there will be some more on the way. elsewhere across eastern asia. looking quite calm and quiet today. some unsettled weather to be found in the southwestern corner of china. largely dry and settled for much of china. that rain tapering off in the northeastern corner as well. as for japan, after a frosty start, look for good spells of sunshine across the north. it does turn a little bit more cloudy and wet as we head towards the south. we've got tropical downpours for the okinawa islands as well. tokyo will be 41 with rain at times. 15 degrees for your daytime high in bay joinineijing. 25 in taipei with heavy rain. in europe, a large storm system affecting the northern tier of europe. we've got wet weather as well as strong winds. all that activity will be heading into central areas next. with that cool air in place, a lot of the prec

as for indochina, looking not too bad, especially here in the northwest, but eastern portions, you haveeen some pretty heavy rain and continue to in areas like vietnam and laos. same for you in the eastern half of the philippines, want to show you temperatures now, we're going to bseeing 32 in taii tomorrow. expecting 24 in tokyo. with those showers i mentioned before. cool shot of air coming down from mongolia, keeping things cool in chongqing. 20 here, but snow in the forecast. to north america, not much going on here for a good part of the continent. but if we look to the east, there is plenty to talk about here. we have very heavy rain, all the way from the caribbean up into eastern canada. responsible is two low pressure systems. there is one to thnorth that just dumpeabout 200 mill mt of rain in some locations of north carolina. as it moves away, the heavy rain pushes up into southern montreal. and then we have this second low. the second low is our ex-tropical storm nicole. nicole is following the same path, that means more heavy rain, possibly just as much, upwards of 100 millim

a very strong easterly wind is helping to create lots of heavy rain clouds across eastern indochina and eastern locations of the philippines. temperatures are going to be looking like this. 32 degrees in taipei. 24 in tokyo. dry day here, 14 and 34 with scattered thunderstorms in bangkok. now into north america, let's start and talk about what is happening here in the northeast. of course we have two low pressure systems we have been tracking here. the second one is our ex-tropical storm nicole, now a tropical rainstorm. it is moving away from the coast here, but there is still quite a lot of rain to come. the next 48 hours show well at least 100 millimeters, maybe 150 in that little orange dot you see. for the mid-atlantic coast up to new england, and then into eastern canada there are watches and warnings in place. so check your local advisory. i want to also talk about what is happening down here in the caribbean. lots of very heavy rain has been affecting this region. i want to start with some video coming out of jamaica. you're looking at kingston, incredible scenes here, days of t

that's what i was looking for, across much of the region, even down into indochina. if we go further, you can see there is heavy rain here and it is going to be in southeastern vietnam down into the malay peninsula as well, around 100, 200 millimeters of rain is not out of the question. it is a very bad flooding situation here. so that could add to the disasters. 19 degrees forecast for shanghai. 14 in tokyo. so a cool day here. but warming up a little bit in beijing at 18. let's head to our other storm, we're monitoring here in the atlantic, this one is tropical storm sherry. it is heading towards bermuda at the moment. it is expected to pass just southeast of the island. so we're talking about pretty strong winds and probably causing some structural damage as well as about 70 millimeters of rain. then the storm should head out over water. it is going to be a bit of a messy weekend here. elsewhere, in north america, we're looking at pretty good conditions across the east. high pressure here, it is going to be very cold, though, particularly in the southeast, frost w

you know, this is in 1953 or 1954-- saying, "the french have their own problems "in algeria and indochina know, "they're having their own trouble with colored people. they don't want to hear this." you know, why was this song not played in south africa? it's the same thing. meeropol writes this incredible song. what else does he write? what becomes of him? he is sort of red-baited out of his school teaching position. he was examined during a kind of mccarthy-like set of inquiries in the early 1940s, and he leaves teaching. he goes to hollywood and tries his hand there for a little while, runs into the whole era of the hollywood ten, comes back to new york, sort of subsists writing shows, you know, for people, none of which ever really are terribly prominent-- you know, sort of off-broadway kinds of shows, operettas, things like this. the only other song that people will remember him for as of now, really, is the house i live in, which is a very famous song that frank sinatra made famous-- sang it in 1945. he wrote the lyrics to that song, but when he died, he died-- you know, the times ra