jha is actually advising people to be aware of some travel disruptions.s also an elevated risk of avalanche. you can see this man trying to remove some of the snow there on his driveway. has to haul it out there. just an abundance of it. even the snow depth in some areas here in northern portions of honshu, well over 300 centimeters. kind of puts you -- perspective on how much has come down out here this winter. on top of that we still could see an additional 80 centimeters with this latest storm system. winds still gusting upwards 126 kilometers per hour. had these heavy snow warnings in place, especially across eastern portions of hokkaido but that sea effect's going to continue to wrap around, kick up those waves as much as 6 meters high. if you have flights in and out of tokyo on the other hand it is chicago to stay clear out here. we have the pacific coastline of japan staying on the clear side. main reason is because those mountains are stopping all that snowfall. but back towards the west another low is developing. this is bringing some rain shower

s science correspondent alok jha has our report. >> reporter: malaria is one of the world's most deadly diseases. caused by a parasite spread by mosquitoes, it infected 200 million people last year alone and killed over 600,000. vaccines and drugs that were used to fight the parasite in the mid-20th century soon became useless as the bug developed resistance. a new drug, artemisinin, gave hope in recent decades, but new research shows that that, too, is losing its power. we now know because of the molecular machinery of the parasite that works to overcome this drug. >> in 2005 the mall ar all parasite were discovered in cambodia. it has now spread to four other countries. laos, myanmar burma thailand and vietnam. today's report in "the lancet" medical journal shows that the resistance is now prevalent in myanmar, and cases have appeared just 15 miles from the indian border. if the spread continues and reaches india or africa, the consequences would be dire. i think it's-- i think it's imperative that we get on top of this. we do have this early warningment now is the time to act to actu