. ♪ >> reporter: brisbane, northeastern australia.ently, local children sang the day the paper cranes fly. 81-year-old nio beggly is responsible for having australians sing this japanese song. b beggley's parents were missionaries. during world war ii, he spent three and a half years in a japanese prison camp. after the war, he went back to australia, angered by painful memories of the cold, the hunger, and the death of friends. 18 years ago, he published a book describing his harsh experiences. >> daily ration of food was one cup of rice per person, per day. one small turnip, and the only green vegetables we got were leaves. the anger about the japanese was very strong. >> reporter: meanwhile, begly came across a book about a girl who died at the age of just 12 after exposure to the atomic bombing in hiroshima. asdoko sasaki had leukemia as a result of the bombing. to pray for recovery, she folded thousands of paper cranes. ten years after the exposure, she died. a statue modelled on the girl stands in hiroshima. it brokes begly's he

people feeling the teeth-chattering cold out here across much of northeastern asia, and i suggest heading towards the south and australia, we have been talking about the heat wave out here and it is still going on. you have a low pressure area over southern portions of australia, high off here towards the east, those two are working together, pulling the warm air down towards the southeast. we have fire weather warnings in effect, as well, some areas will definitely spread rather quickly, but take a look at this, melbourne, 40 for your high by thursday. all these temperatures well above average here, even for this time of year. it is summer there in australia, but this is still well above average. speaking of, record breaking temperatures in the southwestern u.s. los angeles on monday, you saw 39 degrees for the high, tying the record for that location here on that day. and as far as off towards the north, definitely a different story being written up here. we have an alberta clipper coming through the western great lakes, bringing snowfall with it. nothing too significant, nothing too serious for the great lakes region