this video out of northeastern china where hundreds of oil wells at one of china's major oil fields have been forced to close following just these weeks of heavy rains. the oil extraction equipment has been submerged at the docking oil field located on the confluence of three rivers in china's northeastern province. officials say they're taking these precautions to ensure the safety of the staff, but also to avoid any environmental damage brought in by these oil fields if they continue to run. obviously they're all submerged. so at this time you do not need anymore rain. you see the flood pictures. we've been showing them for several weeks now. this one though it could bring about 50 to 100 millimeters on top of what has already been occurring out here. it's also cooling off temperatures. look at beijing on tuesday. the front has passed ulaanbaatar, only 15 for the high. over to the americas, we have this storm system that's continuing to push on shore. that is tropical storm fernand. also widespread showers into the southwest. we have this tropical low combined with the monsoon pulling

millimeters in the next 24 hours in northeastern china. across the central region of eastern continental asia the summer high pressure is strong again. 37 in shanghai. and even in kyoto and japan, 35, above the average. in the americas we are dry in the pacific northwest. severe weather in the heart of the country and in the southeastern corner we have severe weather with widespread rain. more to the severe side here in new brunswick a severe thunderstorm warning posted. in the central plains, around this time of the year last year we were experiencing extreme drought conditions. but this year is a different story where the soil is very, very wet. heavy downpours will be found here. and a lot of hail has been reported in wyoming. the same system will batter similar areas including large hail and damaging winds and intense showers. in the pacific northwest looking fine and nice in the 20s. and toronto looking at the 20s. but ottawa, your morning low will be dipping down to 8 degrees. it's going to be a drastic difference there when the temp

a couple of days ago the worst floods in decade os cured in northeastern china and towards the south the remnants of a tropical storm is still lingering across parts of china providing more wet conditions. we're expecting an additional 100 millimeters of rain to fall in guangdong province. across north america, a tropical disturbance is riding across the yucatan peninsula. this will likely pose a threat to the eastern u.s. for the next couple of days. the system will likely intensify over the gulf of mexico and probably hit the gulf states. within the next three days or so, probably more than 100 millimeters likely in the path of the storm system. not good news because this area has been dealing with days of heavy rain due to this frontal system. flooding risk will remain very high and likely increase day by day as this system approaches. dry weather for the northeast, however, lots of severe weather possible across the midsection of the u.s., the southern plains will remain on the stormy side as we go into your friday. dry weather across the west, wildfires have been reported in the

it's this one to the north to northeastern china and alsohe severe tropical storm down here towards the south. it is expected to intensify to a typhoon going into thursday morning. main threat fo this into taiwan and northern luzon, improving towards luzon but taiwan is the heavy rainfall, 200 to 250 millimeters expected going throughout your day on thursday. also the southern japanese islands, about 100 millimeters. the main threat will be the high waves and wind. tyoon warnings in effect for the waters around the southern japanese islands off eastern taiwan. you could see waves up to 8 meters high. very dangerous indeed but also we're going to be see dangerous rip current along with heavy rains. also look to the north. we have the heavy rainfall across much of japan into the forecast. it's because of this storm system that i mentioned pulling out of northeastern china, it's going to bring heavy rainfall into the korean peninsula. already dropped 160 millimeters in the past 24 urs there. that same threat will pull to the east. some strong to severe thunderstorms possible and hail comin

people in northeastern china are dealing with severe floods. what's the latest there? >> good morning, catherine. well, i can give you good news for the latest conditions across the northeastern area where we have been seeing floods. let me show you a video for the aftermath conditions there. residents in northeast china's liaoning province are cleaning up after saturday's torrential rains. several people were killed due to floods. a river reversed its banks and a train track was left dangling after its spaurts were washed away. people are now actually welcoming the return of sunny weather with high pressure system dominating much of this region. so for the next couple of day, today and into today, you're likely to see clear skies and nice conditions, however, it will be a return of wet weather on your thursday where the conditions are not completely improved yet. more rain to be battering much of these areas in southern china, especially with that remnant low of the typhoon utor still lingering there. it won't be going anywhere. it will be bringing wet and rainy condit

heavy rain in northeastern china has led to the greatest flooding in decades.irefighters have been brought in to help with the rescue effort. 25 people have died. people near the chinese russian border have been evacuated. at least 15 people have been killed in attacks across afghanistan. --urgents killed 10 of them and at least five others were killed in a separate attack. the united nations says that civilian casualties are up 23% from last year. continuing tore battle a fast-moving wildfire in the u.s. state of idaho. this has raced across 54,000 acres of land ever since it was -- sparked by lightning on august 7. a number of multimillion dollar homes are threatened. sports. another dramatic day in the bundesliga. two clubs in particular it would do best to forget this. 5-1, to hoffenheim, who set up kevin volland and mondeste to score. schalke fell apart against wolfsburg who punished him with three goals in 12 minutes. stephon scored in the dying 0.ments to make this 4- in the second day, hamburg and floated, as we saw. won, pock -- volspog stuttgart lost

farther to the north, northeastern china, looking at heavy rainfall here. low pressure area is pushing through. that could cause flooding here as well. and across -- well, we were talking about the heat, still those thunderstorms flaring up here. even widespread power outages in tokyo this evening. tokyo, korea and central eastern china, we are seeing this high pressure in place. it is just keeping things hot. it's not just japan. temperatures are reflecting this. out of tokyo, still above average here. chongqing up to 30 as well. uisan in korea, you're above average throughout the mid part of the week. let's head over to the americas. severe weather in the central plains. last week we were talking about serious flooding out here. it looks like a cold front is diving in from the north right now, bringing yet more heavy rainfall in kansas, oklahoma. ping pong sized hails, winds out of this storm system as it drifts down to the south. another system moving towards the atlantic seaboard. this will not be as potent but it's still bringing storm systems and ushe

in northeastern china and abuse of power while he was the party chief in 2012. the current chinese leadership hopes that the scandal, which punished the chinese communist party into crisis last year will soon be over now, but this trial -- now that this trial is underway. police presence outside court as the star defendants arrive in a case that has gripped the chinese public and observers worldwide. charismatice politician. defending himself against bribery, and puzzlement, and abuse of power, and is expected to be found guilty. denied one of the charges that he accepted bribes from businessmen when he was based in delhi and. in dalien. the trial of bo xilai was the culmination of china's biggest political scandal at the end of the cultural revolution. the scandal has pitted supporters of mao against the has alsots -- it energized chinese citizens, saying there is a growing gap between rich and poor and the corruption of politicians. as adon't support bo xilai person but i support the policies he adopted. why should they put him in jail. >> what we are most con

up towards the north a strong low is dropping heavy rain for northeastern china.he system is expected to reach the korean peninsula as we look ahead to thursday. temperatures are soaring into the mid 30s in tokyo with plenty of sunshine. humidity is quite low about 35%. we wouldn't feel hot today and very chilly. only 12 degrees for you. and in north america heat dome is blanketing the central and eastern parts of the u.s. and the air is meeting up with cooler air across the area from the dakotas into the ohio river valley producing risk of severe weather. across the west wide spread flooding rains across the southwest. some of the rain is putting out wild fires so that is good news. the rain is not going to fall across the northwest where fires are still growing. the hot conditions across the mid section of u.s. and canada. 27 degrees in omaha. 34 in denver. with high humidity you feel much hotter than these actual numbers. in europe days of dry weather has resulted in wildfires in parts of portugal. take a look at this video. about 1,000 firefighters were trying

now, across northeastern china and into russia a river has been flooding. we have a small but very active low pressure system bringing unstable conditions that could raise the risk of further flooding situations there. we see a lot of 30s again in the eastern continental asia. now over to north america. the wet weather continues to impact southeast stretching from mississippi into the carolinas today. the flood level is at moderate level which is going to up the risk of flooding across this area with additional rainfall. looks like it is going to be continuing for the next couple of days. we have the monsoonal showers here but no precipitation to talk about across the area where we have red flag warnings in much of the west. take a look at the temperatures. 30s. the heat from the gulf of mexico surging. toronto looking at 32 degrees. here across europe system in the weakening trend but it is going to still impact much of the central regions as it treks towards the east. gusts, hail and thunderstorms are capable to be unleashed. but the high pressure system

heavy rain continue as cross the border of north korea and northeastern china. ighteneding the risk of flooding even further. extremely hot in japan. 38 for you in osaka. the heat heads slightly east across the east coast of china. shanghai at 35 degrees on wednesday. all right. north america, people in the northeast struggled with flash floods and drenching rain. 50 millimeters of rain fell in philadelphia over the past 24 hours. the rain band has shifted over the water. but the frontal system is still lingering across the southeastern corner of the u.s., providing a risk of flooding out there. spotty showers as well as thunderstorms for the northern and central parts of the plains. but the rain is not going to affect the northwest where rain is desperately needed. wildfires are occurring, and the smoke from the wildfires are actually causing low visibility and also bad air quality in the northwest. temperatures are going to be cooling down into comfortable level in chicago at 24 degrees. 24 in new york city with a low of only 14 degrees. so late septemberlike w

now, up towards the north, a couple of days ago the worst flood in decade occurred in northeastern china. since then rain has been occurring across the same area. lightning, thuer and heavy rain are psible for hokkaido and afternoon thundershowers are likely for japan. the main story for asia will be the heat. heat warnings and advisories posted for inland china, south korea an japan and aomori prefecture hot across most areas. temperatures could be heating 37 degrees for chongqing and kyoto. people are trying to find ways to cool themselves off. i'll show you this video coming out of gifu prefecture, japan. residents in gifu prefecture got a taste of winter in the height of summer. local authorities set up a snowmaking machine in a national park. iturned four tons of ice into snow. famies got some relief from the 36-degree heat as they played in the powder. a very unusual combination. the children even took turns on a slide. i want that snow and the slide as well. temperatures expected on the hot side in tokyo as well as gef u prefecture. 35 is the expecd high and hot weather across mos

here across southwestern china and into northeastern china and north korea, this is the area where we'ree precipitation. about 100 to 150 millimeters can be possible in sichuan and where we really want that rain is here. that extreme drought condition is still prevailing across southern china, but the heat warnings are posted widely in eastern asia. kyoto is looking at 36. shanghai is reaching up to 40 degrees. the bad news is it's going to be continuing. this ongoing heat will really exhaust you. try to arrange your plans for the weekend if you are going to be having fun out door for the weekend because it's going to be very, very hot as you can see. please take precautions for heat stroke. now, across north america, the severe weather is still erupting across the central plains and into southeastern great lakes region. in fact, we have one tornado touchdown reported in texas from this system. tomorrow it's going to be widely spread across much of the eastern half all the way from texas/oklahoma panhandle into new england states. the big apple, d.c., boston, these are the areas that you

talk about northeastern china, southeastern russia and ho chi do, generally 150 millimeters. cause severe weather in china, but also isolated areas with much more rainfall than that. so a risk of flooding there. smack in the middle though high pressure is dominating. take a look at these temperatures. 37 in chongqing, shang high at 34. tokyo getting up into the mid-30s as well. ulaanbaatar, you're one of the coolest spots on the map today, 19 only for the high on saturday. move over towards the americas, really the topic here is this frontal area stretching across the southeast. we also have a disturbance pushing through the plains. that's been bringing rough weather as well. that's going to fizzle out. we have high pressure dominating much in the north today. this front though, that is bringing showers in itself. but we have this low down here towards the south. remember, i said it's the middle of august, tropics really start to heat up. same case out here in the atlantic. we even have a tropical storm farther off there towards the east off the screen. this one though possib

unfortunately, farther towards the north into northeastern china, southeastern russia and hokkaido, heavy showers there, 80 to 100 millimeters, even the risk of damaging winds and large hail. as far as temperatures, though, into the 30s, unless in ulan bator, 16 for your friday. the americas, main topic here is this frontal area stretching across the southeastern u.s., off twl towards the east. it is going to be bringing some heavy rainfall, but there's another factor coming into play here. it's this low right here. that, well, the national hurricane center is giving this a 70% chance of upgrading to a named tropical system. what that means, it's going to be bringing heavy rain and serious risk of flooding across the florida peninsula, gulf states, even the carolinas through the coming days. keeps temperatures cooler, but if you have flights in and out of atlanta, that could cause delays, even towards new york, toronto, chicago, as well. mid 20s, sunny skies on thursday. by next week, though, do expect a warming trend to work its way in, pushing the temperatures back into the 30s for you.

up towards the north, a strong low is dropping heavy rain for northeastern china.he system is expected to reach the korean peninsula as we look ahead to thursday. temperatures are soaring into the mid 30s in tokyo, with plenty of sunshine. but humidity is going to be quite low, about 35%. so we wouldn't feel oppressively hot today. and across batur, 12 degrees for you. and in north america, a heat dome is blanketing the central and eastern parts of the u.s., and the hot air is meeting up with cooler air across the area from the dakotas into the ohio river valley, producing a risk of a severe weather. large hail and damaging winds are going to be the primary let's. and as across the west, spreading rains across the southwest. some rain is putting out wildfires, so that's good news. rain is not going to fall across the northwest, where fires are still growing. very hot conditions across the mid section of the u.s. and canada once again. 37 degrees in omaha, and 34 in denver with high humidity, you feel much, much hotter than these actual numbers. and finally in europ

still heavy rain from northeastern china down to the southwest. very unstable.n toward the south as well, more rain but where it is not coming in is of just as much importance. we have extended drought conditions across the eastern and central parts of china, along with heat that just doesn't seem to cease at all. going back to the rain for a second, i want to tell you what's happening in the southern china -- south china sea. heavy rain moving from hainan island into southwestern china. this is a tropical depression, you may see some strengthening with it. this is falling on already saturated land. last week another tropical system brought downpours to the same region so there will be the risk of flooding and landslides down toward the south. hot and dry in shanghai, as well as chongqing. seoul and tokyo partly cloudy with 33 degrees. on into europe. showers have been moving across much of the uk for the past several days. there's another system coming in now from the atlantic so after a break you are seeing showers come in again. the really intense stuff is go

now across northeastern china and into russia, the river has been flooding, but we have a small but very active low pressure system that will be bringing unstable conditions that could raise the risk of further flooding situations there. we see a lot of 30s again in eastern continental asia and reaching up to 37 degrees today on our wednesday. now over to north america. the wet weather continues to impact southeast. stretching from mississippi and into the carolinas today. and the flood level is at minor or moderate level, which is going to be upping the risk of any kind of flooding across this area with additional rainfall. but it looks like it's going to be continuing the next couple days. we still have the monsoonal showers here, but no precipitation to talk about across the area where we have the red flag warnings still in place in much of the west. take a look at these temperatures soaring into the 30s. the heat from the gulf of mexico surging up here. toronto looking at 32 degrees. well above the average range. here across europe, the system is in the weakening trend, but it is goi

flooding has forced more than five thousand people to flee their homes in northeastern china trench all rains hit the region in the early hours of friday morning sparking mass evacuation of residents to safety water levels are still rising as for the rescue efforts are underway. new zealanders found ten new zealanders on terror excuse me the world's largest dairy producer announced it had found the bacteria that causes botulism the country's authorities ordered a global recall of up to one thousand tons of dairy products botulism is a potentially fatal paralytic illness which affects the muscles and can cause respiratory problems. tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the taiwanese the capital to vent their anger over the death of a young conscript a twenty four year old died of heat stroke after being forced to perform excessive physical exercise as punishment for misconduct incident happened three days before the end of his compulsory military service the defense minister has already resigned while eighteen army officers have been charged in connection with the case . a s

china. >> let's get a check on the weather. >> much of what the issue we have at the moment with the flooding in northeastern parts of china arisesm rainfall that occurred about the 15t 15th and 16th of the month. what you've got at the moment are relatively quiteetter conditions. once the rainfall, it takes quite a while to respond in terms of the river. that's not to say the situation is entirely fine across northeastern parts of china. indeed, lets not forget the for east of russia where the river has reached record levels, too. we have areas of low pressure there, affects eastern parts of russia. in terms of the scale of the rain, we're probably over the worst of it as it stands at the moment. across japan, the rainfall situation will likely deteriorate heading into the weekend. we've got tropical storm conray moving up from the south as it hits the early morning hours saturday, they will likely see gusts of wind over 100k.p.h. it looks as though it's going to be very wet across the eastern parts of china for the next day or so, but will get somewhat better. >> still you to come on the aljazeera news hour, bouncing back after

an extra floor was built on top of this building in northeastern china in 2011. home was illegally constructed under a bridge in southern china in the mid '90 0'90s. they say they spent six years trying to track the owner. they have reported that this owner says he will tear down his fake mountain thus returning the beijing rooftop to its natural, far less note worthy state. for "cbs this morning," seth doane, beijing. >> i guess it proves a point. you don't want to mess around with people who have regular la toye regulatory authority. >>> also coming up the world's biggest soft drink maker is fighting back in the world of artificial sweeteners. how healthy is your diet soda. we're going to ask a top new trishist. that's next on "cbs this morning." with the "name your price" tool you tell us what you want to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out mostly for, like small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good. hey, flobot, great job. oops. [ powers down ] u

arise, is that they still have a certain amount of support in china, both where he was the communist party secretary, and in the big northeastern city where -- and he has a lot of supporters among the new left in china. he seems to be standing up to hold his ground -- it may generate some support for him which could create political problems for the leadership. >> is there a genuine attempt on behalf of the new chinese leadership, which has mentioned corruption is a problem, to say that we have to take someone who was famous and well-known and show that we are not going to tolerate corruption? or is this being kept a little bit naÏve in the state of chinese politics? >> the current chinese president has made going after corruption one of his top priorities. to show that somebody who is very senior in the leadership is not immune from prosecution. it will certainly help the chinese government make the point that they are getting tough. at the same time, the evidence and testimony paints a pretty unsavory picture of the way that things seem to work at the top in china. rich businessman accused of offering favors and bribes to sen

then five years--four years later, it goes to war with czarist russia, who has moved into china's three northeastern provinces--manchuria, it was then called--and japan fights the war to a standstill. american president teddy roosevelt helps to arbiter a peace treaty, the portsmouth peace treaty, and out of that war, japan becomes both an insular power and a continental power, that is to say, it acquires a foothold on the chinese continent. c-span: when does it colonize korea? >> guest: it colonizes korea f--five years after this--the end of the russo-japanese war, and it first establishes a protectorate and then it takes the huge step of actually annexing korea, and so now japan is even more of a continental power. it's expanded and has strategic burdens that are--are going to prove very onerous. but japan is still part of a western imperialist order in east asia. then comes world war i. the germans are knocked out of this order, and a new international framework for relations among the great powers is constructed at versailles, and a few years later at the washington conference that president hard

arise, is that they still have a certain amount of support in china, both where he was the communist party secretary, and in the big northeastern city where -- and he has a lot of supporters among the new left in china. he seems to be standing up to hold his ground -- it may generate some support for him which could create political problems for the leadership. >> is there a genuine attempt on behalf of the new chinese leadership, which has mentioned corruption is a problem, to say that we have to take someone who was famous and well-known and show that we are not going to tolerate corruption? or is this being kept a little bit naÏve in the state of chinese politics? >> the current chinese president has made going after corruption one of his top priorities. to show that somebody who is very senior in the leadership is not immune from prosecution. it will certainly help the chinese government make the point that they are getting tough. at the same time, the evidence and testimony paints a pretty unsavory picture of the way that things seem to work at the top in china. rich businessman accused of offering favors and bribes to sen

china. and south of that this is the big story out here towards the tropics. this is typhoon utor. made landfall in the early hours here in northeastern luzon, gusting up to 250 kilometers per hour wind left damage in its wake. this is out of northeastern luzon and really around that same area here. earlier on today where typhoon utor made landfall, the strongest typhoon to hit the philippines this year. and really the only typhoon thus far. landslides and floods cut off power and communications to this entire area. according to officials, one person has been killed, 14 others still missing. most fishermen. this was the hardest hit and landslides cut off access to get into that town here. really the only access road in and several houses were also flattened, just devastated by the strong winds out here. seas near the coast when this made landfall up to ten to 12 meters high. now it's moving towards the west out there into the south china sea. winds at 126, up to 180 kilometers per hour. but it's still expected to make a second landfall into guandong province and hanon. taiwan, something shooting off towards the knot, possibility of an

china only take one day. >>> japan's foreign minister has seen firsthand the site of the 1986 chernobyl nuclear accident in ukraine. he wants to increase cooperation with ukraine in order to reconstruct areas in northeastern japan affected by the fukushima daiichi nuclear accident two and a half years ago. he was shown the concrete and metal sarcophagus that has covered the reactor for the last 27 years. engineers explained how difficult it was to cop tan radioactive substances immediately after the accident. they said highly radioactive materials remain inside. he inspected the construction of a dome-like structure that will cover the aging sarcophagus. he also visited a deserted town where plant workers once lived. >> translator: i think the experience and knowledge gained by the ukraine yans after the 1986 accident provides a great example with dealing with the accident at fukushima. >> kishida told recorders he realized the effort to contain the aftereffects of the chernobyl accident continues to this day. >>> even though nearly 30 years have passed since the accident at chernobyl, radiation levels are still high around the plant. a no-entry zone extends 30 kilometers from the site. about 30 firefight