yellow sand is in forecast quite heavily in northern china. that will be traveling to southern korea. across southern china where the draught condition has been persisting. this will be welcoming rain. the level of 100 millimeters could trigger flash floods. thunder showers and gusts are in store. philippines looking pretty nice and fun with a couple of shower patches. 34 degrees and bangkok 35. tokyo were looking at 23 for our high. moving over to the north american continent you can see cloud masses moving across. this is bringing blizzard warnings as well as minnesota that could create white out conditions. it's going to be traveling toward the eastern seaboard. new england states you may see white out conditions that's dangerous for traveling. oklahoma city seeing 17 degrees. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast.

they were filming a report on urbanization in northern china when their car was forced off the road. two people then attacked the car with baseball bats. police detained the tv crew for 16 hours. the chinese foreign ministry has said an investigation is underway. german consumers are trying to digest another incident involving possible tainting of food. this time is problem is ten thousand tons of con tan named feed delivered to german farmers. the agricultural minister found chemicals causing fungus in the feed. officials say they don't believe consumers are in any danger, but three quarters of the shipment from serbia was impounded before it reached for instance. now onto sports news, and in soccer tri night action. a four-game winless streak was broke with a win over frank furt. they are fourth in the standings and still have a shot at qualifying for the champions league next season. but they showed there's still plenty of work to do. >> it was a bad night all around for frankfurt. the club couldn't find its rhythm. the defender was brilliant, than what should have been a sure sco

beijing and northern china, colder temperatures. now south here you can see plenty of precipitation. you will be seeing thunderstorms that darted around as well. 5 degrees in beijing. on into the americas, we have been talking about lots of storms brings snow and rain towards the east, but it's looking quiet over the four corners. don't he will that fool you. there is a couple early season fires started in colorado, and have already burned 323 hectares according to local authorities. residents were also evacuated. but colorado is experiencing extreme drought conditions meaning that any fire that's ig nighted could quickly become out of control. so an intense situation here president out towards the east, plenty of rainfall and snow towards the north. this is the system that will be crossing the great laking bringing very heavy snowfall. 20 or 30 centimeters is not out of the question. guests getting up to 80 kilometers per hour. the second system, the front, sagging down towards the gulf coast, bringing rain and severe thunderstorms

we're also talking about yellow sand forecasted northern china. you have heavy amounts. it's going to be quite significant there. the temperatures are shaping up like this. tokyo reaching 22. that's about beginning of summer temperatures. here is our extended forecast.

northern china, we have winds coming in, that will kick up the dust out of the desert. that will reduce the air quality there across beijing, and douwn towards the south and the tropics, upwards of 50 milliliters reported. so this will press across southern japan into saturday and sunday off here towards tokyo. the good news, northern japan and england areas, saturday it will be nice, even into sunday here as that front starts to push in from the west, and temperatures going to be warm. tokyo welcome look at that. up to 17 degrees. the rain showers near the coastal areas, it looks like kyoto is going to avoid most of this weather. 17 for a high, that is rare for tokyo going to late march. i want to show you what it looks like, the cherry blossoms are very early, in fact the second earliest. it is 15 days earlier than last year. sitting under the cherry blossoms and having a good time with your friends, so a lot of people getting out and about. let's look towards the americas. unfortunately you're talking about springtime and nice weather, but here it is winter. storm sy

now up toward northern china, looking drier here now, but yesterday it was pretty cold. and take a look at this. warmer than average temperatures in the week gave way to a sudden burst of snow showers. the heaviest snowfall was three millimeters and the temperature here dropped to minus 17 through the overnight hours. many residents breathed a sigh of relief as the snowstorm moistenned the air and improved the air quality in the region quite dramatically. temperatures are going to be improving here toward the north of china. 18 in tokyo, that is quote a bit cooler than we were seeing today, and seoul also looking pretty cool as that snowstorm moves through. as we head into the americas, there are two storms, three in fact to talk about. out west, this one will be rain nap will serve to really melt that snow pack. that can result in flooding and avalanches, that is the warning out towards the west, and to the east, it's more snow. we're watching the system mauve through eastern canada and the united states. there is a half meter in the greatlakes when all is said and done

and a german tv crew has been attacked while filming in northern china. >> pictures released by ard television showed the damage to their vehicle. the journalists were held for 16 hours at a police station. the chinese foreign ministry says local authorities are investigating the matter. for more on this story, we are joined by dw's asia correspondent. who is likely to be behind such an attack on a group of people who were clearly journalists? >> local investigators would not find out. we had a story that one of the five chasing cars appears to belong to to the local party poses secretary -- the local party's secretary, so i believe they must have some link to the government. >> china has put a huge efforts into portraying itself as a country that is opening up. how does this sit then with the image that it is trying to portray? >> obviously, the central government is trying everything to make sure that the image of the whole country, especially internationally, would be fine, but the local government does not care. they care about their own power and their own money, which means in case a for

warm winds coming up from the southwest will be impacting japan as well as northern china and the korean peninsula. take a look at the next few days. highs, we have 18 degrees on wednesday in tokyo, but moving up to 20 oiday. now if we actually do get that forecast high of 20 that will be a record breaking temperature for march 8th. beijing reaching 20 on friday and 16 for you in seoul. now i should mention as well that along with these warmer temperatures while it's pleasant we can also see the dangers of avalanche and flood and that's because the snow pack will be melting just as quickly as we see that warm up. there's also some very strong winds coming in, and the yellow sand we see at this time the year that comes across the gobi desert moves from china into mongolia then japan. it's on its way right now. if you have respiratory issues could it be a problem for you so take those precautionary measures. now into the u.s. we have a storm which is moving into the western coast. this one will be bringing you maybe 60 centimeters of snow into the cascades and nevadas. watch if you're on t

reporting from northern syria. >> china's leadership change is complete, but will the new premier be able to bridge the gap between rich and poor? offusion over the safety the dreamliner. boeing says it is ready to fly again soon, but japan assists -- insists it is not. evidence has emerged alleging that congolese government soldiers have raped more than 120 women in the past 20 months, and that does not include cases that go unreported. hundreds of sexual assaults have been reportedly carried out by troops and rebels. government forces have been east in congo in large numbers since 2008, joining forces with rwandan troops to tackle the democratic forces for the liberation of her wanda. the fdlr. congolese troops have failed to defeat them, and since last year, a rebel group has arrived in eastern congo, presenting forces with another challenge. there are other atrocities. human rights groups have raised concerns about sexual violence as a weapon of war. rape iscountry where used as a weapon of war, this woman's story is a common one. she was out collecting food and would when she wa

across the northern half of china it's staying dry. people there are suffering another problem. it's not welcomed. it could cause some rpitory visility.as well as low today people on the west coast of the korean peninsula will have to wear masks because the sand is expected to reach. usually the phenomenon will continue until may. temperatures across east asia on friday is looking like this. 7 degrees in beijing and cooling down to 3 degrees in seoul. tokyo still on the warmer side. as i mentioned it will cool down on saturday. in the u.s. and america or canada, mostly calm but there are a couple of areas which are dealing with snowshowers. rst all, theew england states in south eastern canada lingering snow showers are affecting these locations. nova scotia would see the heaviest snow with up to 25 centimeters is likely. snow is increasing in the west coast across the mountain areas. an additional 75 centimeters is possible. the average is getting higher here. in losngeles 30 degrees.t. much hotter than mid-summer. temperatures starting to warm up in denver. 6 degrees but start

across the west dry for the korean peninsula as well as the northern half of china. the north and central parts of china will be surrounded in yellow sand today. rain will spread across the south western part of china. that will be intensifying and head toward the east. down towards the south eastern part of asia we're seeing thunder showers with the southern parts and the north and south of the philippines. here are your highs. 21 degrees in chongging. much warming than usual. these areas will see seasonal temperatures. it looks like temperatures will go out significantly over the weekend. 19 degrees in shanghai on sunday. it looks like residents in tokyo will start to see the flowers blooming on sunday. look forward to that. all right. north america, the southern part of the continent is looking dry. however, lot of things are happening across the u.s.-canada border because this is where we're seeing colder air from the north. we're seeing persistent rain for the northwest. heavy rain here and mountain snow will be persisting as well. up to 60 centimeters of snow.

now at asia, we can see a long cloud mass from china to northern japan. underneath rain showers to the north and thunder showers to the south. ahead of the system unseasonably warm air and behind it frigid air. we're seeing rain at this moment but could change to snow this afternoon after 30 centimeters likely tomorrow morning. temperatures about 22 degrees in tokyo, 10 degrees higher than we should be this time of year. as the system moves through tomorrow, temperatures should go down sharply. it will reach from the north affecting southeastern china. down towards the eastern side of the indochina peninsula, we will see thunderstorms due to daytime heating and scattered shoer e e for the philippines and in he highs of 30 in the tropics and bangkok and warmer side with a high of 24 degrees here and single digits in seoul and 22 in tokyo. finally, in north america, heavy rain is still affecting the eastern part of canada as well as the northeastern u.s. new england states will continue to see heavy rain into tonight. the risk of flooding is in canada to th

up toward the north snow will be tapering off in north eastern china and light rain for northern japan. precipitation will be rain today because we'll be seeing a significant warm up. double digits for you for the first time this year but the warm up could cause some aven avalanches here. down towards the south baking hot in bangkok with a high of 39 degrees. all right in north america a major winter storm which dump e heavy snowfall in the midwest. it's hovering over the atlantic producing high surf and storm surges across the northeast coast. northwest winds are causing snow across the inland areas. the winds are causing heavy snow across the appalachians. the wet weather will continue into your friday. out west weather for parts of washington, oregon and northern california. snow showers may go down toward the south. for the rest of u.s. and canada looking dry. we have freeze warnings still posted across the southeast. temperatures may go down during the overnight hours. during the daytime hours temperatures will go up. 14 degrees in atlanta. double digits in washington, d.c. and ne

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