rob mcbride, nhk world, hong kong. >>> all right.ell, let's head straight into europe and take a look at the current situation in central areas of the continent. here's the scene coming out of poland, first of all. you can see in the northwest of the country, roads became quite blocked due to numerous accidents and trucks getting stuck in the snow. drivers really had to spend the night in their cars, and workers having a hard time clearing all that snow. and a similar situation really in austria as well, dealing with icy weather conditions. not just slippery roads, but blowing snow has been affecting visibility as well. so the workers have been getting busy trying to clear all that snow from roads as well as sidewalks. now, here's a setup for your thursday, the jet stream as you can see really meandering towards the south, and that's going to allow for that cold air to enter into the continent. much of central and eastern europe under wintry spells just now, but even up towards the northwest will feel the effect of the frigid air as