sapporo expecting it to be chill in the air. a lot of people have plans friday morning.o recommend, dress appropriately. it is going to be chilly on january 1st. back toward the west, high pressure does continue to dominate. it is creating some hazy conditions in northeastern areas of china. extending south into shanghai. but you are not going to be looking at very much in the form of precipitation unless you are in the south there. a few showers though, but overall, temperatures still chilly. taipei with a high of only 19. let's take a look over toward the americas. the big topic out here is this storm system. look at this. very large one continuing to sweep off toward the northeast and already this has been causing widespread problems. over 40 casualties from this one due to severe weather, thunderstorms, tornadoes reported out here across parts of the missouri, even back toward the west, and also the snowfall. i know, across texas it has been coming down. back on sunday, some very hazardous weather conditions. this is out of el paso. when you think of this city, you a

on saturday, 2 degrees in sapporo. and in america, it's been very warm across the northeastern united states. and massachusetts is dealing with lack of snowfall. and temperatures may remain on the warmer side for the next 24 hours because of a low pressure system dragging ample warmth from the south. but temperatures will drop significantly. and across the opposite side of the united states, kwhielty, 7 degrees in seattle and minus 5 in denver. snowflakes expected on thursday. here's your extended forecast. >>> the famous golden mask of king tut is back on display at the egyptian museum in cairo. it was being repaired after its beard was accidently knocked off over a year ago. the mask was shown to the media on wednesday. a worker damaged the beard while cleaning the case in august of last year. and hastily glued it back on. people were outraged when they found out about it in january. but the mishap led to a historic discovery. experts from the german egyptian team that worked on the restoration say, they found that t

sparro sapporo, down to negative 4 on saturday. europe, fight messy picture across the northern areas. a couple of low pressure systems will be moving into the british iscsles pen the sca s and the s peninsula. severe weather is affecting new south wales, australia. we had reports of gusts of over 200 kilometers per hour. so cyclone-strength strong winds battered the area as well as heavy rainfall, too. conditions will finally ease on thursday but temperatures will remain fight high for the next several days in australia. all right. here's your extended forecast. >>> for your thoughts and comments, just logon to our website and click on contact us. "newsroom tokyo" comes to you live at the top of the hour with an in-ó is "france 24," time for 60 minutes live. headlines.the the u.s. and russia agree it orge ahead with talks to stop syria's brutal civil war but there's no clear answer as to syrian president will stay as the russians want or go. violence breaks the cease-fire in yemen one day after it came into effect. the government

you can see nagano and sapporo. gusty winds expected. let's take a look at the bigger picture. good news for beijing. haze is starting to improve up here. unfortunately, westerly winds is carrying it a little farther towards the east. that means we could see deteriorating air quality. still have showers out here extending to the east and the tropics looking absolutely beautiful as we extend through the next 48 to 72 hours. temperatures pushing into the 30s. partly cloudy skies. nothing really as far as organized systems in the forecast out here for you. then we take a look over towards europe. really across the north it is absolutely some horrid travel weather across parts of the british isles. london about a 40 minute delay. main reason is very strong cross winds continuing to kick up. you have the heavy rainfall. some areas see upwards of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour winds. maybe widespread snowfall out there in mountains. down towards the south a night and day difference. the biggest issue as far as traveling is going to be the fog. that can have just as big an impact. red

sapporo rain changing over to snow on thursday and temperatures down to only 1 degree for you on saturday. nigata which has been dealing with lack of snowfall, you see snow finally on thursday and that will continue into the weekend. good news for skiers. tokyo, we'll see high temperatures on wednesday, 18 degrees, that's more like early november. last week, tokyo was battered by stormy conditions. the low pressure system has intensified and it's now affecting the west coast of alaska with blizzard conditions and that will continue into tuesday. very different story across australia. a heat wave is building causing high temperatures and also thundershowers across the sydney area. rain will continue through wednesday in sydney and temperatures are going to be extremely high in south australia, over 40 degrees into the weekend. here's the extended forecast. ♪ ♪ >>> for an in-depth look at the day's news and special reports be sure to watch newsroom tokyoó welcome to live from paris. i'm annette young. let's take a look at what's making headlines this hour. bridging the gap, john kerry in mo

the snow will really pile up into sapporo. let's talk about our tropical system now. of course, this has been one of the main topics. typhoon melor, tracking across southern luzon the last several days. now it is lingering toward the west of manila, continuing to bring the heavy rainfall. gusty winds near the coastal areas as it drifts farther there towards the west. now, it is just going to continue to linger off there. you can see the past track, it made its initial landfall monday morning. let's go to video we have coming out of the area. it shows the damage that has been taking place out here. severe flooding, cutting off roadways, leaving most of this area in the dark as far as communication coming out of that area. at least one casualty has been reported at this time. but as i mentioned, there are many rural communities still cut off. what we are going to be looking at over the next several days is getting more news out of that region. hopefully there is not more reports of casualty. really an incredible feat taken by the philippine government ahead of this stor

and then a little chilly coming up on saturday for sapporo, a high of one below with some snow also inorecast. now, for the rest of east asia, we are looking at a relatively dry weather pattern except for the stationary front south of shanghai, looking at a calm weather pattern. and temperatures will be relatively normal for this time of year. four in beijing, sunny skies. five in seoul. wet to taipei, you'll need your umbrella. morning rain followed by partly cloudy skies in the afternoon on thursday in tokyo. now, i do want to draw your attention to north america. this is a little more of a serious weather situation. we have a very complicated setup where we have a couple of low-pressure system moving out of the central united states. here's the problem. it's been really, really warm for the eastern side of the united states, the way that the jet stream pattern has been taking place. it is now dragging a lot of very warm tropical moisture. and we are now in winter. when you have that much warm air coming in and cold air from the north slamming into each other, we have a very unstable

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