i want to show you a video coming out of sendai here after some of these storms. that's one of these beautiful pieces of nature here. we had a rainbow coming across the sky. remember, sendai is one of those areas that was hit significantly by last year's tsunami, so i'm sure this was a welcome sign of relief after the storms today. but let's take a look at the temperatures across asia here, including tokyo, getting up into the high teens on our friday. look over towards the west, though, beijing with a high of 11. in ulan bator, not getting up to the freezing mark, minus 3 will be your high to start off your weekend. let's take a look at your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. another historic night for barack obama. surprising many by easily winning the electoral eg

in the coastal city of sendai, a city of a million people-- about the size of detroit-- we saw nearlyently waiting for a grocery store to open for the first time in days. there are shortages of food, and lines for gasoline stretch half a mile. add to all of this what you might call nuclear refugees. thousands are in shelters because their homes are too close to the fukushima reactors. not only are their homes in danger of being irradiated but every possession they own. yoshihiko igarashi's house is three miles from the plant. his daughter was born there. she turned 20 last week in the shelter. like everyone, they've laid out a few square feet on the floor with no idea how long they'll be here. 1,600 people are in this shelter alone. it's just 20 miles from where the reactor fires are burning. if you believe u.s. experts, that's much too close. >> [speaking japanese] >> igarashi told us he feels that way too. the japanese are, for the moment, balancing between the disaster that has happened and the disaster that awaits. the prime minister told his people they will rebuild japan. but al