huang weijian had a big hand in creating the hit, he lives in southeastern china.e grew up watching japanese anime and reading manga comics that came from neighboring hong kong. he says he wasn't a good student and even skipped classes to play computer games. he believes that the important thing when producing animations is to look at the world through children's eyes. >> translator: i still have the heart of a young boy. the first thing is, i need to have fun. and if i do, then other kids will, too. >> reporter: a shanghai-based production company markets the anime. that's another reason it has become such a favorite. it was this company that first spotted xi yang yang on a local broadcast. it liked the program so much, it decided to invest a lot of money into producing a movie version. it also caught the attention of walt disney pictures in the united states. the company distributed the show in more than 50 countries. >> translator: the success of xi yang yang has given china's animation industry confidence. >> reporter: in the meantime, huang and his team are go

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in southeastern china, as we speak, stormy weather is targeting the area. and we're talking about very heavy rain accumulation. for the past few days we have been seeing heavy ongoing rainfall in the southeastern coastal areas of china. and this is going to be upping the risk of flooding, landslides and mud slides. as you can see, 50 to 100 millimeters of additional rain could be possible in guangdong and jong shui provinces. and in and around macau, a report of already 100 mill meeters in the past 24 hours. so this just ups the risk of flooding, landslides and mud slides. we'll definitely keep you updated with this situation. now, stepping back to our bigger picture here, here, upper disturbances over northern japan and the atmosphere is very destabilized. it helps to develop pop-up thunderstorms and isolated heavy showers across much of the country, especially in central japan. but high pressure will be predominant, so clear skies will be dominant across much of the country as well as the korean peninsula and northeastern china. out towards the north here

meanwhile, southeastern china will see showers intensifying up to 100 millimeters is possible in thers, and more rain will be coming down over the weekend. the ground is already saturated so the risks of flooding and landslides are very high. as for the indo china peninsula the combination of the remnants of a tropical storm and daytime heating will help thunderstorms develop so very unstable weather here. getting up to 34 degrees for the daytime high in bangkok, similarly wet in manila with 33, so coming up ten degrees under cloudy skies. now, heading over to the americas, unstable conditions are still ongoing across much of the southeastern portions of the u.s. this low is producing active weather in the mid-atlantic region, but that will move out to sea by thursday. more of a concern is going to be southern texas and the lower mississippi valley, the threat of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, will likely continue into, over wednesday night, and as many of you know, a lot of tornadoes touched down in this area, damaging a lot of buildings and homes, and on thursday

northern half of china will stay dry under a high pressure system but very heavy rain across southeastern china. raining the past several days, however, an additional 100 millimeters still expected over the next 72 hours, mainly in gowni gone dong province and any additional rain is not good news. we've been talking about severe weather over the eastern half of the u.s. of the americas and move. ing over eastern canada and producing heavy, wintry bracing across ontario and quebec and heavy thundershowers into the. parts of the deep south will continue to see flooding rain as well as receive thunderstorms overnight. tuesday, things will get better across much of the northeastern state in eastern canada. however, unstable conditions will remain in the southeastern u.s. there will be a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damage iining winds and tornadoes in south carolina and georgia on tuesday. towards the west, this low pressure system producing widespread snow showers in the northern rockies will move towards the east and get intense before reaching the eastern great lakes region t

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china here, continuing to develop, but also dropping some thunderstorms and large hail there in southeastern chinaady in the last 24 hours, there in yangon, you saw reports of 73 millimeters of rainfall out of this system. as it starts to work its way off towards the northeast, though, it is going to be working its way into western kyushu bringing heavy rainfall there before moving on to tokyo here by saturday. that's when you're going to be starting to see those temperatures drop, windy conditions and that heavy rainfall. all the way from 22 on friday down to 13 on saturday. over in seoul, though, you're looking at a high on friday of 16. ulan batur, 12. overnight, could see those go down to negative 1. in the south, bangkok, 37. manila, 34. this will be accompanied by afternoon rain showers and thunderstorms popping up there in the tropics. moving into the americas, the central plains are seeing an area of low pressure develop here and push off towards the east as it finally gets a move on. a jet stream starts to pick it up, taking it to the northeast. although this is already dropped some torna

workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a plant that's due to have four reactors. officials are trying to reassure the public of safety. residents of a nearby town are not convinced. >> translator: if the plant blows up it will affect us. the government should be realistic and talk with us. >> translator: if the plant has an accident, like the one in fukushima it will contaminate the river. so it will also contaminate the big cities down stream. >> reporter: everyone in town depends on the river for water. most for farming. they risk their livelihood if the water got contaminated. even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is against the plant. he wrote the government after the next japan with a warning. >> translator: the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant taught us that we don't understand nuclear power well enough. i want to warn the public and our leaders. >> reporter: concerned citizens are starting to convince their local representatives. county officials filed a petition against the construction. opposing the project is almost unheard of. >> translat

southeastern china will also be seeing on top of these stormy conditions rainfall accumulation in the next 72 hours. you can see some places that will be accumulating as much as 120 millimeters or even more. in gouangdong province, 150 millimeters of rainfall came in the span of just 24 hours on top of the ongoing heavy rain. the land is very, very saturated all right, the ground moisture is very high. this could lead to flood, mud slides and landslides. elsewhere here in asia, tokyo at 19 degrees with a few showers that could be seen tomorrow. also here in seoul, 19 degrees, same as tokyo, but warmer than tokyo here in ulan batur at 20 degrees. in beijing, lots of plenty of sunny spells for you here at 28 degrees. do enjoy your weather there. let's head over to the americas now and first let me show you a video coming out from oklahoma city. now, the midwest and the central plains massive tornado outbreak over the weekend leaving at least six dead and dozens of injuries. you can see high tornado and also a smaller vortex that touched down in cherokee, oklahoma. this was just one of t

workers here in southeastern china are breaking ground for a pla plant that is due you to have four reactors. they're trying to reassure the public of their safety. residents of a nearby town are not convinced. >> translator: if the plant blows up, it will affect us. the government should be realistic and talk with us. >> translator: if the plant has an accident, like the one in fukushima, it will contaminate the river. so it will also contaminate the big cities downstream. >> reporter: everyone in town depends on the river for water. most earn their living from farming. even scientists for developed nuclear weapons is against the plant. >> translator: the accident at the fukushima daiichi plant taught us that we don't understand nuclear power well enough. i want to warn the public and our leaders. >> reporter: concerned citizens are starting to convince their local representatives. county officials filed a petition against the construction. a local authority opposing the national project in china is almost unheard of. >> translator: if the fukushima nuclear accident hadn't happened, people

meanwhile, southeastern china will see showers intensifying up to 100 millimeters is possible in the next 24 hours, and more rain will be coming down over the weekend. the ground is already saturated so the risks of flooding and landslides are very high. as for the indo china peninsula the combination of the remnants of a tropical storm and daytime heating will help thunderstorms develop so very unstable weather here. getting up to 34 degrees for the daytime high in bangkok, similarly wet in manila with 33, so coming up ten degrees under cloudy skies. now, heading over to the americas, unstable conditions are still ongoing across much of the southeastern portions of the u.s. this low is producing active weather in the mid-atlantic region, but that will move out to sea by thursday. more of a concern is going to be southern texas and the lower mississippi valley, the threat of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, will likely continue into, over wednesday night, and as many of you know, a lot of tornadoes touched down in this area, damaging a lot of buildings and homes, and

but isolated thunderstorms and heavy showers will be just hugging this coastal line in southeastern china as well as hong kong. and this is going to be likely to continue. we already have reports of 55 mi millimeters in guangzhou province. that is going to fuactually unfortunately continue on, as much as 50 to 100 millimeters. inland china will see snow make an appearance. in the indochina peninsula, summer thunderstorms are passing through. the humid air is really enhanced over here. especially northern thailand already has seen 129 millimeters in the past 24 hours. this is likely to continue for the next several days. bangkok, 32 degrees temperaturewise. we're looking at shanghai, 22. taipei, 22. as well as in hong kong. ulan batur, 16 degrees, that's actually going to be warmer than what we see here in tokyo at 15 degrees on our friday. all right, let's head over to the americas. all eyes on georgia. we have the 2012 masters tournament at augusta. looks like on thursday this is round one day, we already have reports of par 3 competition that has been canceled on wednesday. but on thurs

now, the scattered showers here in southeastern china, these are still lingering. and the moisture gets intensified as we progress in towards friday. now, there are rainstorm warnings posted again, much of these regions where we have them colored here. guangdong province, we have a report of 89 millimeters of rainfall accumulation in the past 24 hours. and additional of 100 millimeters could be see around guangdong and fujan provinces. the land is very saturated already. the ground moisture is so high that there is no need for any more additional rain, but unfortunately this is going to be continuing for the next -- into saturday morning. by the weekend, things are going to be tapering off, but the system actually will be moving toward the northeast, over yellow sea. as it travels over here, it will be intensifying, making its way toward the korean peninsula and then next taking aim towards southern half of japan by saturday evening. indochina peninsula looking at pop-up thunderstorms here, where we really need the precipitation is here in northern thailand. the te

heavy showers move away out of southeastern china here. high pressure moves in. however, still a few lingering showers. and we really don't want any more rain here. it has been really coming down. and any additional rainfall is going to be less than welcome. let's head now into north america. we've got quite a lot going on out to the west and central locations as well. out west, a return to winter. we have some very significant snowfall through the sierra nevada. another 70 centimeters of fresh snowfall. and, in fact, that snow will be quite widespread. central locations, it's going to be severe thunderstorms from texas right up into the dakotas, into minnesota as well. particularly severe across oklahoma and in towards iowa and missouri. out east, a bit of a different story. we've got soaring temperatures here into the weekend. friday's not too shabby either. 18 degrees in new york city and d.c. also coming in 18. new york city, by monday you get up to 27 if you can believe that. so it is not just going to be warm, but it will be hot out in the east. having said

he lives in southeastern china's guangzhou city. he grew up watching comics that came from neighboring hong kong. he says he wasn't a good student, and even skipped classes to play computer games. he believes the important thing when producing animations is to look at the world through children's eyes. >> translator: i still have the heart of a young boy. the first thing is, i need to have fun. and if i do, then other kids will, too. >> reporter: a shanghai-based production company markets the anime. that's another reason why it has become such a favorite. it was this company that first spotted the show on a local broadcast. it liked the program so much it decided to invest a lot of money into producing a movie version. it also caught the attention of walt disney pictures in the united states. the company distributed the show in more than 50 countries. >> translator: the success has given china's animation industry confidence. >> reporter: in the military, huan and his team are going all out to produce their next hit. china hopes to

down towards the south, wet picture again across southeastern china.t's been dealing with heavy rain. but an additional 100 millimeters is expected. mainly in gong dong province. the ground is already very well saturated so any additional rain is not good news here. now moving over to the americas. things are getting much calmer and dry across much of the northeastern states and eastern canada. however, it's a different story for the southeastern corner of the u.s. this slow-moving low pressure system is still producing thunderstorms and heavy rain across the eastern half of the deep south and the stormy conditions will likely continue all day wednesday. up towards the north, there's a low pressure system producing a wintry mix in the northern plains. that will be moving into the great lakes region and spreading very heavy snow on your wednesday. up to 20 centimeters of snow is expected in ontario. and back behind it, a couple of low pressure systems are producing a wet and windy day in the northwestern u.s. and western canada. to the south of the syst

the east, but only after dropping up to about 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall there along southeastern china. and then expected to move off to the korean peninsula where this will be bringing some unfavorable conditions to that rocket launch expected sometime this week, before moving on to japan where by midweek you're going to be expect something heavy rainfall and even gusty winds. this system is not going to be anywhere remotely near last tuesday's storm. that record-breaking storm that brought the very high winds out across much of the country. but will be one of those days where you want to have an umbrella handy throughout the day. let's look at temperatures. in manila, warm and steamy down there at 34 degrees. going to be accompanied by afternoon rain showers and even thunderstorms. similar situation in bangkok. also in hong kong, a high of 28, very warm there. and seoul, a seasonable and average temperature of 18. now, over to the americas. a developing low pressure system still working its way off towards the east, ever so slowly. but today it is going to be a threat of severe weath

this is due to an area of low pressure developing out of southeastern china. already in the guangdong province, you have seen up to 100 millimeters of rainfall in the past 24 hours. it does look like in the next 24 hours another 50 to 100 millimeters of rain could fall there and also in macau and hong kong. there is the threat of low lying urban flooding here going into your weekend. also want to take your attention off to the north, especially toward northwestern china, because the threat of yellow sand is coming out of the gobi desert. what this is going to be bringing is reducing visibilities there towards the korean peninsula on saturday. that creates hazardous driving, so do slow down on the roadways out here if you do encounter some of the yellow sand. and then going into sunday it will continue to blow off towards the east, affecting hokkaido. and that does bring the threat as well of respiratory issues for anybody who does have any problems breathing. and not only that, if you do have any of your clothes outside, drying after washing, do take them insi

the rain will be more significant here in southeastern china. the report of 200 millimeters just in the span of 24 hours in guondon province. this is on top of the ongoing heavy rainfall as well as thunderstorm activity. still, we cannot rule out lightning, damaging gust situations as well as hong kong and makau. over to the north we have a winter storm moving through mongolia. that is going to be surging a lot of cold air in the wake of the system, dropping those temperatures down to 3 for the high. we saw high teens for wednesday's high. so that's a very bumpy ride up there. keeping us warm here in beijing at 23, as well as chongching. and in tokyo, 15 degrees. a little chillier than yesterday. or today, i should say. heading over to the americas now, we have a system that is a weakening front moving across, and snow accumulation over the higher grounds. nothing too significant, though we may see a few thunderstorm activity moving across the great lake regions, and then towards quebec. a few thunderstorms across the mid-atlantic coastal areas

and back behind it remaining wet across southeastern china because we have a stubborn high-pressure system to the east. this frontal line cannot move toward the east, so wet weather should remain into the weekend. down toward southeast asia, remaining wet. seasonal thundershowers will develop across indochina and much of the peninsula. temperaturewise, 37 degrees in bangkok, and very dry with a high of 35 degrees and 27 in taip taipei. to the north, cooling with morning snow. now moving over to the americas. remaining very stormy across the southeast coast because of slow-moving low-pressure system which is not necessarily bad news for areas like southern georgia and northern florida because it's been dealing with serious drought conditions. up toward the north, snow in ontario, and showers in the lower great lakes region will move out. however, another system will be moving into that area, producing thundershowers on your thursday. and more active weather will develop from oklahoma into iowa. and out toward the west, another low-pressure system will be moving into british columbia and the

and down towards the south, yet again right across southeastern china.he rainy season but the precipitation amount is significant. an additional 100 millimeters is expected in the next 24 hours. the risk of flooding and landslides are raising even more. down towards southeast asia seasonal thundershowers developing in indochina and the melee pence-- malay peninsula. gusty winds and 25 in hong kong. seoul reaching the lower 20s and tokyo looking at a seasonal 19 degrees. now moving over to the americas the devastating storm which brought dozens of tornadoes are starting to move out of much of the eastern u.s. and canada. so things are starting to -- things are getti drier he but the exception is going to be the southeastern section of the u.s. although we are not seeing a threat of severe weather anymore. heavy rain and thunderstorms will continue all day wednesday across the eastern section of the deep south. up towards the north, a low pressure system producing a wintry mix will develop and produce snow in the great lakes region. on wednesday, up to 20

this is due to an area of low pressure developing out of southeastern china. already in the guangdong province, you have seen up to 100 millimeters of rainfall in the past 24 hours. it does look like in the next 24 hours another 50 to 100 millimeters of rain could fall there and also in macau and hong kong. there is the threat of low lying urban flood here ing here going your weekend. to the north, especially toward northwestern china, the threat of yellow sand is coming out of the gobi desert. what this is going to be bringing is reducing visibilities there towards the korean peninsula on saturday. that creates hazardous driving, so do slow down on the roadways out here if you do encounter some of the yellow sand. and then going into sunday it will continue to blow off towards the east, affecting hokkaido. and that does bring the threat as well of respiratory issues for anybody who does have any problems breathing. and not only that, if you do have any of your clothes outside, drying after washing, do take them inside, it happened to me a few days ago and cre

southeastern china, you're going to be seeing some rain showers here, actually indicated here in the darker blue yoblues. that's next 24 hours for you there in the guangdong province and hong kong, you could be seeing thunderstorm activity on your friday going into saturday as this area of unstable weather continues to erupt. very warm down towards the south. bangkok, you're looking at a high of 39. beijing at 26. ulan batur only a high of 2 for you. now, into the americas, the ohio river valley, kentucky and tennessee, you have been seeing some severe weather here. actually already reports of golf ball sized hail out of this. strong winds as the system continues to push off towards the east. it will continue to bring you severe weather throughout your day on thursday before pushing off towards the northeast. bringing some rain to the new england states for your weekend. meanwhile, here in western texas and new mexico, you have been seeing some very dry air combined with some gusty winds. there is a risk of blowing dust down here. could reduce visibility down to about a mile or a kil

well, there is a very intense rainstorm that is battering southeastern china. we already have a report of 151 millimeters of precipitation accumulation in guangdong province, north of hong kong. let me start off with a video coming out from this guangdong province. this video is taken thursday where rainfall submerged roads, fields and residential areas. the storm system caused travel headaches, 70 flights were canceled or delayed in the capital on thursday morning. on friday, a tornado accompanied by straight line winds exasperated the situation in the province. we're going to be having a short break over the weekend in these regions, but this will be followed by the rainy season in early may. it looks like this is going to be earlier than the previous years. we can pull back, i can show you the system will be tapering off over the regions of guangdong province. this is going to be a short break as i mentioned, because early next week, another round of heavy torrential rainfall will be impacting the similar areas where the river levels are already very high. a

well, there is a very intense rainstorm that is battering southeastern china. we already have a report of 151 millimeters of precipitation accumulation in guangdong province, north of hong kong. let me start off with a video coming out from this guangdong province. this video is taken thursday where rainfall submerged roads, fields and residential areas. the storm system caused travel headaches, 70 flights were canceled or delayed in the provincial capital guangzhou on thursday morning. on friday, a tornado accompanied by straight line winds exasperated the situation in the province. we're going to be having a short break over the weekend in these regions, but this will be followed by the rainy season in early may. it looks like this is going to be earlier than the previous years. we can pull back, i can show you the system will be tapering off over the regions of guangdong province. this is going to be a short break as i mentioned, because early next week, another round of heavy torrential rainfall will be impacting the similar areas where the river levels are

but it's a different story for southeastern portion of china. heavy rain is still going on. over the next 72 hours, more than 100 millimeters is on the cards. some locations may be seeing more than 120 millimeters. it's been raining over the past several days. the ground is already very well-saturated. so the risks of landslides and flooding are extremely high here. as for the highs, getting up to 26 degrees in hong kong and 21 in shanghai. look at this 20 degrees in bator. 28 degrees in beijing. tokyo looking at a seasonal 18 degrees. again, thundershowers are expected from this afternoon. now, moving onto the americas. a couple of systems which have history of producing more than 130 tornadoes are now moving across the eastern half of the u.s. and canada, producing a wintry mix across ontario and quebec. and heavy thundershowers from the great lakes all the way down through texas. on tuesday, the heavy rain, heavy thundershowers should remain in much of the deep south region. there will be a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoe

but it's a different story for southeastern portion of china. heavy rain is stl going on. over the next 72 hours, more than 100 millimeters is on the cards. some locations may be seeing more than 120 millimeters. it's been raining over the past several days. the ground is already very well-saturated. so the risks of landslides and flooding are extremely high here. as for the highs, getting up to 26 degrees in hong kong and 21 in shanghai. look at this 20 degrees in bator. 28 degrees in beijing. tokyo looking at a seasonal 18 degrees. again, thundershowers are expected from this afternoon. now, moving onto the americas. a couple of systems which have history of producing more than 130 tornadoes are now moving across the eastern half of the u.s. and canada, producing a wintry mix across ontario and quebec. and heavy thundershowers from the great lakes all the way down through texas. on tuesday, the heavy rain, heavy thundershowers should remain in much of the deep south region. there will be a slight risk of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and even tornadoe

meanwhile, in southeastern coastal areas of china, especially, that could be reaching as much as 100rs in the next 24 hours. so very short time, heavy rain could target some flooding conditions. here in the indochina paparazzi as well, skirting across is scattered showers as well as rumbles of thunder that could be continuous for the rest of the work week. 34 degrees for a temperature. tokyo reaching up to 19 degrees with lots of sunny spells for us. and seoul at 10 degrees. shanghai up to 24, so warm here in china. let's head over to the americas and talk about this very severe storm system that is passing through the gulf states. really slowly, as of yesterday, well, we had 18 tornado reports. concentrated in this eastern texas region. we have a video coming out from dallas, texas. in lancaster, texas, south of dallas-ft. worth, a powerful tornado brought widespread devastation. you can see here houses are completely destroyed. about 300 buildings, including these houses were destroyed as the tornado tore through the countryside just south of dallas. some buildings welcome back fla

as for china, the southeastern corner of the country will see rain intensifying. and, in fact, as much as 100 millimeters is still possible in the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated so the risks of flooding and landslides are very high here. down towards the indochina peninsula, because of daytime heating and remnants of a tropical storm, thunderstorms are still developing here. as for the americas, we can see this triangle-shaped cloud here indicating very active weather is still going on. as many of you know, lots of tornadoes touched down in texas and hail the size of a baseball have been reported. and on thursday, the threat will slowly shift towards the lower great lakes region, i should say, the lower deep south region, including augusta where the masters golf tournament is taking place. the risks of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging wind and even tornadoes will continue here throughout thursday. and now towards the west, there's a -- there are a couple low pressure systems bringing wet and windy conditions across much of the w

we have lots of rain moving to eastern china here. southeasternons will be hit with some pretty heavy precipitation, maybe even accumulations of a hundred millimeters in a 24-hour period. a little bit further toward the west in the bay of bengal. bangladesh, northeastern india and myanmar once again pounded by heavy rains. remember earlier in the week they were experiencing heavy rain here and lighter showers that lingered. this heavy rain is falling on already saturated land which will certainly increase the risk of landslides and flooding. we are looking at lots of 20s, low 20s to mid 20s across the region. tokyo 21 today. 15 in seoul and getting up to 15 toward the north. further south, of course, much hotter. 36 degrees for you in bangkok. a steamy day and 34 in manila. severe weather breaking out across the west down to the southern plains. we have another storm moving to the west that will expand thursday into friday bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we had reports of a tornado touching down in californ

lots of rain moving into eastern china here and southeastern portions hit with pretty heavy precipitation about 100 millimeters in a 24 hour period. a little further towards the west, bangladesh and northweste northeastern india, remember they were experiencing very heavy rain earlier in the week and lighter showers that lingered so this heavy rain is falling on already saturated land and will increase the landslides and flooding. temperature-wise, low 20s to mid-20s across the region. tokyo e, 21 and 15 in seoul and 15 in yeuland further north and 36 degrees in bangkok, a steamy day and 34 in manila. down in the southern plain, we have another front here, another storm moving towards the west will expand thursday to friday, bringing precipitation to much of the western half of the united states. we even had reports of a tornado touching down in california, which is really quite a rare occurrence. the sierra nevada experiencing more significant winter precipitation, 65 meters additional snowfall thursday to friday accompanied by strong gusts which could certainly make travel dangerous in

china. however, this front will be left over down across the southeastern coast. so more heavy rain to come in the next 24 hours as well as those thunderstorms. in hong kong, you'll be getting some of that today. 28 degrees for your high. a bit further south through indochin ark mostly very dry and very hot at the moment. 38 degrees for you in bangkok on wednesday. further up towards the north, 11 degrees in ulaambatur. in seoul, that system coming through and it will be bringing the temperature down. so just about average for this time of year but it is about ten degrees cooler than it was yesterday. okay. as we head into north america, we're going to be seeing some severe weather erupting throughout the intermountain west. and as the system heads down toward the southeast into the ohio valley as well, some severe thunderstorms are on the cards on your wednesday. heavy rain is impacting an area right down the coast from bc to southern california. this will continue for the next couple of days and up the risk of localized flooding. not only that but cooler air com

china. we saw upwards of 100 millimeters. some places getting 150 millimeters in 24 hours. some very hefty showers. things are clearing out behind that system. however, there's a front just sweeping across the southeastern coast. so still another day of heavy rain and thunder for some of you, including those of you in hong kong. farther down towards the southeastern half of indochina looking a little unsettled. scattered thunderstorms and periods of heavy rain whereas the western half is looking dry and very hot. now into north america we go. we're still seeing the remnants of this storm. winter storm that moved across the northeast yesterday. in your overnight hours just now. and still seeing a bit of a wintry mix. i'll show you some of the pictures coming out of pennsylvania. to give you an idea of the kind of snow, the amount of snow we were seeing here, certainly enough to cause power outages to thousands of homes and also shut some schools. i'm sure the kids weren't too unhappy about that, but certainly some very significant snowfall this late on in the season. nearly into may now. it also brought very strong winds to ohio. this is lake erie. and you can see the waves just jumping out of the water