i m kind kim brunhuber. ahead we are not out of the woods yet. the threat to communities remains and waters will continue to rise even after these storms have passed. the already drenched state of california is bracing for even more storms. we ll have a report from the cnn weather center with a preview of this weekend s weather and new details in the case of the missing massachusetts mother, what she told police nine years ago about her husband. plus a huge explosion in the disputed ukrainian city of soledar as russia claims it has captured the city, this is amid new attacks in kyiv. we ll have a live report from ukraine. life from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with extreme weather across the united states. in california, more than 25 million people are under flood watches this weekend, including the entire bay area, snrlcentra valley and central california coastline. more waves of storms fueled by a strong atmospheric river
hello again, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with california facing a severe weather threat yet again right now. 25 million people are under flood watches. some areas saw more than six times the normal rainfall in just the last two weeks. today s storms raising concerns for more flooding and possibly landslides. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking the storm for us. also cnn s natasha chen is in fairfax, california, where we begin with you. what are you seeing? all right. we don t have audio of natasha. we ll try and work that out. it s not your television sets. let s go to you, allison. what is california bracing for? they ve already been through so much. they have. they re bracing for two more rounds, one that is currently ongoing and the next round that arrives 24 hours from now with not much of a break in between. the first round already here. you can see most of the real heavy rain and snow is across portions of northern and
confirmed his identity. authorities scrubbed every trace of the images from chinese social media, but the words lived on and soon started to appear in of all places public bathrooms. because it is one of the only few places in tightly surveilled china without security cameras. this man graffitied the same slogans in a bad room in southwest china. i have to wear a mask, he said, and when i was writing, i was worried someone might catch me. it is so pathetic we ve been suppressed like this. even just scribbling anti-government slogans in bathrooms is dangerous in china. but what followed shocked the world. less than two months later, the exact same slogans were chanted in unprecedented anti-zero covid protests that erupted in cities across china. we want freedom, not covid tests, they chanted. we want freedom, not lockdowns, we want dignity, not lies.
some five weeks after china began easing its covid restrictions, a new report in state media estimates more than 900 million people across the country have likely been infected by covid-19. researchers say that nearly 80% of those infected reported feeling worse than having the flu, the data suggests 64% of people in china have been infected as of january 11th. in october a man made history in china when he hung two banners protesting ing zer covid policy, above a highway. what would have been a simple protest in many countries was nearly unprecedented act of defiance in the chinese capital and sparked a stunning wave of protests across the nation. selina wang has more. reporter: the spark that would ignite china, two banners suddenly appeared on a busy overpass in beijing. the words written on them, so brazenly defiant, they make the
authorities scrubbed every trace of these images from chinese social media. but the words lived on. they soon started to appear in, of all places, public bathrooms, because it s one of the only few places in tightly surveilled china without security cameras. this graffiti, the same slogans in a bathroom in southwest china. i had to wear a masks he said. when i was writing, i was worried someone might catch me. it s so pathetic we have been suppressed like this. even scribbling anti-government slogans in bathrooms is dangerous in china. but what followed shocked the world. less than two months later, the exact same slogans were channelled in unprecedented anti-zero covid protests that erupted in cities across china. we want freedom, not covid tests, they chanted. we want freedom, not lockdowns. we want dignity, not lies.