the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. this is newsday on the bbc. in singapore. 0ur headlines. 25 dead but also dramatic rescues in the central chinese province after the central chinese province after the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. now as we ve been reporting china has had record rains and flooding last weeks floods in europe killed over 200 people we ve seen recent record heatwaves and wildfires in the us. these just some of the latest examples of the immense atmospheric
of atonement. in tunisia a retired law professor. has won the country s presidential election with more than 70 percent of the vote according to an exit poll side as an independent with no political experience he has pledged to fight corruption and support decentralization. in hong kong pro-democracy activists have held several small protests across the country places linked to mainland china including banks and a.t.m. s or vandalized police say it s been made dozens of arrests and used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the demonstrators. it was forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit japan in 60 years now typhoon have as has roared across the country leaving at least 33 people dead and many more injured rescue effort efforts are underway as record rains have triggered major flooding and landslides.
you see it on the radar here, upstate new york, a lot of trees down, ithaca, back through pennsylvania, as well. that watch is up until 9:00 tonight. front moves east tomorrow, i-95 cities are fog to going to get some big boomers, that will eventually break the heat, thankfully. and the hurricanes in the pacific, two of them, flossie and erick. erick, a category 4 now, less than 1,000 miles from the big island. a southerly track, some weakening, we hope. we re watching a disturbance right now over puerto rico, giving them some record rains. that disturbance is rolling towards the southeast, will bring parts of the u.s. heavy downpours. david? a lot to watch in these days ahead. rob, thank you. now to the horrific string of murders in wisconsin. a gunman killing three family members, then shooting his way into a second home, killing a woman there and wounding her parents. and tonight, the sheriff is now saying that that suspect may have been imitating the abduction of teenager jayme
does appear as if it s going to be across portions of montana a little further to the west, back towards idaho. the reason for this, right now it s not too warm, but pay attention to some of these temperatures from 42 to 46 to 51, up to 60 degrees. jon, it s going to get warm, and we re going to start to see more snow melt. so even without big storms, there s still going to be flooding to be concerned about the next couple of days. jon: adam klotz, thank you. meanwhile, california is also experiencing record-breaking rainfall after years of drought. but it might not help the state much with future dry spells. william la jeunesse explains. we re watching the atmospheric river, and it s going to be aimed right at southern california. reporter: from l.a. to san francisco, near record rains, yet 80% is wasted. and we ll never capture it all, but we have to do a better job of capturing what we can. reporter: a study by the pacific institute s peter glick found california cities fail
be across portions of montana a little further to the west, back towards idaho. the reason for this, right now it s not too warm, but pay attention to some of these temperatures from 42 to 46 to 51, up to 60 degrees. jon, it s going to get warm, and we re going to start to see more snow melt. so even without big storms, there s still going to be flooding to be concerned about the next couple of days. jon: adam klotz, thank you. meanwhile, california is also experiencing record-breaking rainfall after years of drought. but it might not help the state much with future dry spells. william la jeunesse explains. we re watching the atmospheric river, and it s going to be aimed right at southern california. reporter: from l.a. to san francisco, near record rains, yet 80% is wasted. and we ll never capture it all, but we have to do a better job of capturing what we can. reporter: a study by the pacific institute s peter glick found california cities failed to capture trillions of gallo