when you put it together reside across this region. when you take a look at the numbers for places like beijing, since the 1st of january in 2008, the area in red indicates the percentage in which the days were considered unhealthy. over 50% of the days every day going back to the 1st of january in 2008 were unhealthy. incredible to see how many are considered unfit to breathe. just extraordinary. thanks pedram. appreciate it. thanks for your company, everyone. i m rosemary church. i m secyril vanier. the news continues after the break. .surface pro s perfect. fast and portable but also light. you don t do this 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. .if you don t feel it in your heart. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it s the best thing that ever happened to me.
every rain event is related to climate change. in many ways get used to storms like this. the data supports more water from storms. but not in the right places. unfortunately. thanks pedram. california s government signs landmark right to die legislation. we ll hear from one group that calls the new measure flawed.
situations. it s all going to be based on some rapidly changing conditions because as some of the waters recede, they will start to rise elsewhere further down the water system. and, of course, do not try to drive through any of those flooded roads. on the line with us from columbia, south carolina, the information officer for the emergency division in the state. thank you for your time today. and pedram joins us now. as we ve heard, just because the rain has stopped doesn t mean the danger is over. that s such a serious note to make. it will be sunny in the afternoon in south carolina. the water will want to flow downstream. we saw this in pakistan in 2010. upstream river flooding caused problems down the river. upstream flooding in the gulf of
at these new businesses that are almost entirely submerged in water, what do you think? this is your hometown right now. it s pretty crazy. we always go to moe s mondays and go to get groceries. we can t get there. pretty wild. reporter: does it impact you? is there an emotional level to this? i m just hoping i can get back to my house. i need to do home work. take shelter. the governor had a press conference asking people to shelter in place. she said the storm could last into wednesday. nick in the middle of it all. let s bring in pedram. folks are being told to hunker down. it s the thing to do. flooding and fatalities across the united states, rain totals
of moisture that stretches out and goes into the carolinas as joaquin pulled away. a storm system in place as well and that led to some of the disastrous flooding across the region. we ll follow this story. it looks like a couple more days of rain ahead. and pedram, we know in france, parts of the country are dealing with extreme flash floods and have killed at least 17 people. that s according to to bfm tv which also reports at least four more people are missing along the country s south eastern med tra mediterranean coast. people are warning against travel because of the damage to roads and rail networks. let s go back to pedram. you have more on this flooding. talk to us about this, and i