Good morning, It's going to be just as cold as yesterday... cold wave advisories have upgraded to warnings for most of the central region while other areas are still in a grip of big freeze including Busan and Ulsan with lows plunging to below minus 10 degrees Celsius.

In fact, a dry weather warning has been issued for those two major cities, while the rest are under the dry weather advisories.

Taking a closer look at today's highs... Seoul will inch up to -8 degrees Celsius but sharp winds will only make it feel colder, Daegu and Gwangju will rise to minus 2 and minus 3 degrees Celsius.

We'll have to wait until the middle of next week to see readings go back to the seasonal averages.

With that, let's take a look at the international weather for viewers around the world.

While most of us in South Korea will have another freezing but sunny day, most cities in North Korea will also have exceptionally cold temperatures all day.

As for the rest of Asia, those of you in Beijing will also have very cold temperatures but expect to have good to normal air quality in the morning.

Meanwhile, those in Melbourne get a taste of living on Australia’s west coast as humidity and heat settle in.

Heading to North America, in the Chicago area, hundreds of traffic crashes, at least three of them fatal, were reported Wednesday as freezing rain glazed roads, it's forecast to be another freezing day on Thursday, drive with caution.

As for South America, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro will have a wet day, have an umbrella handy.

Taking you to Europe,.. much of France has been lashed by downpours throughout January, rivers across France were spilling their banks as well, with 15 departments still on flood alert, but more rain is expected on Thursday.

Lastly to Africa, Cairo and Cape Town will have a windy Thursday.

That's all the weather update for now.