Good afternoon. Wednesday's rain has washed away the dust in the air and dragged down the temperatures to seasonal norms.

Let's talk about rain first, the capital area will see heavy rain, picking up in the evening while southern regions will see a break in the rain this afternoon. This band of showers will linger until Friday.

Seoul and Chuncheon will get up to 23 degrees Celsius with showers, while Jeju will be sunny, without any rain.

The rain will continue until Friday over Korea, then sunshine will return just in time for the weekend

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

South Korea will have a rainy day along with temperatures around the seasonal average, and North Korea will also have showers along with thunderstorms.

Warm and sunny weather in Manila will turn into rain along with the rumble of thunder.

Over in New Zealand, thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible and the warm spell is about to come to an end

Over in the U.S., severe storms brought damaging wind, heavy rain, and hail to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and the Washington D.C. area,... and a severe thunderstorm watch remain in place in New Jersey and D.C.

As for South America, weather in Sao Paulo looks unsettled with scattered thunderstorms expected.

Taking you to Europe,... those in Madrid and Moscow will enjoy sunshine with some clouds and highs of 24 degrees.

Lastly to Africa, Addis Ababa will have rain showers along with scattered thunderstorms.

That's the weather update for now.