and the problem is, there's no significant rainfall in the forecast any time soon. and this is bad news for central china. heavy rainfall towards the south, but you can't get it in the north or the central right now. nina? >> flooding in some places, drought in others. jennifer delgado, thank you for that update there. andrew? nina, we've had our fair share of bad views from hotel rooms, but that's not going to be a problem in this hotel here. this is a live picture from one of our remote cameras. looking here at the hong kong ritz carlton hotel on top of the icc building on the side of hong kong. it's being billed as the world's tallest hotel. and as richard quest explains, he went all the way to the top to meet the man in charge. 118 floors high and towering nearly half a kilometer above hong kong.