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Over out of the eight and weve done everything we can to prepare for this yearment we knew it was wet in the southern basin and we might be facing it one more time. and weve broken the town into zones and thats worked in just the communications between citizens and city hall. okay, fargo is about four feet lower than moorhead, the other side of the river. how well do the two cities work together to make sure that things are okay. one side raises their levees and makes stuff poor into the other s...

Anxiety up and down the red river, especially in the fargo area, on the other side of moorehead which is where im standing. when this thing crests tomorrow, that measurement has been dropped further to another half foot down to 37.5 feet. theyve got sandbags on both sides of the river. people living on both sides are saying theyre very kfld tconfi the work theyve done is going to hold the red river back. people who live in rural communities because the basin is so shallow, they are actually bein...

Cover 15 to 30 minutes after a distress call. but outside the gulf of aden itself. protecting ships from pirates is more of a challenge. >> if they can get on board in as little as ten minutes and so, because of the vastness of the water space, i mean, in the somali basin, its the entire east coast of the united states is what were talking about here. >> the eu nfl task force claims that successful pirate attacks in the gulf of aden itself are down by more than half since 2008. but with as many ...

And it spreads out and fans out over the entire specific basin. japan far north from the actual event. there were reports of people in new zealand seeing a slight water rise, just a few inches but amazing how one epicenter can spread out all over the world in the pacific. and we are getting strong aftershocks as you can see across chile. you can see the largest one. the main earthquake, 8.8. but the oranges and yellows these are all aftershocks that have occurred rob and betty in the past 24 hou...

The ocean, and then an hour ago moving toward hawaii. thats 6700 miles away and now weve just got word that the civil defense officials have lifted the warning. however, they say please still stay off of the beaches because there are some irregularities in some of the current and the ocean there. so not a good time to get back out there yet, so exercise caution at the ba bare minimum. this is how fast the waves travel. hawaii is 15 hours and we still have concerned across alaska and then the wes...

>> the wave generated by this earthquake in the hours immediately following the quake itself were described as moving across the ocean as fast as a jetliner. how would you characterize the waves now from the data youre looking the at and what youre hearing? >> yes. the waves are proilgating across the ocean at the speed of a jetliner, 450 to 6 a miles per hour. as they get nearer to shore in all of these areas, and its happening at different times around the basin, but as they do get nearer to s...

We are expecting to see inudation in hawaii around 11:00 a.m. pacific time. we have already seen this in chile, peru and other locations around the basin. hawaii has initiated evacuations as well as i just recently heard they are also evacuating people off the beaches in american samoa. in addition to the warnings in the pacific basin, we also have tsunami advisories posted for california, oregon, washington, alaska and the west coast of canada. we are expecting significant -- we are expecting t...

Hawaii bracing for a tsunami after the powerful chile-- or earthquake that took place 8.8 magnitude, which now sent tsunami warnings throughout the entire pacific rim basin. that is a large area and smack dab in the middle is a threat of a tsunami, hawaii. the pacific tsunami warning center says that the first waves will hit hawaii anytime now after 11 a.m. local time or 4 p.m. eastern time. so, how are people actually preparing? joining me now on the phone is ellyse sanders, lives in honolulu f...

You like the cherry blossom festival, theres the basin, and we had a number of cherry trees damaged because of the heavy snowfall across washington d krmt. so they are going to have to remove those or trim them back. and hopefully theyll recover soon. unusual cold air across parts of the northeast and snow for the past few weeks of the but globally, wanted to touch on this. january one of the warmest months ever. this is satellite data of the lower part of the atmosphere. you can see across the ...

Economy went crazy and the portfolio started to shrink, and everybody backed up. >> reporter: joe didnt give up and secured a federally-backed small business loan. he employs more than 50 people. >> hostesses and bar staff, and production staff with the entertainment, and a light engineer. >> reporter: he hosts several artists at the restaurant showcasing home grown harlem talent. it has to feel good to be in here and be able to say, i have been able to employ 50 people. >> yes. that is really t...