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We turn now to the other developing headline as we come on tonight, the weather watches up right now. that wall of severe storms moving across the country. 40 million americans in 16 states tonight. the thundering sound of giant hail right there in hazelton, north dakota. driving rain for the evening commute in st. john, indiana. and in a sign they do not need yet another round of this, look at this image of a collapsing dam in dunlap lake, texas. but the storms are coming tonight. more than a d...

Slightly offshore. even if its 20 miles we reduce the damage by billions of dollar s if its on the left side of the eye we reduce it by billions if it was in the middle because this storm will be tearing up the beaches all the way from titusville, cocoa, all the way up to new smyrna a and on up even into jacksonville, possibly as far west as gainesville with big wind, 45 miles per hour to about 70 miles per hour orlando, you could see the same, villages, you could see the same, ocala, same story...

Let me show you. this was the old search area. and the key thing here is what we call the roaring 40s which is the 40-degree latitude mark. and there we have very strong westerlies, big storms, big wind, big waves. and the storms move through completely unimunincumbered. the new area, the weather here is certainly a lot easier in terms of the waves. on average here, wave height in the new are, about six feet. on average farther south, 700 miles south, theyre about 16 to 19 feet. big difference w...

Interrupt any swells that might be generated. >> 120 miles per hour, 20 footers, even if they settle to 20 footers. >> best of times that area is pretty harry. the weather can go all the way around antartica. that leads to big waves, big wind, big sea. >> you say youre from canberra. >> i am. >> its over there. oppose that side brf between perth and the search site, one of the deepest parts of the indian ocean, then when you get further towards the search area, a fairly flat featureless bottom o...