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Levels are more than eight times normal near the plants in puck chic ma. thats about 250 kilometers northeast of tokyo. well have much more on that story in a matter of seconds. a japanese broadcaster now reports nearly 900 people are dead following the 8.9 pag attitude quake with about seven others missing. that number is expected to go higher. this is a map of japan and this is a live look at fukushima. japans nuke clear agency believes a fuel rod may have melted after the facilitys cooling sy...

Number one nuclear plant. this is according to news reports on the ground the we are hearing that several workers have been injured. local broadcaster in the area says that the walls and roof of that power plant have been destroyed in the blast. were also hearing that radioactivity levels at the plant are 20 times over the normal limit. the safety commission saying that that plant may be experiencing a nuclear meltdown. there is a second plant being watched very closely according to an official ...

>> okay. well, weve just been listening to the public broadcaster nhk there give us the very latest. now, we have mentioned that some 50 countries have issued tsunami warnings, and one of those, of course, is the philippines. we have a reporter there in the philippines. give us a sense of where you are and what authorities have told you. >> reporter: anna, there is much tension here of the approach in the early evening hours when we were told a tsunami would likely hit the eastern seaboard. that...

Japan hit the island nation. 8.9 magnitude quake. check out the reaction from the newsroom of japanese public broadcaster nhk. its pretty startling. >> all right. so there you have it. this is nhk, the japanese broadcaster. some people went under desks.

You know, severely compromised by this earthquake, and it wont be safe to operate anymore. certainly what we know is that the vast majority of the reactors in the earthquake that were subject to the tremors, they seemed to have behaved exactly as they were meant to behave in situations like this. they, of course, have been built relatively recently and were designed to withstand possibly very large-scale earthquakes like this one, and according to the experts that weve spoken to, they seemed to ...

Public broadcaster out of japan. this is a rolling tide of tsunami water. you see it takes outside homes. this is a rural region north of tokyo called miyagi. as we continue to get details, most saying the aftershock just as bad. coming in at 7.4. once again, this quake struck in the middle of the afternoon, locally, 2:46. most people are out and about during their day. as you can see, perhaps the upside would be that this looks to be a sparsely populated region as opposed to an area like tokyo ...

Earthquake of 8.9. there have been a series of aftershocks, including one that was 7.4 in magnitude that came about 30 minutes later. most significantly were the reports of a tsunami. where we saw dramatic pictures coming out of the miyagi prefecture, of houses, cars, farms being completely swept away. the airport there in miyagi, totally underwater. people on top of roofs. waving white flags, indicating their need for rescue. japans national broadcaster was warning those near the coast to get t...

Local broadcaster to get information of how any possible evacuation is occurring. but you look at the damage here, in the miyagi prefecture, youre seeing boats swept away, cars, homes. and it gives you an idea of just how serious this is. arata, i want to bring you back in. youre an number producer there in tokyo. you can give us a little perspective if folks are just getting up po speed of how devastating this earthquake was. 8.9. you had about 30 seconds to prepare for this. first of all, wher...

This struck about 2:46 local time. so about two and a half hours ago. there has been a tsunami warning that has been issued for hawaii and the west coast. were continuing to follow that. we are told that there are sirens that are going off in honolulu. the most important thing for folks to do is to tune in to their local broadcaster, and get the information of what exactly they should do. there are evacuation procedures. we also know this is the fifth strongest earthquake in the world since 1900...