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Of them, they come together in this area, so there could be a little bit of a consequence, and a few of these thunderstorms, by the way, could be severe in central parts of illinois and indiana as well. now, how much rain are we talking about on top of what we already have? this is one computer model showing a forecast of 1 to 2 inches coming up in the next five days, and the ground is so saturated that every drop of this ultimately will make its way downstream. now, many places still have not s...

Does tend to gather together, steered by the winds and the currents in the pacific ocean. researchers at the university of hawaii have been tracking computer models to project over the next five years where this big massive pile of debris will go. it works across the pacific and estimated to hit the hawaiian island within a year and three years hit the pacific west coast of the u.s. and canada as far south as the baja peninsula and loop back around, become even more concentrated and hit hawaii f...

Year it will be hitting the coastline of hawaii, breaking up as it works across the pacific. some of that natural degradation will occur just in the ocean, but a lot of it actually occurs because the debris bangs into each other and just by that effect alone breaks up but its going to take a long time for it to completely dissipate in the pacific because the winds swirl it around in a clock wide fashion. its fascinating computer model and excellent research out of the university of hawaii. >> th...

Coast and british columbia and as far south to the baja peninsula. open up the scope and you can see it loops back, gets more concentrated and hits hawaii for a second time. as you can see on this computer model were looking at a strike to hawaii with the debris, not once, but twice, because the currents work in a clockwise fashion and theyll actually bring the debris back. it will become more concentrated when it makes the second loop. theres a lot of factors that can influence this. not only d...

Tsunami. maybe some of it is headed to the u.s.? a massive debris field slowly moving across the pacific. tsunami swept entire villages out to sea. 200,000 buildings in all. bonnie schneider with me now. you were telling me about this and i said are you serious? this stuff could make its way, and it might take a while? >> it will take a while and loops and comes back. its fascinating. take a look at this computer model put together by university of hawaii researchers. what they did is they proje...

They say winds change, things can happen. what are the riskings going -- risks that we should watch for? is. >> reporter: number one, youre right, and they should be skeptical because you have been releasing radioactive material from the reactors and these spent fuel rods for a full week now, and it is not over. so we actually have a center up at berkeley. it is called the national atmospheric released a vise ri center -- advisory center. and what they do is they are constantly using supercomput...

Winds on the ground. they are cold. they are bitter. but as far as the radiation dispersement, well, we have marine life here. thats going to be a problem for them. as far as the good folks across northeastern japan, the off shore winds and the stronger the off shore winds the better. any radiation, of course, will be pushed out to sea. we are talking now about the surface winds, not about the upper level winds that carry them across the pacific. were not there yet. we dont think were going to g...

Contamination and 19 missing and two injured at that fukushima plant. a plume of radiation from japan could reach california tomorrow. experts say the levels would be low after a journey across the pacific. the x-factor is the wind. lets check in with rob marciano just to calm peoples fears about this. >> we did this yesterday, didnt we? were going to see it again today. >> you hear stuff like a plume of radiation, get scared. >> what they did is run a computer model that took, you know, basic...

Their lives on the line. and a dramatic survival story. an 83-year-old woman escaped from the tsunami on her bicycle. the reports now that radiation plumes from japan will reach the u.s. west coast tomorrow have alarmed many americans. chad meyers is with us now. chad, experts are telling us that there is no cause for alarm or panic, right? >> well, yeah, thats right. and do you want to know why? >> tell us why. >> because all of the graphics and all the animations youve been seeing in other...

>> its blowing offshore away from japan. this is a computer model that will model the atmosphere for the next five days. well let it stop, because it is still moving right now to monday. when it starts again, youll notice that from right now, the wind will be blowing offshore. follow it around this giant low pressure center, possibly going over the alaska islands there, the aleutians, and then back into eastern russia. then again, possibly as it moves in. now thats a theoretical particle, almost...