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Tall and keep going. theres the ebt and the lines mean how many hours away the wave was. this was three hours, six hours and nine hours, and were maybe nine and a quarter hours from when this actually happened, west coast. it is coming. it is coming right now. all the way from the straits of juan de fuca and all the way to hawaii. this is a had a and this is maui and the wave went around maui and thats that seven-foot wave that we talked about already. this is now coming onshore straight on. thi...

People are urged to do is go to the higher floors? >> yeah, certainly. but it is a very strong building, like sukz or seven stories higher >> like six or seven stories higher. so if it is a stronger building, a concrete structure, something reinforced, you know, if you go above -- it depends on how high the wave is, but go up a number of floors and you will be okay. if it is not that strong of a structure and you have the option of getting to a higher ground, that would be a better option for yo...

Much of the west coast in the u.s. is in the striking zone this coming hour. >> absolutely. cnn meteorologist chad myers is here with the latest. there is so much to cover, chad. what are you seeing? >> this is a big quake. this is large. this is the biggest quake that has a potential to affect the west coast of the u.s. that you probably have heard about in your lifetime, especially in my lifetime. so this quake, even though its in japan, has sent a wave. we know that the bulk of the wave maybe...

According to the i.a.e.a., the u.n.s nuclear watchdog. a great deal of concern concerning the one reactor fukushima where 2,000 thousand people evacuated from the surrounding area. the japanese government say no leak of radiation but the big problem is even though the reactor has been shut down, the nuclear fuel inside the reactor core is not being cooled sufficiently because you have to cool the nuclear fuel constantly to stop it from melting. if that doesnt happen, if the water isnt pumped aro...

Scheduling note. president obama will be -- he had a previously scheduled press conference, but you can expect, of course, the tsunami, the earthquake, the aftermath will be a large part of that. that will be happening in the 12:00 hour eastern. that is in the 9:00 hour pacific time for all of you wanting to hear that. >> that conversation with the japanese prime minister a little more than 20 minutes ago. lets talk about western coast of the united states. the first waves of the tsunami are clo...

Can you see the building swaying. thats what its supposed to do, by the way. look, once the earthquake struck a tsunami and massive wave of water slamming against coastal areas in japan. what youre seeing there is water that is nowhere near the coastline. in other words, this water laden with debris, cars and homes and bits and pieces of debris along the way. >> look at how -- its not one area, hala. just look how widespread it is. its just truly amazing. just watch it. lets just watch. unfortun...

Caught in a catchers mitt, so to speak of a crescent-shaped beach, hence crescent city. 8.2. now the forecast wave height at crescent city. this happened a long time ago. it happened nine hours ago. think about throwing a big rock in the ocean over here by japan, and that rock has made waves. in fact now we know that there are at least four waves that equal height. unlike the tsunami that hit banda aceha back in 2004, this starts with the wave coming in first and then going out and then back in,...

Boats and cars. we have been looking at video of the damage. you can see homes and cars just being swept by this wall of water moving very fast. you can only imagine people caught off guard that might have been in those homes and in those vehicles. right now we only hear one person is con officialed killed. it was hundreds of miles away, but the people in tokyo said the buildings shook violently and there was a pretty massive wave of aftershocks it is up to a 7.5. japans meterological agency say...

Zealand or along the pacific rim on the western edge of this ring of fire, typically we dont see a tsunami warning or a tsunami reach the west coast, let alone hawaii. but this is such a huge event -- and a pretty shallow event at that. its a slightly smaller event than the banda achi quake. but its six of one, half a dozen of the other when you talk about how much this shook japan and shook the pacific with that kind of wave were talking about. these are the aftershocks. the aftershocks that we...

See the full extent of what a tsunami like this can do. what are your thoughts having covered a massive tsunami? >> the thing is there are many tsunami waves coming in. when you look at the back wash that is the major danger for those who survived the major hit by the wave. >> as we know from the 2004 indian ocean tsunami, a lot of people got swept back out to sea afterwards and never seen again. that is also a concern. the damage by these waves is unbelievable. and these pictures, you can see t...