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Hours, right there. some of the more impoverished countries from honduras, guatema guatemala, el salvador, nicaragua, this region going to get tsunami wave action associated with it. colors taper off to the light oranges. along the immediate coast, we bump it to the reds. the coastal region. as the run-up occurs, the waves get themselves out toward the coastal regions and the increase in wave happens at the last second. depending on how it is laid out, we have homes on stilts, made from debris f...

>> we are watching what is the effect we are hearing reports thatty woor supposed to see wave action on the west coast. what do you know about that? northern california and oregon are likely to be hit the hardest and on the eastern side of the pacific. damaging levels especially around the crescent city where we have seen big tsunamis in the past. as you go further south, the possibility of damaging waves gets a lot less. the big issue is a rising sea level rather than a breaking wave. the impac...

Japan. are you at the airport? >> caller: yes, im at the airport as we speak. >> were you there four hours ago when it hit? >>. >> caller: yes, i was. i saw the lockers shaking back and forth violently. by the look on peoples faces, i could see there was an earthquake. we were called into formation. there would be a tsunami coming, we would be regrouping and move further south to evacuate the country. >> narita, is that on the west coast of the main island? >> caller: thats correct. yes. >> at t...

>> reporter: in lands south of new orleans, water is life. >> this is jimmy on the fringe. >> reporter: on the surface, life might seem back to normal. no slick of crude oil, no skimmer boats or emergency crews in the delicate wetlands, the disaster could have happened yesterday. this is one of the sensitive marsh islands in an area known as bay jimmy. you can see there is an inch of oil over here. if you give it a scrape, ten months later its become coming up almost liquid. the oil is killing t...

>> reporter: in lands south of new orleans, water is life. >> this is jimmy on the fringe. >> reporter: on the surface, life might seem back to normal. no slick of crude oil, no skimmer boats or emergency crews in the delicate wetlands, the disaster could have happened yesterday. this is one of the sensitive marsh islands in an area known as bay jimmy. you can see there is an inch of oil over here. if you give it a scrape, ten months later its become coming up almost liquid. the oil is killing t...

Here and we havent been on one for, this is our third year, so were glad to be here and hopefully we wont miss too much of it. >> ocean city, maryland, some of the beaches there have been closed to everyone except the most experienced swimmers, the weather channels julie martin has joined us from the resort town. if you have enough experience, you really wouldnt want to be in that, jewelry? >> reporter: no, in fact they did say that this morning and then they changed that rule, now theyre not al...

Rob marciano is in kill devil hills in north carolina. brianna keilar is in ocean city, maryland. allan chernoff is on the east ends of long island, new york, for thus morning. as well as susan candiotti who is farther up cape cod. reynolds wolf sheer with me in atlanta. he keeping an eye on the track of the storm. lets start with rob. rob, i saw you a little earlier, couple of hours ago. you described it as getting hit in the face with needles, the wind was really blowing that rain into your fa...

That actually rolled through this area. it brought heavy wave action, caused a delay there. at these beaches it brought up a coating of oil on shore which has since been cleaned up. people have been going out, enjoying the sand. ken tillis took this video and you can see the moms and dads and kids enjoying things on the water. picture-perfect out here, no question. jacqui jeras mentioned that the remnants may be pulls its way. theres about a 20% chance of it reforming. if that happens, that mean...

Be a bit of a worry this time of year as we crank up to the prime time hurricane season. heat advisories and heat warnings out for central part of the country. sounds like a broken record. well try to stay cool but they have been extended to places like philadelphia, new york. these two spots will be well into the 90s today. couple of showers in spots across the tri-state area to get the day going. thats only going to kind of keep things even more steamy once that water gets on the road and the ...

Unlucky. lets hope so. people have been asking about you. you have been covering the story since the beginning. where is the oil gone? where did it go? >> reporter: there are sig scientists from the government who examined that. they said much of the oil has been recovered. ships and boom have been bringing in a great deal of it. 20% of the oil spilled remains in the gulf of mexico. some in the form of tar balls, sheens, some expected to dissipate by wave action, the suns rays. and salt water is...