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Effectively have four separate events. each blowing by wind, weather, other factors. fallout does decay rapidly. outside the hot zone, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved simply by people staying indoors. again, this is not -- we are not just talking about one potential event, talking about four. >> thats incredibly important to talk about the dispersal. and as the cloud goes across the ocean or goes through the atmosphere, it disperses, falls back into the ocean, the ground. the close...

The general population, the doses, the doses were hearing about are all at the gates of the plant itself and theyre also very variable. theyre spiking up and down and that reflects whats going on in the plant. >> whats the key factors youll be looking for today in terms of progress if they get a handle on this? >> well, i think were looking for lack of progress in many ways. if we see more spikes in exposure, that means more releases of radiation. and again, were keeping our fingers crossed at t...

On this "american morning," a potential nuclear catastrophe is unfolding in northeast japan. theres been a new explosion at one reactor and a fire in another. sending dangerous levels of radioactive material spewing into the atmosphere. and there are warnings this morning from japans prime minister that everyone within 20 miles of the plant needs to stay inside. but will that do any good? a change in wind direction this morning could put even more people in harms way. the japanese stock mark...

Radiation means, kiran. >> absolutely. stan, how do they fix this? whats the plan? >> reporter: yeah, the real problem is how to get inside the reactor and see whats going on. the race is going to try to cool down these reactors that has been heating up. they say they stabilized one, two, and three now, but five and six have been warming up a little. until they can actually get in there and have a look, how much this integration has gone on, whether this casing that protects the reactor, thats w...

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Reactors along the countrys northeastern coast. american military officials confirm that more u.s. service members were exposed to radiation today and treated with iodine. but because of the wind direction, several navy ships moved closer to the coast after initial pullback of radiation concerns two major aftershocks rattled japan today, causing buildings to sway in tokyo. food, water and heat shortages continue. correspondent adam housley has the latest. >> they is survived the fifth largest ea...

>> reporter: the concern is way up but i can tell you that radiation is heavier than air so the wind when youre talking about radiation plays a key part in it. the wind direction and speed. i dont want to get bogged down in a lot of science. here is the simple terms of how radiation affects are felt. an x-ray has four milis evers. the air levels at fukushima 400. radiation poisoning starts at a thousand, thats when i get nausea, diarrhea and fatigue. if you get to 3,000, or 5,000 in a dose megyn...

Represented was after an 8.6 earthquake erupted in the ocean. thats the last time this volcano has gone off. could you imagine? >> chad, its aseih in atlanta. another question for the admission of radiation. you talked about the wind direction. another concern that people have, and i just like you to try to explain the situation, is rain. is there any rain in the forecast? and what would that mean for the situation? >> there sh not rain in the forecast. there was rain in the forecast has the col...

How many aftershocks weve been having and how strong they are. a half hour ago we had a 6.0 aftershock and can produce little minor tsunamis and very concerned. its unusual having this many aftershocks and concerned with the wind direction in case we get a nuclear cloud. right now, a light onshore flow. over the next few days, the wind is going off the coast. if there are any nuclear catastrophes, its heading over the pacific. a slow commute for your troubles. a little chilly in d.c. carry you...

And also light snowfall in some of the higher elevations which will also bring the particles right back down to the surface. we will continue to monitor the wind direction and speed and the precipitation in the coming days. jon: basket full of problems there. thats for sure. thanks. jenna: fox news alert keeping our eye on the market, particularly the dow. weve seen the dow down near here 300 points this morning. it has come back a little bit from there. japan stock market taking a pounding the ...