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But this is now showing signs of additional activity. we had a second eruption in just a week, this last one. pretty powerful stuff going upwards of 5.4 kilometers up into the 10,000 foot level here. satellite and radar from the area showing the thunderstorm activity across the region. the island just to the south and east, this is 10,000 feet up, the wind flow, we understand now ash has been falling on the island here. some significant ash fall there is being reported. and the information minis...

>> each one of these blades, they weigh about 9 tons. the diameter is about 300 feet, thats about the length of a football field. >> reporter: and they are everywhere. >> in the u.s. we have about 15,000 wind turbines. >> reporter: ge got into the wind business in 2002. it now makes 40% of all wind turbines in the u.s. its constantly refining its technology to safely harness the wind. >> when you look at a wind turbine, that wind flow creates two forces. one is a torque. torque turns the gearbox...

here. were standing, a lot of this was beach. we got here this morning. quickly its already risen several feet. i was talking to the mayor. he said one of the big worries in this area is when you go past here, theres homes thats built on a cliff. at this point their worries not so much the wind, this is not going to be the kind of storm here where the wind is going to do catastrophic damage, but what they are worried about is, its moving so slowly, and its going to hit right before hig...

The numbers, were in the hundreds. this is not quite reached that level. does that give us some hope this perhaps, especially depending on the wind flow, in which direction it is heading, does that give people some hope that perhaps people will not be infected as much as feared? >> i think so. what we have to remember is right now we are in information gathering mode. it is difficult to make any sort of proclamations or assumptions about anything. what weve learned is that what is going to happe...

The numbers, were in the hundreds. this is not quite reached that level. does that give us some hope this perhaps, especially depending on the wind flow, in which direction it is heading, does that give people some hope that perhaps people will not be infected as much as feared? >> i think so. what we have to remember is right now we are in information gathering mode. it is difficult to make any sort of proclamations or assumptions about anything. what weve learned is that what is going to happe...

Surrounds that eye, well easily probably max out where allen was. we have big concerns here. this is a buzz saw heading toward the northern islands of the lesser antilles. this is going to decimate some of the islands. not just some of the more fortified buildings, but across many islands, the loss of electricity, power, communications, maybe water. weve got the warning still in effect for anguilla, antigua. british virgin islands and puerto rico, their conditions will start to deteriorate tomor...

Proposed. so, just how are the winds affecting the risk of contamination from japans nuclear plants. >> theres a lot of concern about this. for the answer to that, we want to go to meteorologist jennifer delgado at the cnn international weather center. jen, what are you finding on this? >> certainly people have good reason to be concerned. because the last couple of days, we saw favorable wind flow. yesterday we really got in a bad pattern. right now, the weather has certainly improved. look at ...