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Winds of 200 o miles per hour, gusts of 245 miles per hour. as you said, stronger than andrew, katrina, camille, a lot of people in the u.s. lived through those storms. this one is stronger. not to mention the winds were going to be talking about major strorm surge along the gulf coast during katrina. we had up to to 27-feet storm surge. this is going to be unprecedented. could be catastrophic for this portion of mexico. moving to the north right now at 12, its going to make landfall in the next...

Who watch our weather reports ahead of these big hurricanes is that weve gotten better at predicting not only the strength but the path of these particular storms. noaa said models are in the process of improving 50% since katrina made land fall. i want to show you something. this is quite fe nm nphenomenal. we are talking about kmucation ability of our super computers that forecast the paths of the particular storms. and here is a great example. in 2005 when katrina made land fall looked like. ...

>> good to be with you. >> i just posted a few minutes ago at cnn.com my reporters notebook on my trip with secretary of state hillary clinton to egypt, tunisia and france. you might want to check it out. cnn.com. radiation levels around japans crippled nuclear power plant may be getting even worse. were tracking the wind strength and the direction around the plant. and if you dont know how far away you may be living from a nuclear power plant, guess what? were going to show you how to find ou...

11% of the surface. we clearly have a vested interest in how all of this works out there. sky news reporter greg milam has more from right near the volcano itself. >> of course what everyone all over northern europe wants to know is how long the problems and eruption on the hill behind me will continue and how much longer that cloud of smoke and ash and ice is going to continue pouring away from iceland into those areas around europe. they simply dont know here. they are monitoring the intensity...

Because its affecting a lot of people where its 8:30 in the morning for you. we are talking about the east coast. a lot of people dealing with a lot of snow, a winter wallop for a lot of you in the east specifically, but this morning we are talking about a lot of rain. >> and maybe march will be the rain month, and also the wind month. thousands of people without power after the storm hit this region. some reported winds near hurricane smith. near connecticut, one person was killed and three oth...

Still its going to have a very big impact, especially on the lower part of that state. >> and especially now because the models have really come together. days ago when we were talking about this model goes here and this model goes here, now theyve really come into alignment. its semantics when you talk bute exactly where the wind strength will be or the land fall location will be. but because of the size of the storm your are arseeing huge impacts on the east coast and west coast. same with sto...

Being uninhabitable for weeks or months, you hope that doesnt come true and the eye stay office the coast. it doesnt have to be, as derrick was saying, it doesnt have to be too far off the coast to make all the difference in terms of wind strength. this has been building and bu d building. it will get worse. it is extraordinary when you look at it. >> do you have any sense how many people took shelter and evacuated and how many people are hunkering down in their own homes? a lot of people headed...

Strength but i dont think thats really the issue. the issue is that its a huge thing thats going to have wide-ranging effects so when you take a big thing and move it slowly over a point, it takes a long time for it to go by, and i think the most notable thing about this in the end is going to be people saying it was relentless, the wind was blowing and blowing and blowing and blowing and blowing for perhaps a day and a half before it really starts to let up in a big way. this is going to be thr...