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Have, sun, normal high tides are going to be a problem. the issue is that not only are we talking spring tides, remember, spring tides when the moon, earth and sun align that is when you have the greatest gravitational pull, that happens twice a month. when you have higher tides. 15%, to 20% higher. the issue we have this weekend not only do we have the spring tides coinciding but we also have the moon passing at its closest point to the earth. it is also going to be a full moon. essentially it will be the highest tide that we are going to record the entire year. unfortunately it comes very cl...

And this plum tree now has a small bud and she is hoping for the safety of yui. how very touching. well, coastal areas of japan are seeing renewed flooding, not just tsunamis but from normal tides. meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us with more. ivan? >> how would you get flooding from normal tides, if they're normal. the reason, what's abnormal, japan is now sitting lower than where it was. the normal tides that normally did not flood coastal communities are doing so. they're going to have to take steps here. this is going to be a permanent situation there. we are talking along the immediate...

Imagine being caught una deuna -- in a devastating disaster. japan had become used to earthquakes but this one was different and the terror was felt around the country. hello, welcome to "ireport for cnn" i am colleen mcedwards this is our international citizen journalist half-hour. well it was one of the most powerful quakes the world has ever seen. and cameras were rolling when the ground started shaking. in the moments after, much of the country's telephone and cell services were unavailable. but wireless internet systems remained largely intact. as a result, people uploaded their videos to...

Building there was, you could see a guy's face through the concrete. took us numerous hours to get him out found a lady on the other side of him. took 32 hours to get her out. just knowing we are making a difference in people's lives. that's what it is all about. >> reporter: as satisfying as it is to come out of a building with no casuals it is weighed by the fact that they have to comb through others for days through a city that's just been ruined. brian todd, cnn, ofunato, japan. well ahead here, we'll turn to libya. [ gunfire ] the government and the opposition have different views of ...

He said he has a close connection to the japanese people in part because he learned a lot about the culture growing up in hawaii. he said he's confident japan will come back stronger than ever and the united states is ready to help. >> today's events remind us just how fragile life can be. our hearts go out to our friends in japan and in the region. >> it was nighttime for many of us when we heard about this, but it was 2:46 p.m. local time in japan when the earthquake hit. people grabbed cameras, capturing japan's strongest ever earthquake as it was happening. here's some of the remarkable si...