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Hundreds after the initial earthquakes. survivors phase freezing temperatures with little food or water. as world community races to help. travelers stuck in japan during the quake are scrambling blipg to get home. governments including ours are advising against nonessential travel to japan. greg palkot is on japan's northeast coast. greg? >> reporter: jenna, jon, a little communications problems much our own by nothing like folks here. all around me ships are tossed around like toys by the tsunami last friday still sitting on their sides. that, the quake and now this nuclear drama causing hug...

Now. >> and that fear is probably going to be around for some time. thank you so much for joining us. we are going to go ahead and go now to paul carroll, a nuclear expert and program director. paul, what can you tell us about the explosion at the plant and where things stand right now? >> well, what i can tell you is basically the last updates that i have head it seems to be consistent with what happened to the first unit that had a hydrogen explosion and what is most important for everyone to remember is how little we do know. we really need to be as specific and as careful as we can about w...

The huge big steel and concrete massive containment shell that surrounds it. we are getting word from an official despite the hydrogen explosion the container surrounding it is in tact. it has with stood the massive force of that explosion and as far as we know has not released into the atmosphere any of the radioactive materials. we will continue to monitor that. let me take a quick break. we will be right back.

To the container vessel, that means a very serious situation. so, unless the problem is contained, this problem may spread and may become worse. so, the release of contaminated water to the outside is a very unusual situation. this could be the worst case scenario for the nuclear power plants in japan. the number one reactor experienced the hydrogen explosion. well, in that case the outer building exploded and the company said that there is no damage done to the container vessel itself. but this time they are saying that there is a possibility that the damage was done to the container vessel. ...

Nuclear officials confirm there has been a hydrogen explosion a nuclear explosion. this is where adam went to high ground the warning he received was of a tsunami of up to 3 meters heading that way. they cleared it they went to high ground we are getting a distressing report there has been another hydrogen explosion at the nuclear plant there, but dr. baden, the containment, this is not an explosion into the atmosphere. it's not a hydrogen bomb that went off there, explosion of hydrogen within the plant. it sounds frightening. >> this is not like a hydrogen bomb an atomic bomb. it is another d...