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We'll be live until midnight on the east coast in the united states. we continue to follow the breaking news, the explosion now in reactor number two. at the fukushima daiichi plant. the japanese government saying that anyone -- radiation levels are elevated around that plant. and that -- they're saying that levels that can impact human health are being experienced around that, and that people in the immediate area around that plant should stay indoors. people within a certain -- how many kilometer radius? people within a radius of 30 kilometers in that plant should stay indoors at this time. ...

Generators. so if you want to know more about the earthquake's effect on japan's nuclear reactors, check out cnn.com/international. we want to give you a about thor idea of the area we're talking about now. look closer at weather conditions that could help or hinder any radiation release. meteorologist ivan cabrera at the international weather center for us. >> a lot of folks have been e-mailing and tweeting here, concerned about what the potential impacts, not only in japan, but worldwide could be. i'm going to break that down here. as far as worldwide situation here, we are certainly not t...

Kilometers to the south and west or 150 miles. as we fly you into the plant, we have 20 kilometer radius evacuated because of potential radioactive leak. i want to pull this out because we do have communities spread, this is not densely populated here, but as we begin to pull out, if we have more radioactivity leaking here we begin to get into trouble because there's sendai to the north, 90 kilometers to the north, and deeper reds indicating denser population. sendai has 1 million people living in it. that would be a problem here. now as far as the winds, that's going to play a role locally be...

These substances are not dangerous at this stage. however, of course, there is now an excloougs zone. people are being evacuated in a 10 kilometer radius. there is a separate issue and this is what has come to life in the last hour or so. i wan to refer yo to a comment. now this is what he has told cnn he doesn't want to be identified. but a small amount has escaped into the air. that is a strong possibility that it was caused by a melting fuel rod. engineers continue to pump water in there to try to cool that. they are not saying that is a dangerous situation, but this seems to be coming up, ...

>> how dangerous of a situation is this? >> well, that's a question of some debate. they're trying to get a better power supply to those plants. there are reports they're trying to bring in more batteries, trying to bring in diesel generators to get more water purposed onto that core to keep it cool. in the meantime, they have staged evacuations around one of the plants, a ten kilometer radius. >> and some reports that maybe the u.s. government was trying to do something to help, is that true? >> they have offered to help. the energy secretary is a physicist and understands the situation and w...