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they feared. they'll probably never return to homes. inside the evacuation zone. japan's government admitted as much today. it raised the nuclear alert to 7, the maximum on the international scale. that puts the fukushima crisis on the same level as chernobyl. evacuees note the irony. >> reporter: that sign was realized. the last 40 years tepco has only been saying the nuclear power is safe. there's no chance of a meltdown. we feel we've all been betrayed. >> reporter: do you think your downtown will ever be filled with people again? no, they say. two major aftershocks, one a 6.2 m...

breaking news from japan. good evening, everyone. for weeks we've been pointing out how japanese nuclear officials have been downplaying the danger of the disaster at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, giving vague statements, contradictory estimates. well, tonight there's late word that nuclear safety officials are considering raising the threat level at the damaged plant to 7. that is the highest level. we're expecting word on that at any minute. for perspective now, chernobyl was a level 7 accident. three mile island was a 5. until now that's what the crisis at this plant was ra...

announced they are expanding the evacuation zone around the crippled plant. residents of five additional towns and cities now being urged to leave their homes. in a moment we'll talk with our reporter in japan and two nuclear experts. but first i want to show you some remarkable new video of the tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis exactly one month ago. take a look at this. literally running for their lives from the approaching water. the tsunami knocked out the nuclear plant's cooling system. since then it's been a race to prevent a nuclear meltdown. tepco, the plant's owner, ...

can tell you all about that. big bumper planes at jfk. we begin in japan where officials have declared the crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant a major accident. the threat level has been raised from a category 5 to a 7. the maximum on the international scale. that's on par with the chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. the accident at pennsylvania's three mile island in 1979, it was a level 5. meantime there's been a new round of aftershocks in japan. cnn's paula hancocks is live in tokyo. this continues to be just nerve shattering for people who are there in the country and ...

This is sort of a very telling illustration of the complexities that these guys are having to deal with every day. now the report that was reported in "the new york times" earlier today was really more one -- from the people who had the luxury of sitting back and asking all of the right questions is sort of gave us a laundry list of the things we need to look for and need to be considering on an ongoing basis. in my view, what that report really underscored is the absolute essential of getting on long-term cooling as quickly as possible. once we do that, then we are no longer injecting water i...