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Traveling in the quake zone and joins us now from akita. describe for our viewers where you are and what you've been seeing. >> reporter: well, akita, is of course, located on the west coast of japan. the reason we came here was because of concern where we had been and exposure to the nuclear problems that are occurring on the east coast so we pulled back for our own safety sake and coverage point of view, but as you were leaving, one of the things you noted was a tremendous convoy. we were on the highways. we were allowed to use the highways because reporting, according to the government, is ...

What we know right now. this is potentially the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. >> that's right, wolf. a top european energy official compares the situation in japan to the apocalypse, and most workers who have been struggling to control the situation left the plant when radiation outside the gate was spiked up to levels that can harm human health. those levels have now dropped. in addition to evacuating people in a 20-kilometer radius around the plant, the government is now urging people within 30 kilometers to shelter in their homes. also a 30-kilometer no-fly zone has been put in pl...