from yesterday. incredible numbers, even higher than what we thought. santa barbara. over 4 inches of rain. that s a lot of rain. they re not out of the woods yet. getting plenty of precipitation coming in right now. los angeles is clearing out a little bit. which is good news. we are still looking at a rain threat because that s only the first storm. there is a second storm coming through. this one is likely to impact central and northern california later on tomorrow. a bit of a reprieve right now but watch out for more heavy rain and snow in the higher elevations. in terms of rainfall totals, maybe 2 to 3 inches additional rainfall for the san francisco bay area looking towards monday. not over yet for california. but what s interesting to note is that we are seeing different areas impacted with a flood threat. that goes from las vegas towards arizona. 20 million people at risk. as we are watching for the moisture from the storm that we saw hit california work its way
a missile with a range of more than 3500 miles, but before north korea has deployed and tested the intermediate missiles with the range of 1,800 miles, but the big issue of the icbms, intercontin intercontinental missiles are the ones that iran has been trying to develop its own set of intercontinental ballistic missiles as well, and north korea if thaw make this leerngs it changes the game in terms of the ability to reach the united states with missiles that could go up to 10,000 clom t about about 8,000 miles to hit california. and do you think that kim jong-un is pressured to see a all of the countries being tested and like he needs to be ahead of the game and bon it with his? since he has come into office, he has sped up development and testing of these missile ranges, and north korea has 1,000 missiles apparently in the arsenal, and all different ranges, and types, but he is
there is heilman and barnacle right in front. this is disturbing. really disturbing. you think about it way too much. you have to go with it. go ahead. knowing that everything they wanted in the budget deal, this is like christmas. you get everything you want and the lack of unemployment benefits stands out as a sore spot. emergency coverage for 1.3 million jobless americans officially expires on saturday. the length of unemployment coverage varies by state, but among the worst hit california and new york that will see hundreds of thousands lose out through 2014. democrats and liberal groups will kickoff a tv blitz to try to pressure withins. it s no cause for celebration for different reasons.
dedication among nuclear power plant operators all around the world. you stay at your post even when things are going horribly wrong. and in japan, you have a national tradition of sometimes extreme dedication to people s jobs. unbelievable. the workers were evacuated earlier when radiation levels spiked at the plant. they have since returned to work. the tests showed the levels had dr dropped. americans are a tad jumpy, more than jumpy in some places like california. we ll bring in rob marciano to tell us which way the winds are blowing and why americans should chill out a little bit. i can understand it because a lot of our storms that hit california, oregon, washington, and british columbia can originate all the way from japan. it s 4,000, 5,000, in some cases 6,000 miles away, but the jet stream takes it in this direction. what we re looking at here in
thanks for having me. alisyn: let s tart by talking about california, are the two nuclear facilities in california equipped to handle the devastation we are seeing in japan, now, following the earthquake and the tsunami. they aren t because the plants in california are built to i know, diablo canyon is built to withstand a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and japan we have an 8.9 magnitude earthquake, possibly 9.0. alisyn: geologists say california is actually due for an earthquake. yes. alisyn: you are saying from all of your research and covering this, if a earthquake the size of one hit japan, were to hit california, the neither of the two facilities there, could withstand that. they may be able to. but, there is a chance they may not. so, it really comes down to luck, for example, right now in japan, at the fukushima plant there were hydrogen explosions but the containment of buildings do not appear to have been impaired, but as aftershocks