preparing for radio active fallout. the situation in japan continues to worsen as cruise try to reverse what happened. wjz has complete coverage for you. mike hellgren with how maryland is taking a closer look at the nuclear facilities here and near by first, randall pinkston with more on the situation in japan. reporter: japanese military helicopters carrying water buckets hovered over the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the problems are not simple enough to be fixed by water dumbs. another fire and high radiation levels temporarily forced crews to leach wednesday morning but they were ordered to return several hours later. about 50 workers have been trying to cool fuel rods. earlier in the day white smoke could be seen rising. thousands of worried residents are fleeing. many are frustrated over the lack of information. it s very traumatic. reporter: the united nations and the u.s. government have both spent teams to japan to deal with the nuclear crisis. more than
hello again. it s 6:00. if you re driving around, you ll encounter some fog. sharon will show you so first, meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass. good morning, everyone. it s a challenging start. low beams and slow speeds. we have dense fog advisories in effect for most of the area. the warm air we had in place, a lot of moisture just sat and cooled overnight. now we have clouds basically on the ground that s what we re deeing with a dense fog advisory in effect until 8 a.m. that s when we ll see better visibility. daytime high in the mid-70s. overtime lows in in the 60s. here s sharon gibala. on our traffic cameras, we re seeing better visibility. they have cleared the fog warning. we have an accident on west university parkway, an overturned vehicle, another one on north north point road at quad avenue. watch for utility problems. that will be closed between belfast and shawan. at this point everything s at full speed. taking a live look. that s 50 at sandy poin