steep slope profile. and more of a conical shape. and i want to show you where goma is located. it s this population density right on the lake shore of lake kuvi. that is, again, an area that is away from the actual volcano. and according to authorities, the lava is flowing, again, away from the populated density areas. but that s good news because this area is a highly populated area. you can see rwanda, burundi, and the eastern sections of congo with that dark shade of red and orange. we re talking about over a half a million people according to the latest estimate in goma. and of course they re fearful because they don t want to see a replication of what happened back in january of 2002. we do have the potential for acid rain with this particular volcanic eruption. you get the mixture of sulfur dioxide with moisture in the atmosphere and that leads to a by-product of acid rain. so that s also something we will monitor closely. michael? yeah. i ve been to goma.
the stra strait of malacca, the busiest waterway in the world. going in the sea where the merchant ship goes in and out to get back to asia, that is very highly congested. when you get 50, 60, 75 miles off that main thorough fafare, can find pockets that are less congested. not conceivable but in the lower density areas, by commercial shipping, you would expect a higher probability of somebody missing something. i want to bring in cnn meteorologist, chad myers. even if we can rule out pakistan, the search area is still enormous. it certainly is. probably the size of half of the lower 48 states of the united states. because the lines here. we will get to why there are lines. 200 miles east and west or north and south of that line right through there, that s about 1
strait of malacca, the busiest waterway in the world. so done in the andaman sea where the merchant traffic goes in and out to get back to asia, that is very highly congested. when you get 50, 60, 75 miles off that main thoroughfare in the upper part of the andaman sea, you can find pockets that are less congested. not conceivable but certainly in the lower density areas, by commercial shipping, you would expect a higher probability of somebody missing something. commander, i want you to stand by. i want to bring in cnn meteorologist, chad myers. even if we can rule out pakistan, the search area is still enormous. it certainly is. probably the size of half of the lower 48 states of the united states. because the line here, and we will get to why there are lines. 200 miles east and west or north and south of that line right through there, that s about a million square miles. same story down here in the