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Nobody knows why. are they actually making progress or not? reporter: it s really to tell. it appears there s positive news and then two pieces of negative news. certainly this wednesday there has been negative news. we ve heard that there is more blackish grayish smoke throughout the daylight hours emanating from reactor three. this was announced about 4:30 p.m. this afternoon local time. of course this had started on monday but we had heard from tepco officials that it was barely visible and it started once again. what they told us is they don t nowhere the fire is or what s on fire and they don t know why it s on fire. at this point what they say is they simply do not know at this point what this smoke is. it s dark now. it s difficult to tell if it is still ongoing. we ll have to wait until daylight hours to tell that. all right. paula hancocks reporting live from tokyo. many thanks. ....
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Plumes of black smoke billowing from reactor three. this, of course, has been the problem reactor for authorities. this is where the explosion took place, the fire, there was a build-up of pressure. and then, of course, the fire smoke has been, you know, coming from reactors two and three for the past couple of days. earlier this morning, they thought it was barely visible, that they had the situation under control. and, of course, this afternoon, that smoke whips up again. officials say something definitely is burning, hence the color of it, but they don t know what it is. and that, of course, is sparking a concern. workers have been evacuated from around the site. we re trying to clarify to see if all 554 workers on this site have been evacuated. but certainly tepco is monitoring the situation very closely, zain. cnn s anna coren in tokyo. and monitoring very closely the wind direction. meteorologist jennifer delgado with details on that. ....
Even though there is a call for calm, it does appear to be falling on deaf ears. 150 miles to the north of where you are sitting right now, black smoke is rising from one of the reactors at the daiichi plant. do we know what s causing this latest event? reporter: no, christine. we haven t been told by tepco what is happening. we were told about 4:30 this afternoon local time that there was blackish, grayish smoke coming from reactor three. this has been the problem reactor for officials over the past couple days. monday and tuesday. we heard there was smoke emanating from this particular reactor. as of last night on tuesday evening we understood that it was barely visible. of course this is another concern. tepco officials at this point saying they don t know where it is coming from. they don t know why something is burning. at this point it doesn t appear they know where the smoke is coming from either. paula hancocks in tokyo. ....
Welcome. look at that. pretty shot this morning, isn t it? it is the capitol and pretty lights in the background. it s 46 degrees at 6:29 this morning. a little bit later, though, not so pleasant. it s going to be 59. but they re expecting thunderstorms. i thought you meant when everyone wakes up in washington. no, it s always stormy. if you if you re talking about that. but yes, the weather too. good morning to all of you. will the me get you caught up on your top stories. black smoke rising from reactor number three at the daiichi nuclear power station in japan. i know this sounds like you ve heard it before. this is new black smoke and officials are not sure what s causing it. meanwhile, tokyo s tap water 150 miles away is contaminated. radioactive iodine levels are double the legal limit for unfanu infants. the u.s. food and drug administration has banned imported milk product, fruit, and vegetables from four prefectures closest to the ....