. >> reporter: lassie always knew when timmy was in danger. >> thanks, lassie. >> reporter: but zoo keepersidence in yesterday's earthquake that the sixth sense is real. >> everything we see suggests that they do sense an earthquake before it's happening. the lemursrsere giving alarm calls 15 minutes before the earthquake. they were alarm-calling across to each other. >> reporter: and not just lemurs. they tell us the flamingos huddled together before the quake and stayed that way until the ground stopped shaking. and look over here. that's mandara. zoo officials say that moments before the earthquake hit, she ran over, grabbed her baby and climbed up that structure over there and was up there as the earth shook. the phenomenon has never been proven, but during the 2004 asian tsunami, there were widespread reports of animals fleeing to high ground long before it struck. and then there's the quake in china in 1975. officials ordered an evacuation the day before, in part because of peculiar animal behavior, saving thousands of lives. closer to home, in this video, sophie the dog takes off bef

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lassies bringing you the best of mack twenty eleven throughout the week stay tuned for more highlights from jet powered. ahead some other world news now because of the focus shimon nuclear facility in japan say that further structural cranks have been found at the plant and that it's releasing radioactive steam they also say that pipes in at least one of the reactors were seriously damaged before the devastating tsunami hit the area and marvel for more on this let's talk to professor chris for busby of be a european commission on a radiation risks he joins us live now from wales in the u.k. many thoughts of being with us here professor busby now reports suggest that the reactors at the focus ema plant were damaged by the initial earthquake and not the tsunami wave given that us quakes a common place in japan what does this say about the safety of the rest of japan's nuclear reactors. world i mean the obvious response is the should be all be shot i think most people believe this and they also believe that it was very silly to build reactors on what is clearly a fall line and in an area

. >> thanks, lassie. >> reporter: but zoo keepers at the national zoo saw evidence in the earthquakense is real. >> everything we see suggests that they do sense an earthquaua before it's happening. the lemurs were giving alarm calls 15 minutes before the earthquake. they were alarm-calling. >> reporter: and not just lemurs. they tell us the flamingos huddled together before the quake and stayed that way until the grgrnd stopped shaking. and look over here. that's manzara. zoo officials said moments before the earthquake hit, she ran over, she grabbed her baby and climbed up that structure over there and was up there as the earth shook. the phenomenen has never been proven. but during the 2004 asian tsunami, there were reports of animals fleeing to high ground before it struck. and then there's the quake in china in 1975. officials ordered evacuation the day before in n rt because of peculiar animal behavior, saving thousands. closer to home, in this surveillance videoeosophie the dog takes off before a 6 the 0 magnitude quake hit eureka, california, last year. getting a head start o

. >> it's not just lassie who would signal -- >> that's what i'm telling you!orangutans, the lemurs and the marganzers. >> not my chihuahuas, they sat there staring at me. >> put down the burrito. >> yeah. all righty. let's get to some headlines, we're going to talk serious headlines, though. this is serious weather story on the horizon that we were telling you about a little bit earlier. hurricane irene barearing down the bahamas right now. the storm intensified to a strong cat 2. right now, people in north carolina are on high alert and towns are being evacuated already. people stocking up on water and all of those things you see right there, flashlights and all that business preparing for a possible hit sometime this weekend and we, of course, will bring you a live report on hurricane irene later on in the hour. thousands of people being forced from their homes after a rail car exploded. the 29,000 gallon tanker was loaded with liquid propane when it burst into flames. it happened in lincoln, california, just outside of sacramento. firefighters have been wor