. >> reporter: the radar data collected today adds to a growing body of evidence that cloud seeding worksit can double the amount of moisture in a given cloud and the texas program boasted 12% increase in annual rainfall thanks to seeding. and long-term studying show the chemicals are environmentally safe and can't even be detected in the rainfall. but despite all the data, some of cloud seeding's biggest critics are surprisingly the very farmers who stand to benefit most. >> this isn't the first drought we've been through and it won't be the last. >> reporter: bill's family has been farming this land for five generations. he and his son brett tell us it's expensive to irrigate 300 acres of crop. all that watering cuts deeply into profit. but they are skeptical that anything short of divine intervention can make more rain. what do you make of the cloud seeding program? >> well, when you've been in a drought since '96 and we had one wet year -- is it working? >> we can't stop or break drought. we just try to put a little more water on the ground. >> reporter: and every drop of water, craig

let me see if i can lay down a fresh storm track finding the radar system gets really data heavy and it takes a few more seconds to pull it up. there we go. and i'll come out just a little wider perspective. because although the thunderstorm is wider than the area of rotation, if the area of rotation that we have most concern. i don't know if we can briefly drop the lower banner here. i do want to show the towns. jarretsville 7:28. this is why we have an extension of the warning into the northern half of hartford county. bell air south, i think we're in the clear. bell air southward. but as you go north of bell air, you want to be in a safe place as this rotating thunderstorm with an actual tornado warning from the national weather service pushes through. i would say jarretsville, now is the time to take cover. and these time estimates, i don't want to get too specific. these are best estimates. sometimes the storm creeps up a few minutes faster than that. so 7:07, you may not have quite until 7:07. this storm is knocking on your door right now. so right now would be the time to head

the ground. we gather data that no radar can gather. >> they told us we're going the heavierof precipitation.told us to fasten their on. belts and hang has thehurricane hunter radar and is loaded down with monitoring equipment. it help themoes whether it has intensified, or is bottoming out. >> sandy was in transition, spreading out and taking on characteristics of the nor'easter. it is going to be widespread damage up and down the coast. >> this call will be tracking it from inside the storm. e to dos a lot of courag if you ask me. even halloween yet, bringing us snow. at this.ok this is west virginia. as much as 3 feet of snow fall time the hurricane passes. manyuld be helpful for -- ski resorts. >> the snow is turning out to be part of this system. we have the latest on all about sandy at this hour. >> this is an image from garrett county. blizzard warnings in effect. be the story tonight early tomorrowrning. more indications that the cold air on the backside -- let's see if we can flip the switch and get the graphics to move. we're stuck on garrett county. this is the image of the blizzar

the hurricane. this airplane has a doplar radar in the tail. they can build a model of the storm, analyze the data and give us a sense if sandy is getting stronger or really fascinating part of this hurricane hunting experience going on right here. jeff knew man is working on a probe that in a few minutes he's going to load into here and launch it out the back of the airplane. that will give the information in real time that they're using to piece together what is happening inside hurricane sandy. the last part of this aircraft is where they take a break or get something to eat. this is an eight to ten hour flight. back there is where the radar is in the tail of the airplane. we are on board hurricane hunter. >> it felt like a roller coaster ride. >>> the rain is picking we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenly, 60 years old. i had no health care. mainly i was thinking about my family. how am i going to ta carere of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising

the conditions. >> i'm going to zero in on a lightning strike just now detected. this is live radar data coming in. you see it right there near san pablo reservoir. the yellow, that's moderate rainfall. right there in the north bay, you hear the raindrops on your rooftops. we'll talk about how all this will affect the morning commute, later in this newscast. >>> a break in the case of a retired teacher, murdered outside her own bay area home. two people who may be connected to her murder are in custody tonight. that i were in a jail belonging to susie ko, reported stolen at the time of her murder. the arrests bring to an end what police say is a crime spree that spanned more than 1,000 miles. it began with a jail break in san bernardino county and ended in washington state. cbs 5 reporter sharon chin on how the pair was caught. >> reporter: the discovery of susie ko's blue subaru with a shotgun inside, the first glimmer of hope for her family since the 55-year-old retired teacher was found stabbed to death friday night at her hercules home. >> initial reaction, a little bit of relief. we

made four passes and two the flying right storm where they data and in real time. they have doppler radar. they are getting very detailed information that cannot be any other way than to through the storm, which is sent the last eight hours doing. we just landed end of the planned three minutes ago. the winds foring the out starting to ramp up. and some was, it has some characteristics -- it was a hurricane at the same time. was a very interesting experience. we knew that the center of this -- it was not nearly as intense. >> we should make in that you 12,000 feet.t he or flying directly through the storm. >> is, that is correct. the hurricane hunters, this airplane is designed to go right star.he that is exactly what we did. this plane flies right through it. what's amazing. right throughe tampa. the latest on a sandy expect. to >> people around the region are the storm seriously. evidence can be found at neighborhood grocery store. shoppers setting up to the stores to snatch up food surprises. several stores have sold a lot of generators. this costco -- it seems like every card was load

the radar will yield more accurate predictions. >> one of the goals of this project is to convey the true scale through developing more reliable data. >> experts say overly optimistic expectations before the march 11 earthquake last year left many areas unprepared for the larger waves that did hit. several japanese companies are taking steps to avoid damage from that predicted quake. one of those is the major precision equipment maker that plans to relocate its plant to the other side of the country. they have more than 300,000 people could be killed if massive quake were to hit the area. that's the reason he still decided to move the plant over 200 kilometers facing the sea of japan. the company ceo, on thursday, briefed the governor and the mayor on his relocation plan. >> translator: there's earth kwa quakes and the city is blessed with social resources. >> he added it could be difficult for the factory to keep producing medical equipment if it remained. >>> people in japan are focused on overcoming the disaster of 2011. they have to rebuild homes and communities. we'll show you their struggles and successes every wednesday at 1

the radar will eventually yield more accurate tsunami predictions. >> translator: one of the goals of this project is to convey the true scale of a tsunami through gathering more reliable initial data. >> experts say overly optimistic expectations of a smaller tsunami before the march 11th earthquake last year left many areas unprepared for the larger waves that actually did hit. >>> meanwhile, several japanese companies are taking steps to avoid damage from that predicted nankai trough quake. one of those is a major precision equipment maker that plans to relocate from the pacific coast to the other side of the country. tokyo's nikki sew company makes medical equipment and aircraft parts at its factory in the central prefecture right on the threatened coastline. the japanese government estimated in august that more than 300,000 people could be killed if a massive nankai quake and tsunami were to hit the area. that's the reason nikiso has decided to move their plant over 300 kilometers to the east, to kazaa wa prefecture. facing the sea of japan. the company's ceo on thursday briefed both the governor and the mayor on his relocation plan. >> translator: kanazawa seldom has earthqua

the hurricane. this airplane has a doppler radar in the tail. what the doppler's picking up is showing up right here on these screens. they can then build a model of the storm, analyze the data. it gives us a sense if sandy is getting stronger or weaker, if the winds are getting more intense. we're onboard the hurricane hunter, herman. chris van clees, abc 7. >> a bird's-eye view of what is coming. all right. keep it here on abc for continuous coverage of hurricane sandy. all right. keep it here on abc for continuous coverage of hurricane @ >>> this morning on "world news now" -- surviving hurricane sandy. 50 million people are in the path of this super storm. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- surviving hurricane sandy. 50 million people are in the path of this super storm. and forecasters are warning of life-threatening flooding. >> the massive storm is already crippling the northeast and is about to unleash devastating torrential rains on top of tropical wind. it's monday, october 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> it is monday. we welcome you to a special edition of "world news now." where we are tracking what looks like to be a massive

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radar of the eye and the eyewall. you know, we are just out here, trying to gather data for the hurricane center, folks on the east coast, everybody be prepared. we see the wind field continuing to expand and the pressures have dropped to 950 millibars at the center. so it's a big storm and very powerful. >> all right, ian, thank you very much. ian is on board the -- an aircraft flying right through the massive storm right now and he is a hurricane hunter, he works for -- flight meteorologist ian sears. before go to the next story there, the information he gave you, you heard him say, chad, what does that say to you? >> tell us the wind is kind of catching up to the pressure. earlier, i tweeted this, talked about this on the air, the pressure was equal to a cat three, we just don't have any cat three winds. it apackers not going to get to cat three. it appears that at least some of the wind that potential with this storm is catching up. could be that 80, 85-mile-an-hour storm some, including us, have forecast it is mixing with a storm that is on shore right now. low pressure center, could be a snowstorm, mix with the hu