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This rescue effort if you need to be quiet. let me know. >> reporter: im going to try to speak as quietly as possible. we saw an ambulance just drive into the rubble area about two minutes ago, and the ambulance is now starting to back out this way. we do believe they found someone alive in the rubble of that building. and now theyre trying to part the road here so this ambulance can come out with what we believe is someone who has just been rescued now. 22 hours now, andrea, since this earthqua...

Time trying to rescue survivors from under debris after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked mexico city. so far, sadly, at least 225 people confirmed dead. among the victims at least 21 children found after the collapse of an elementary school. dozens still missing from that school. the video were about to show you very difficult to watch. shows search crews pulling out a small trapped child. listen as the crews scream out for help [ speaking foreign language ] >> watch these pictures pla...

Went to the north. and we still had gusty winds and heavy rain. so trees are being knocked over. the damage is yet to be tallied here. and we wont know the full scope until later this week. we hope weather conditions will die down later tonight and definitely by tomorrow to be safer to venture outside the walls, but we are trying to stay as safe as we can here because the damage is not quite done in this area of san juan. >> youve been doing this for a long time. you have eye protection and a he...

In "the situation room." were following multiple breaking stories this hour. the center of hurricane maria is back over open water where it could strengthen again after making a direct hit on the u.s. territory of puerto rico. officials report the island is devastated. and 100% without power right now. the hurricane is now heading for the dominican republic and the bahamas. standing by for an updated forecast. also breaking ongoing urgent search for survivors among buildings collapsed by yes...

Dumping it into dump trucks here. but every minute that goes by is critical and they clearly think that they have -- that they are on to something there because every few minutes, they ask for silence and then they begin digging again. then its silence and digging again. hope is silence in mexico today. wolf? >> dozens of buildings in central mexico collapsed. at least 225 people have been killed in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. where you are, 21 elementary school students found in the rubble of...

Are pulled out of there. and between, you know, city, state, local official who is are coordinating all of this which is a massive undertaking to try to pull survivors from wreckage that looks like that. so thats work that again, well continue not only through today but you would imagine on through the next couple of days. one of the things those geological surveys say is they tell you the magnitude of an earthquake. 7.1 or 8.1. another thing they do is they predict the loss of life towards the ...

They believe they have at least one person -- or signs of life in that building around the corner. i did speak to a gentleman who lives in this neighborhood earlier. he said he knows a few people who live in that building. he believes theyre all accounted for, but obviously because of the nature of earthquakes and how damaging this one was yesterday, it could be another day or two before we get the sort of all clear on what the final death toll will be from this. already its pretty striking that...

Something is going on here. >> remember, 225 people is the current death toll. that number could go up. we know there are already around 50 to 60 rescues that took place yesterday and today, but this earthquake, a 7.2 magnitude, 44 buildings collapsed, one school clams collapsed. this is the biggest earthquake mexico has seen since 1925 and that earthquake killed 25 people. that was a magnitude 8. the parents of these children, according to the associated press article, some parents had said the...

>> reporter: right. that is way south of mexico city. we can give you a little good news to that death toll number you mentioned, 225. within the past 30 to 40 minutes they have lowered that number by two to 223. most of those deaths during in and around the capital city here. this building was a six-story -- let me interrupt myself. you see them raising their hands. what theyre trying to do is to get the crowds attention to gather, to get female lower their voices because they are communicating...

Equipment. just yesterday i spoke to president netanyahu and he is sending a team, and japan happens to be a country with strong expertise on these unfortunate type of episodes. so were getting help. we are extremely grateful, but right now our priority is the rescue operations. there might still be people under rocks, and our priority from not only the mexican government but all mexican people is to rescue the people that are now under this very difficult, very hard circumstance. >> after the 1...