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>> reporter: lester, the massive cleanup effort is under way. this is the area where the eye of the storm hit. roofs blown off, lives torn apart. there is still a desperate need to communicate. no power and no end in sight. when maria roared on shore, puerto ricos southeast corner endured the first impact. >> this is the town, yes. >> reporter: in the coastal town of maunabo, norma rosado lost the roof off her home and her small business blew away entirely. >> many of us, we dont have a lot of m...

Corps welcoming its first female infantry officer. this lieutenant made history today, becoming the first female infantry officer in the u.s. marines corps, in its nearly 250-year history. >> no were going to push to the front. get your gun ready to move. >> reporter: the marine corps putting out these images. she would rather us skip her name. asking that she simply serve with her fellow marines. she completed a grueling 13-week infantry officer course. all of the elite class training to be a c...

A new rush. floodwaters sweeping debris and undiscovered gold into creeks and valleys. >> we call that flood gold. >> reporter: eight years ago, shannon quit his corporate job to become a full time gold miner. >> its elation, your heart work is paying off. you go, good golly, i made $5,000 in two minutes. >> reporter: sounds easy. but you have to go way off the beaten path to get anywhere near the good stuff. in our journey into the wilderness, we arrive at one of his favorite mining spots. >> t...

He tweeted well played and lesson learned for me. in california the combination of wildfires and record snow melt has led to an unexpected windfall. steve patterson tonight on how the golden state is once again living up to its name. >> reporter: searing flames, surging streams. flood and fire. wreaking havoc in northern california in recent months and years. but now unearthing a new era. >> boy, is that a lot of gold. >> reporter: of pay dirt. this is the mother lode. 120 mile stretch that ga...

Cables to attempt to pull her to safety. now wearing a hard hat and six hours after they first found her, paulina was rescued. what does it represent for this country? >> hope. >> reporter: hope. a bit of good news. ) yeah. ( applause ) >> reporter: that all unfolded in the office building behind me. surprisingly, paulina was not seriously injured. shes one of about 60 people now here in mexico city who have been pulled from the rubble alive, and as hopes diminish of finding others, crews say th...

"move your hand," the rescuer says. "can you hear me? there you are." the woman, a human resources worker, was at her office when the earthquake struck tuesday. "well get to you," he says. "hold on." rodrigo heredia chia is one of the thousands of amateur search- hod-rescue workers who have trained for this type of disaster. what did you hear down there? >> "im here." just, "im here." >> reporter: people saying, "im here." ng yes. shocking, you know. >> reporter: shocking? >> yes, shocking. >> r...

Magnitude 7.1 earthquake reduced buildings to rubble, survivors are still being rescued. manuel bojorquez is there. >> reporter: at the start of the day, rescuers believed a 12- year-old girl was still trapped in this crumbled school. ooe drama riveted a traumatized nation as crews used thermal cameras to figure out a way to reach her. ( whistle ) later they brought a teacher to the scene, believing the girl might hang on if she heard a familiar voice. but by late afternoon, the government annou...

Tonight, powerless and paralyzed. hurricane maria gaining strength and on the move after knocking out all power in puerto rico. neighborhoods demolished, streets under water. were live in the disaster zone. signs of life. the urgent search for victims trapped in that collapsed school more than 48 hours after mexicos earthquake. tonight new hope as rescuers pull survivors from the rubble. punishing north korea. president trumps tough new actions turning up the heat on kim jong-uns regime. f...

Before the real nightmare began. another quake hitting on the same day 32 years later. and now waves of volunteers mobilizing, coming far and wide, including an urban search and rescue team deploying from l.a. israel sending 25 engineers. a number of buildings have collapsed in this neighborhood. and what folks are doing now is ferrying literally water by hand, by human hand. a human chain. a long chain of humanity here taking water several blocks this way to a high school where theyre going to ...

At times painstaking, removing bricks and rubble by hand to avoid collapsing additional debris from the nearly 40 buildings that collapsed. they have formed bucket brigades and worked shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of volunteers. outside this collapsed building, we found marta laura praying with her rosary. her husband started work here as an engineer just this week. have you heard anything? >> nada. thing you give up is that faith that hell be alive. for your children." despite this type of...