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In chile, the clean-up effort under way after an 8.3 magnitude earthquake struck off its northern coast earlier this week. the quake triggered a tsunami that swamped some of the coastal cities. at least 12 people were killed we know of. others are still missing. damage estimates are expected to go into the billions of dollars. soldiers right now are patrolling the streets to prevent looting there. some residents complain the government aid simply isnt coming fast enough. thousands of migrants,...

They did it with gilad shalit back -- they traded 1,000 palestinians for shalit, who was held for five years by hamas. >> well, well continue to follow developments of course. it is a new day there in the middle east. still to come here on "cnn newsroom," a powerful typhoon takes its toll on southern china. >> the damage estimates are coming in. theyre pretty daunting. well have the early numbers. am. my social circle includes captains of industry, former secretaries of state, oil tycoons, and a...

Cost effective. >> at least 48 deaths have been confirmed. damage estimates have now ballooned to $50 billion. the ships and their crew will assist in rescue and recovery efforts. >> hurricane sandy destroyed so many homes and so many lives. storm victims are hoping the long wait for federal assistance is over. >> sounds pretty familiar, doesnt it? the people devastated by colorados floods deserve government aid, no doubt. and fast. what they dont deserve are lawmakers this disgraceful. if the c...

The evacuations occurred from at least a couple of families that have -- that were some of the refusals that are reconsidering, now that theyve kind of got a feel for the magnitude of this incident in the long timelines involved of reestablishing access. were hopeful others will do that. >> reporter: the sheriffs department also says that folks are moving some of these road blocks that you see off the bridges that have been damaged. not only is that dangerous but its also illegal. >> trace: weve...

It damaged homes, brought down trees. >> the storm is triggering floods in wisconsin. neighborhoods bailing out after being swamped by floodwaters. they washed out roads, damaged bridges, a landslide of a state highway. eight inches of rain reported in some areas. damage estimates said to be in the million ofs dollars. >> indra is tracking the weather. what is in store today? >> i want to give you good news for today. its the same thing. look at the stationary fronlt. its called stationary for a...

Out in the floodwaters, huge waves tossed them into the marsh sweeping the boys away. martha: how sad. the search and the repairs continue, we are getting some disturbing numbers on the unbelievable scope of sandys impact financially. at least first of all of course is the lost of life which bill was talking about and the number there looks about 74 people, although that number is expected to grow and the damage estimates are soaring to $20 billion. experts say that sandy could subtract as much ...

Ever. the economic impact of sandy is still unclear. damage estimates do vary as you pointed out from 20 billion to as high as $50 billion. that means sandy could be on a par with the historic 1938 hurricane that slammed new yorks long island and rhode island. now the new york stock exchange will open tomorrow, that is what the big board is telling us, but separate from that u.s. retailers may see holiday sales hurt as many is diverted to spend on rebuilding. an oil and gas prices could rice in ...

Further. but it is a desperate situation for anybody who did not heed those warnings, which were said again and again by officials. get off of what is a barrier island. get out while you can. now it is way way too late. we wait for day break to see when this surge ends. and also the extent of the damage it has done. it is going to be bad here in long beach city and across the length of long island, shep. you and i have covered a the love hurricanes and we have seen a lot of storms. can i tell yo...

That are flooded. but it is a lengthy list, but something that we can deal with. we dont have any areas that we have had any problems with though. no deaths on the highways or in any other way. >> we have had reporters a the row -- raw rehoboth beach. he could see power -- power up in the area. how about power outages? >> some power outages across the state. we have some lines down. that was expected to occur. but again not as widespread as we might have anticipated. >> any damage estimates yet,...

Off the newton creek requesting not trucks or cars but boats to evacuate the men inside engine 206. the water has risen so quickly. its a live look at the fdr drive now on the main highway on the east side of manhattan. it is under water south of 20th street all the way around lower manhattan. the storm surge is lower manhattan has reached. the fear was the storm surge would top the previous record of 11.2 feet. instead its now at 13 feet officially from the national weather service. and arreste...