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On satellite photography, perhaps radio traffic, interviews, documents, things like that. they dont have a big debris field out there to work with. a lot of things to pick through and going to be very, very hard. meantime, the coast guard is out there with lots of assets trying to find survivors but so far there is no report of any survivors found. five days after that ship lost contact. frances? >> very quickly, mark, as a chance for survival limbs, any indication how long this search and rescu...

Found nothing of significance in their continued search. certainly they have found no survivors. theyre back out there today. they have covered an area the size of california. bigger than california. theyre now concentrating on the area of two debris fields. it is a hard push. theyve got a couple of c-130s out there, some coast guard cutters. they have help from the air force and the navy. the company has had some tugboats out there. but so far they have just found -- they have found no survivor...

Anyone was ever in it and no signs of el faros other lifeboats. search crews are they hoping to find survivors in two debris fields where they spotted debris and life preservers. so far only one body has been spotted floating in a survival suit unidentifiable and unable to be recovered. >> the science is really just physiologically, how long can you survive in the water? in warm water four to five days then you look at the art of it, these are trained mariners. they know how to properly abandon ...

Available balance, use your mobile and online account to do that. request text alerts if your balance gets below a certain level, you can proactively put more money into the account. they do take a big bite when those overdrafts occur. >> greg mcbride, thanks. appreciate the tips. want to bring you up to date on the latest on the missing cargo ship that disappeared last week with 33 people on board. we got an update from the coast guard earlier this hour. officials say it appears the ship sank...

Say it is so pressing to devote every resource right now to combing those waters. >> it shows they are still involved in a very active search right now, hoping, hoping -- >> absolutely. this was a 70-000 square mile search area they were able to cover aerially. they have now limited that to two debris fields, thats where they expect they could find people. the coast guard was, again, underlining the very dark reality that the same conditions that would have caused this boat to sink, the same con...

It extends for all of the afternoon through tonight for florence, through myrtle beach and wilmington tonight. >> watching the boards for us, thank you very much. right now, we want to turn to another breaking news story we continue to follow and thats the search for the crew members aboard a cargo ship that disappeared after sail boog the path of hurricane joaquin. this shows the brutal conditions that the ship would have encountered about the time it went missing. see that rainbow of color w...

391 containers. so had a lot of top side height to it where the winds and waves could hit it. had 294 trailers and automobiles below deck. so it was heavy, it was weighted down. we also know that the vessel had a list to it meaning it was leaning over about 15 degrees because they had some water intrusion earlier. that just increases the danger of the situation that they were in to be able to survive that type of condition. >> what are the ocean depths in this area and the rurncurrents, they pus...

Would have had to abandon ship during a category 4 hurricane. its made the search and rescue conditions difficult. >> if theres any silver linings, at least its warm water so the chance of survival is increased because of that. he said scientifically, you know, survival rate, four to five days. were right on that border. >> they have two debris fields to look at which gives them some direction. >> thank you for that update. coming up, more bad news in the southeast. the death toll mounting aft...

Our hearts go out to any family members. nothing so far, whats the latest on the investigation? >> absolute agony, the only comfort they have is the fact the coast guard said they are not gufing up on this search and rescue mission. they are going to continue through the night. they have a number of vessels on site. there are also commercial vessels out there. they have located two different debris fields. thats where they concentrate the search at this point. what they are doing instead of look...

About what happened. but until their physical remains its hard to accept your loved one is gone. this is one step closer and with all air disasters, one of the most common threads is the amount of time it takes to understand what happened. so all information so helpful but on the flip side this is also very difficult for the families because this does resonate with them but their loved ones could be gone and holding on to hope is what got them through this point. it brings us back to day one whe...