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Turkey on Tuesday holds pre-dawn vigils for the loss of more than 50,000 people -- and parts of entire cities -- in the earthquake-prone country's deadliest disaster of modern times.The confirmed loss of 5,951 more lives in neighbouring Syria makes last year's February 6 earthquake one of the 10 deadliest in the world in the past 100 years.

Created a worker shortage, slowing floridas recovery. >> [speaking spanish] >> working with fear. >> reporter: rogelio rauda says only eight wrkers he knows came to the disaster zone. out of hundreds, he says typically show up. >> the fear that summit is going to stop you, ask for your papers, and that you could be deported. [speaking spanish] >> reporter: tim conlan, who runs a roofing company in jacksonville says it is happening outside disaster zone, too. >> in the last year, our crew count h...

Moving about. youve got baggage transfer taking place. it is a crowded environment. you add the idea that its night and its dangerous. >> the investigation is in its very early stages. no official blame has been placed yet for this accident. >> thanks very much. also in japan, the urgent race to find survivors after yesterdays devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake. the death toll surging to 57 today as rescuers dig through the rubble. japanese officials say relief efforts in the northern part of ...

Sheltering in a converted shipping container, Ismet Kaplan waits to hear if he's eligible for one of hundreds of thousands of homes President Tayyip Erdogan promised would replace those ruined by modern Turkey's deadliest earthquake in February. Days after the quake and with a national election looming, Erdogan made bold promises. While survivors were still emerging from rubble, he said half the disaster zone would be rebuilt within a year - a total of 319,000 homes.

Stopped. officials and locals deploying a zip line to the car and pulling everyone inside to safety. pakistans prime minister has demanded inspections of all makeshift cable cars in the country. ramy inocencio, cbs news london. >> norah: turning now to the maui wildfires where the death toll stands at 115. the search for the hundred still unaccounted for entered a new phase today. officials say that they have gone through all the single-story residential properties in lahaina and are now focusin...

Down here. >> reporter: new video from the data shows local firefighters overwhelmed by the flames. tim labortes father is among them. as hope fades, he is posting missing persons fires. >> we dont know if you might have left early, ran into another area where it was bad and might have diverted him back and he might have been going around in a circle. >> reporter: 470 search and rescue agents are coming through this american pompeii. 85% of the five square-mile disaster zone zone has been cleare...

Arrest made: Man taken into custody by Maui Police Department for trespassing in restricted Burn Zone of Lahaina, Maui.  Despite Prior Warning, Lahaina Man Was Arrested by Maui Police Department for Entering Wildfire Disaster Area In a report by Hawaii News Now, the Maui Police Department apprehended a 39-year-old man, Josepha Toakala, last Friday for […]

In the coming weeks. its years and generations to come of really grieving and healing from trauma and going from that place. and those buildings and that town will get rebuilt but where we really need to do the work is like here in our hearts with everyone thats been impacted, which is everybody on this island. >> reporter: fred, by this time tomorrow president biden and the first lady will have surveyed the damage, spoken to first responders and survivors and theres a lot of questions for the f...

Maui police arrested a Lahaina resident on Friday for alleged Violation of the Rules and Orders relating to the restricted Lahaina wildfire disaster area.

The disaster zone. more than 2,200 structures were destroyed in the fire. and officials estimate about billion worth of damage. >> well begin a massive recovery earth to clean up and begin to rebuild the affected areas of maui. we will rebuild la high haina. they need time to grieve. but when that time comes, that u want their voices to be heard. >> where do we go from here? we feel that the government is steamrolling the process without cob subtling from the raegss of our community. >> this is ...