Page 24 - Evacuation Process News Today

11,000 people already for the last four days and still one of the villagers are in evacuation process. now im in the centre and one of the fires keeps going onjust 15 kilometres distance away. we also have this dramatic footage from the province of moola. this video was released by the mayor of milas —, you can see a huge wall of flames behind him. and he had this message. translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting _ translation: helicopters are here but we are awaiting planes. - tr...

Casualties as a result. >> harris: it is interesting you talking about how many officers it would take, because that was the very first impression that our correspondent christina coleman on the ground, and now taking a look outside that school, saugus high school right now where she had been standing for over an hour watching the students come out with law enforcement at that school. the evacuation took some time in stages. but her first impression that she told us live on the air was just how ...

Devastation with so much pain. as you mentioned, for the past two days, we have been embedded with a medical team that has gone door-to-door asking people if they need medical attention and, of course, weve seen everything from bruises, aches and pains, infections. one pregnant woman broke down because she was afraid that the hustle and bustle, of the evacuation process could lead to a miscarriage and, of course, there is also the ptsd and the mental health issues because so many of these people...

Degrees on the tarmac. but also really worried. here is why. >> my nephew mom died with a baby because she was trying to back in the house to buy the bottle por the baby. but when the water hit her he just gone with the baby. >> well, people have been sitting on those tarmacs for hours in the heat. we learned today from the u.s. air force general, terence oshaughnessy, that the air force will be helping to refurbish the airports damaged across the country and support air traffic control to speed...

Yesterday who was in the theater during the whole evacuation process. he was disturbed and wondering is there a reason why -- was initiated rather than a lockdown? >> the situation was so fluid at that point. this person was driving from location to location to location to location. a lockdown/evacuation, two sides of the same coin, i think. you just dont have enough personnel to lock down every location in the city, you just dont. so you do the best you can with the personnel you have, and that...

Thats a part of the investigation. >> neil: thank you for coming in. we have jackie deangelis also out in the scene. what is it looking like where you are, jackie? >> good afternoon, neil. what i want to say on the ground here is how amazingly orderly everything has been. after the presser with the mayor and the fdny and nypd, the streets are starting to open up now. pedestrian traffic is starting to walk through. as you mentioned, there was a crash here around 2:00. the helicopter landing on th...

A day that hit just its shores just weeks ago and now this tropical storm how prepared is this beleaguered nation for what is shaping to be a humanitarian catastrophe. what is always a very well prepared we have we have international teams of experts from around the world already located in mozambique operating on a very similar disaster so we have in country capacity at the moment which is a very helpful and i think thats been reflected in the successful evacuation process thats been can carrie...

Can you give us any numbers of how many people had been air-lifted so far? also how many people may still be on board that ship? >> all in all, when this started, there were 1,373 people on board. we dont have the exact numbers of how many have been transported to shore but the figures should now be above 400. >> talk to us about the process. the ship is moving. the rescue efforts continue by helicopter. how many people can you air lift at once and how long do you think it will take to get peopl...

Evaluation as to whether or not the evacuation process will be going to at the same pace as now. keeping in mind that the ship will be planning to go under tug to shore. so that is something that has to be decided along the road. we have to use one helicopter at the time hovering over the ship. and the rescue of personnel goes down and picks up regularly one passenger each time, so it takes in time until the helicopter has been filled up with the capacity would be -- normally be somewhere in the...

Helping the passengers. the crew sent a mayday distress signal. there were reports of high winds in the area. the viking sky is owned by viking ocean cruises. and just took its first trip in 2017. joining us now by phone, the joint rescue center for southern norway. thanks for being with us. what can you tell us about the on going evacuation, what is the process. >> we are having -- leading the evacuation process, and 115 of the passengers have been lifted off the ship. >> how are you going abou...