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Even as rescuers rush to arrive, its often locals who can best offer immediate help, experts say. And they say governments in devastated areas often fail to realize the scope and respond immediately.

Even as rescuers rush to arrive, it's often locals who can best offer immediate help, experts say. And they say governments in devastated areas often fail to realize the scope and respond immediately.

Even as rescuers rush to arrive, it's often locals who can best offer immediate help, experts say. And they say governments in devastated areas often fail to realize the scope and respond immediately.

Family will remember for the rest of their lives. nick valencia, cnn, bowling green, kentucky. forrest lanning is the principal structural engineer. he joins me now from san francisco. its an important conversation given whats happened. when you look at the magnitude of damage to these towns and neighborhoods, where do you, when you look at this, where do you even start when it comes to rebuilding? >> well, theres going to be a lot of insurance claims, and thats going to need to be sorted out ...

Events. i mean no house is going to be able to withstand, you know, 200-mile-an-hour winds, even 150-mile-an-hour winds unless youre building a concrete bunker with no windows. property damage is going to happen. now, they need a program for evacuation and alerting systems, but to minimize or reduce or eliminate property damage is going to be the biggest hurdle from tornados. >> its fascinating and an important discussion as i said. and i know christchurch and i know the work that was done there...

Video shows he was able to wrestle away the luggage before the thieves speed off. Thankfully he wasnt hurt. A smash and grab in broad daylight was caught on video at Golden Gate Park Wednesday. A man reached into a parked van and took off with the owner’s belongings. The owner then chased him, but the suspects were able to get away in a Chevy Impala. “We do want people to be aware that it’s not smart to leave your luggage if you’re going to go to a tourist attraction,” said Nat...

San Francisco tourist fights back against smash-and-grab robber in broad daylight FacebookTwitterEmail The footage looks like something out of a how-to video on stopping a robber. In it, a man wearing a blue hoodie and jeans crosses the street with the victims blue suitcase and backpack in tow. Within seconds, he drops the suitcase and tries to enter the getaway car — shown in the video as a gray Chevy Impala with the license plates 5ZZN552. He eventually gets in, but not before the man being...