Mud Hit News Today

As we first reported yesterday, heavy rain caused a treacherous landslide in indonesias java district friday. it destroyed a remote village. now rescue crews are working to find all the people trekking through all the mud or debris. the landslide buried or swept away dozens of homes, up to 100s in java, hundreds were able to escape before the mud hit. and put on your coats and head outside if you are interested in seeing a last-minute light show for mother nature. of course you dont want to do...

Officials say at least 17 people were killed in the slide on saturday, and at least 90 others perhaps are still missing. the official death toll is expected to rise further as the experts pull the bodies from the debris. >> reporter: these are the latest pictures from the disaster zone. the mud in many places, some three to four stories high that came crashing down from the hillside and within a matter of seconds one square mile of what once was a community, now coated and covered. gary mcphears...

You took the top off. >> gary is among the many rescued saturday when the wall of mud hit his farm. he said he and his wife linda were sitting in their reclining chairs. before he knew it, he was in the fight for his and her life. his air force training kicked in. stay calm. try to find a way out. he grabbed a stick. >> stick it up there until i havent got any more stick left. >> a rescuer found that stick and that you told him to safety. all he could think about was trying to save linda. she di...

The mud in many places some three to four stories high that came crashing down from the hillside and within a matter of seconds, one square mile of what once was a community now coated and covered. gary mcpherson remembers it felt like being in a blender. >> instead of making a margarita, you just kept mixing it and mixing it and when it got going fast enough you took the top off. >> reporter: gary is among the many rescued saturday when the wall of mud hit his farm. he says he and his wife, lin...

Cleansed their wounds. the guards ridiculed his devotion to his savior and the almighty. they took his clothes and made him stand in the freezing cold for hours, yet he never lost his faith. if anything, it only grew stronger. at night, he slipped into hits to lead prisoners in prayer. saying the rosary, administering the sacraments, offering three simple words. god bless you. one of them later said that with his very presence, he could just for a moment turn a mud hit into a cathedral. that spr...