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Arms. the hospital is overwhelmed. >> theyre significantly overrun and under-resourced right. now mid supplies and personnel support is critical. >> the wounded are carefully loaded into the chopper, one by one. >> theres a lot of building collapses a majority of whats being seen is a lot of broken bones. >> this man cares for the young boy, he speaks not a word, his eyes tell you everything. >> some of these kids that we have seen, they have hill buildings come down and their parents and theyre...

After the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake. relief workers say they are dealing with problems right now. the threat of gangs making it difficult to access areas. speak with one of them a little bit later on this hour. >> yeah that really country really cant catch a break. their president was excessive needed last month. a tropical storm is heading there. we were gonna talk with one of those groups. but first we do say good morning. im lindsay reiser. >> were talking about two countries right...

According to some on the ground that ive been talking to in port-au-prince who are trying to get help to jeremy. there is a small air ambulance service out of port-au-prince that i think is trying to fly to the region to at least assess what is going on and also try to evacuate anybody who is in need of medical care. the person i spoke to in port-au-prince was saying the reports theyre getting are the road to jeremy, there are some issues on it, not sure if its passable. thats going to be obviou...

Season. the busy part of the hurricane season is august 15 to october 15. >> reporter: in the northeast, they will be feeling more lake summer in may. d.c., philly and new york expected to climb into the 90s. >> its too hot because i can barely breathe with my mask on. >> it shouldnt be this hot right now. we worry about climate change. >> kathy joins us from new york. kathy, can we expect any records this weekend? >> reporter: jose, we can. especially here in the northeast. bridgeport, connecti...

In the Aftermath of Delhi Riots, These Women Rebuilt Their Own Lives and Those of Others Dealing with their own losses and obstructed by the lockdown imposed to contain the pandemic, many women found some solace in helping those who had lost everything. Women relief workers huddle to discuss the distribution tasks for the week in north-east Delhi. Photo: Tarushi Aswani Women15/Feb/2021 New Delhi: “I had my daughter in one arm and a rolling pin in the other hand,” said 26-year-old Zaib...

And citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fire behavior so drastically. >> all 40 sonoma county school districts are closed today and tomorrow. more than 800 airbnb hosts in northern california have opened up their homes and rental properties for free for evacuees and relief workers. meanwhile, in southern california, l.a. officials say the tick fire has destroyed 22 structures and threatening more. president trump denies that john kelly warned...

>> people driving on i-80, terrified as fires roared around them. the customers lost power in the outages and they could be in the dark until thursday now. about 100,000 people lost power after powerful winds knocked down power poles or damaged infrastructure. gavin newsom described the scope. winds were reaching p 70 to 80 miles per hour. >> we have done everything that smart planning and firefighter and citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fir...

Smart planning and firefighter and citizen safety can allow. this is a very difficult event to stop because it exacerbates fire behavior so drastically. >> all 40 sonoma county school districts are closed today and tomorrow. more than 800 airbnb hosts in northern california have opened up their homes and rental properties for free for evacuees and relief workers. california congresswoman katie hill has resigned. she was facing allegations of improper relationships with staffers. hill called st...

Go in terms of where they are headed, a lot of refugee camps that are located in northeast syria that had been accommodating thousands, tens of thousands of people who were displaced by the previous fighting between the kurds and islamic state, they are already filled to the maximum. and a lot of relief workers have already left in fear for their own safety. its not entirely clear whether this new fresh round of violence will be able to accommodate them. >> what do we know about the american tro...

People who have evacuated to nassau and gone back to abaco to their home because thats where they feel most comfortable right now. its difficult to be evacuated after surviving something like that. and to watch this kind of bear down on those same areas. one man again, told me this was the cruelty of mother nature once again showing her face. so theyre trying to grapple with that, while relief workers are trying to figure out sort of a pattern how theyre going to continue giving aid afterwards. ...