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Women and small children. and you know me. im going in and im about to give birth. that its difficult to still get treatment at the hospital here so i have to go into a bigger city. in the city rescue workers find new bodies every day. the earthquake i think the english entire neighborhood. this is the end of a landslide thats about two kilometers long and that was caused by the earthquake and to understand the sheer force that was unleashed you just have to look at that building up there becaus...

That alarm in those warnings never reached the people so they couldnt seek shelter another different explanations for this one is possibly human error and the other is that these warnings are being sent out in large part by text message to people cell phones and because of the earthquake the cell phone coverage broke down and then they didnt didnt get the warnings but they would have to be more investigation into into this to to find out what was really responsible for the fact that the people d...

Sur revivo survivors. we have alex field in hong kong. >> reporter: dave, destruction on the large indonesian island. death count at 844. officials expecting that number will rise. tens of thousands of people are out of their homes. rescue workers are struggling to reach the people who need help the most. thats because problems of infrastructure and roads that are blocked by landslides and downed bridges and the airport shutdown over the weekend because of damage. they are working to bring in mo...

All they want is to get out. some of them have been waiting for days at the airport to get on one of the planes that are bringing in the eight. indonesias armed forces are constantly airlifting in relief goods things that people here need most water food medication most of all and on the way back theyre taking those who are desperately waiting to leave old people people or injured people whove lost their homes women and small children. are going to get me a little. im going in and im about to gi...

You so much. we now have to turn to a truly tragic story. more than 800 people are confirmed dead this morning in indonesia, following two major natural disasters that took place over the weekend. a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami that unleashed 18 foot waves turned parts of palu and its surrounding coastline into ruins. joining me now from indonesia is nbcs janet mackey fryer. give us the latest. >> rescue workers have yet to even reach the areas they believe are the worst hit. access ...

Welcome back to cnn newsroom. im george howell. its been almost three days now since a powerful earthquake and tsunami ripped through one of indonesias biggest islands. the full scale of the damage, the destruction, its still not clear. but at this point heres what we do know. at least 844 people now are confirmed dead, and that number is likely to rise over the coming days, weeks and months. volunteers have started burying bodies in a mass grave that has space for more than a thousand people. i...

And not even inland where theres landslides, slightly smaller communities, rural communities. the numbers are going to go up significantly. i dont want to -- we have rescue workers, community worker, beside the army. theyre going to xeep going until they find every body or live people. thats the way they are. this is going to go up, no question. >> i was so struck by what our reporter on the ground, matt rivers, just told jim and myself, it took two days for him to get there from bangkok. if it ...

In indonesia, officials plan to hold mass burials, this for the devastating earthquake and tsunami. more than 830 people were killed in the disaster and that number is expected to rise. rescue workers are scrambling to dig out any survivors, any that they can find who are still trapped in the rubble. a source tells cnn the fbi has spoken with deborah ramirez in its investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. ramirez accused kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party. he said...

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Tsunami that struck the island on friday. >> as you can see from this video, the devastation goes on for an extended distance. rescue workers still dont know the full scale of the damage. some rural areas are inaccessible and communications are still down. we get more from cnns pauline tu. >> reporter: sitting on the ground outside, a woman cries, panicked and rattled. another after shock has just struck in indonesia. others run on to the street, scared to remain indoors. body bags line the road...