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We are in jerusalem, reporting on the story. right now, 380 people are accounted for dead and dozens more are missing after a tsunami hit the indonesian island. the tsunami triggered by an earthquake, magnitude 7.5 as residents in the city were participating in a beach festival. many were caught off guard and watched as water began to rush from the ocean. then as seen in this cell phone video, people began to run for their lives. in some areas the water came in and so high that people were climb...

Done. they are furiously working to find survivors, theyre well into the evening hours in indonesia. the effort will continue for days and it could be days before we know about the kind of destruction that the tsunami did. it was about ten feet tall, triggered by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. the issues in terms of getting help to people, thats what rescue workers are up against now. we know in one city that has a population of 300,000 people, they found out hundreds are dead. another city in the ...

Is shut down. the next one is 10 to 12 hour drive. it is taking rescue worker some time to get to the devastated areas. waves smashed into houses, people found trapped under debris. theres a concern for aftershocks, thats why people are sleeping outside, being treated outside of hospitals on the ground. rescue workers doing their best to work quickly to get to those that may be trapped. but again, fredricka, an area with 5 or 600,000 people, and we expect it to be days before we know more about ...

Aftershocks. people are sleeping outside and why rescue workers have to go through debris to try to find survivors trapped inside. >> what are the difficulties? help us understand what theyre going through, trying to reach the area, especially now that it is night. have they put things on hold or are they still out there? >> reporter: no, this is an effort thats going to have to continue because time is of the essence, but you have an airport thats been shut down because of the disaster there. t...

>> reporter: tonight, a tsunami, waves up to ten feet high, surging ashore in indonesia. the wall of water triggered by a magnitude 7.5 quake. powerful and deadly earthquakes striking the country. the family inside this cell phone shop hurrying out as the shaking starts, you can see phone cases swinging on the rack. there are reports of families missing. this as the injured are raced to hospitals, patients being treated in corridors and in the field outside. the quake striking near indonesias su...

Management says the death toll will most likely rise in the coming days. as they get more information from neighboring regions. at this moment rescue workers are struggling to find survivors in all of the damage and wreckage left from this, but it is hard to work with the power and phone lines down. lets talk more about this now with the country manager for catholic relief services in indonesia. thank you for your time. i understand that you are monitoring this situation from jakarta. what are y...

Jon: authorities in indicate -- indonesia say airplane slid and u.s. divers searched wreckage and last passenger evacuated but they dont know whereabouts, authorities are transporting other people to the hospital to nearby guam for medical treatment. ♪ jon: rescue workers are searching for survivors after powerful earthquake hit indicate -- indicate >> theres fear that is the death toll could rise dramatically, many people havent been reached yet, its a remote area and many people to be missin...

Take on speaking to me earlier from london now to some of the other stories making news around the world and the death toll following a ferry accident on lake victoria tanzania has risen to two hundred and seven the boat capsized on thursday state media says the ferry was overloaded on the third day after the disaster rescue workers recovered a survivor who was found in a pocket of air. thousands of people have rallied in cities across russia against planned increases in the countrys pension age...

Damage that can be done. this incident will be of great concern to u.s. counterterrorism agencies. >> reporter: one area they could investigate, the ties to trinidad & tobago. >> a significant number of extremists have traveled to syria and iraq to join isis fro. >> reporter: its not clear if added security measures will be put in place at the melbourne international airport. they are proud of how this security worked at this place. but its not unusual to have eight jets on the tarmac outside of...

Support. hoping also that he flies over lumberton and sees the damage for himself. andrea, back to you. >> thank you, gaudy schwartz for everything that y-- gadi schwarz and the team down there, thank you. and now, in a pet store in myrtle beach, south carolina, went to great lengths to keep their pets safe moving all 154 creatures into the home, a wrend happy to report that all of the animals are safe and accounted for including this hedgehog who had babies in the transfer. rescue workers hav...