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Families that were living there all scrunched up together they took comfort in the fact that you know at least we are together we are with our families and doffed was but they said that they are anxious about how long theyve been there with their families and how much longer their food supplies will keep them or see them through those questions remain unanswered for them and that is causing a lot of anxiety and lot of uncertainty. still quite a difficult situation for people. in in western java ...

By correspondent on a hes ended up one in a western job which is one of the worst affected areas now on a how is the search for survivors going up the death toll there. i spoke to the search command manager earlier today and he told us that right now its really a race against time as they continue to search for those who have been reported missing i need to emphasize the word reported because this area of western java where the tsunami hit this isnt really a residential area where you would have...

Seeing and hearing. lots of the areas where you can. get the wrong thing oh no i dont how and that is an indication that you know. its a burden to set them off that you know. theres big events or just that to sit like a church coming out again theres nothing thats there to. the river not to be. ok. were going to be there on the ground from now on im going to have to cut across you there i apologize the line is very poor we can just to banks hear you its very very faint on a santos there in weste...

Visited in that village which was the higher ground they were seeking shelter among family members some retail we saw houses there were ten families that were living there all scrunched up together they took comfort in the fact that you know at least we are together we are with our families and was but they said that they are anxious about how long they can get there with their families and how much longer their food supplies will keep them or see them through those questions remain unanswered f...

How many people up there were that were here for those events and to us thats keeping thats a blind spot for our operations how many to go to what and where to start looking for them. many people were called off guard on and you traveled through the disaster zone today can you tell us what youve been seeing and what youve been hearing. ill go first to what weve been hearing we continue to hear the rumble of another cut away from here in western java where we are and that is an indication that th...

As possible. at this market vendors sell the remnants of anything they can find. it is good that were only just opening now people are only coming in now as the last two days have been quiet we havent made any money meanwhile the grim recovery effort continues but the true extent of the damage is yet to unfold with rescue is only now reaching areas that were previously inaccessible. were now joined by the deputy correspondent and shes in in western java which is about the worst affected areas hi...

Kathy was saying she lives in this area and she doesnt recall something like this happening. >> right. natalie, george, we need some sort of displacement of water to take place. thats how a tsunami is formed. but its triggered by an earthquake, thats typically what we hear the trigger mechanism to be, maybe a landslide or perhaps even the shifts of tectonic plates underneath the weather, but this particular instance appears to be volcanic activity. and we have video of that volcano actually erup...

A volcano may have triggered the tsunami by setting off underwater landslides. at least one official says the disaster struck without warning because of that. >> weve been following this disaster, the results of what happened there for the last several hours. were starting to hear now from those on the ground, including our colleagues at cnn indonesia. >> here is a report from our correspondent from java. >> the first time i came or arrived here in the location, i saw dozens of houses were damag...

Western java and portions of sumatra. now the focus going forward will be the search and rescue efforts because this is a concern for people as they try to reach their loved ones. we have a very wet forecast as the red cross director just talked about a moment ago. this is the rainy season. we have nearly 100% chance of rain today right through the early parts of this week and you can see our future radar just showing more showers and storms the search and recovery effort. george, natalie. >> de...

>> of course they had a devastating earthquake few months ago, more than 2,000 people died there. this is a region that sees a lot of this activity, but it must be traumatizing. what are you hearing? >> oh, it is. these people, i wouldnt say theyre used to earthquakes, but they sit on the ring of fire, so the country is prone to getting them. back in late july and early august, lumbak experienced a series of devastating earthquakes and the earthquake at the end of september and this one the end ...