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Tearing metal, water and flying debris. minutes after we finished our live shots telling headquarters we were moving to safer ground, the cameraman brad olson shot this in the place we just loeft. >> okay, guys, i think we can wrap it up. >> reporter: as the destruction there continued, a floor below, terrified residents huddled together finding protext against the flying spray and mind-numbing noise. some pray for their safety. >> reporter: its a relatively secure area, i think, where we are. i...

Comfort individualized. first, some scenes from the last few shocking and scary days in the philippines. >> reporter: all around us you hear the sounds of windows break ing the staircase behind me is now basically a waterfall. >> reporter: the water reached the second torrie. >> im still in shock. im so sorry. >> i am the only survivor of the family. i want to know if they are still alive.

>> reporter: it struck with terrifying and deadly force. the aftermath of the citys shattered landscape. this was home to thousands. it was not the wind that did it, it was a storm surge, reports of a five-meter wall of water that engulfed the coastal strip and spread through the city. even where the cnn crew was sheltering, about a kilometer from the shoreline, the surge was waist-deep and powerful. all around us, you hear the sounds of windows breaking and you hear the sounds of large objects ...

>> reporter: it struck with terrifying and deadly force. the aftermath, shattered landscape. this was home to thousands. it was not the wind that did it, it was the storm surge, reports of a five meter wall of water that engulfed the coastal strip and spread through the city. everywhere the cnn crew was sheltering, about a kilometer from the shoreline, the surge was waist deep and powerful. all around us you hear the sounds of windows breaking. you hear the sounds of large objects falling and cr...

Our live shots telling headquarters we were moving to safer ground, cameraman brad el son shot this on the place we just left. >> okay, guys, i think we can wrap it up.just left. >> okay, guys, i think we can wrap it up. >> as the destruction there continued, a floor below, terrified residents huddled together finding protection against the fly is spray and to mind-numbing noise. some pray for their safety. >> children in the corridor. a relatively secure area, i think, where we are. very substa...

>> all around us, you hear the sounds of windows breaking and the sounds of the large objects falling and crashing to the floor. underfoot, it is now just a dell yuj. if you look behind me, the staircase is now basically a waterfall. >> but that didnt compare with what happened here. >> the storm surge was the most destructive part of this typhoon. were about a hundred meters or so and you can see the damage caused these houses, these are all rough-built houses, completely flattened along the sh...

Surveillance video, and youve seen some of this debris come in. it just looked like a wind tunnel. you had all this debris sort of come in through the various concourses, all these windows breaking, but you know, its really amazing, the fact you had the safety glass that nobody was really seriously hurt. thats really true throughout the community. only minor injuries. and crews say the reason why nobody was seriously injured or died, its because people really heeded the safety warnings. in this ...

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