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A stone's throw from here. we're headed to the town of new side been on the turkish syrian border. this is where the turkish army and p.k. k. fighters which turkey deems terrorists clash three years ago. much of lucite been was destroyed we made latif isil a local representative of president out of one's a.k.p. party the turkish government has now started rebuilding the parts of new side been flattened in the fighting. some twenty five thousand to thirty thousand people fled musayyib in the city was once home to one hundred thirty thousand people now there are only one hundred three thousand l...

Predominantly kurdish southeast the syrian border is just a stone's throw from here we're headed to the town of new sign been on the turkish syrian border. this is where the turkish army m.p. k k fighters which turkey deems terrorists class three years ago. much of new side b. was destroyed we made latif isil a local representative of president out of one's a.k.p. party the turkish government has now started rebuilding the parts of new side been flattened in the fighting. you know some twenty five thousand to thirty thousand people fled musayyib in the city was once home to one hundred thirty ...

The infrastructure in mexico city is far better than in some of the worst disasters that we've seen in places like haiti. ron? >> right, and obviously the death toll from 33 years ago is historic, nearly 10,000, and part of it is due to the construction standards at the time and what ruled at the time in the mid-'80s. a lot of old structures that weren't built particularly well to withstand that kind of shake. yesterday wasn't nearly as powerful an earthquake, but still very powerful. there is video of office towers swaying very precariously for what seems like forever, 50, 20, 25 seconds. som...

I think the storm surge now will be our biggest threat. the wind will be damaging, but not to our structures. we have good construction standards. the problem we'll have is this small town has about 20 trees, and those tree are going to go down, then block the roads and they'll rip up water and sewer lines. we'll provide water and suer for as long as possible. and then restore the system to make sure that people have that vital service. >> quick note, the governor has a home here in naples, but that wasn't driving his concern. he's saying it's uniquely vulnerable to storm surge, and before the...

Make sure that you have enough supplies for about 72 hours, water, food, obviously, but also batteries and things where if you have a need, you can fulfill it yourself. the first responders cannot come during the storm, even when you call 911. down here, they have one of the best teams in the business. but during the storm, they have to hunker down. after the storm passes, which we're being told is anywhere from five to ten hours, that's what the mayor of miami beach just told us, five to ten hours, there is no help available. you'll have to fend for yourself in what could be disastrous condit...