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That's a part of the investigation. >> neil: thank you for coming in. we have jackie deangelis also out in the scene. what is it looking like where you are, jackie? >> good afternoon, neil. what i want to say on the ground here is how amazingly orderly everything has been. after the presser with the mayor and the fdny and nypd, the streets are starting to open up now. pedestrian traffic is starting to walk through. as you mentioned, there was a crash here around 2:00. the helicopter landing on the roof at 787 7th avenue. i spoke to somebody in the billing at the time. he said he felt the impac...

A day that hit just its shores just weeks ago and now this tropical storm how prepared is this beleaguered nation for what is shaping to be a humanitarian catastrophe. what is always a very well prepared we have we have international teams of experts from around the world already located in mozambique operating on a very similar disaster so we have in country capacity at the moment which is a very helpful and i think that's been reflected in the successful evacuation process that's been can carried out by the government and the red cross there. however only the other side of that is we have ma...

Can you give us any numbers of how many people had been air-lifted so far? also how many people may still be on board that ship? >> all in all, when this started, there were 1,373 people on board. we don't have the exact numbers of how many have been transported to shore but the figures should now be above 400. >> talk to us about the process. the ship is moving. the rescue efforts continue by helicopter. how many people can you air lift at once and how long do you think it will take to get people off the ship? >> there will be ongoing evaluation as to whether or not the evacuation process wil...

Evaluation as to whether or not the evacuation process will be going to at the same pace as now. keeping in mind that the ship will be planning to go under tug to shore. so that is something that has to be decided along the road. we have to use one helicopter at the time hovering over the ship. and the rescue of personnel goes down and picks up regularly one passenger each time, so it takes in time until the helicopter has been filled up with the capacity would be -- normally be somewhere in the vicinity between 15 and 23 passengers that they can take and then fly ashore. >> my goodness. so wh...

Helping the passengers. the crew sent a mayday distress signal. there were reports of high winds in the area. the viking sky is owned by viking ocean cruises. and just took its first trip in 2017. joining us now by phone, the joint rescue center for southern norway. thanks for being with us. what can you tell us about the on going evacuation, what is the process. >> we are having -- leading the evacuation process, and 115 of the passengers have been lifted off the ship. >> how are you going about -- >> helicopters, because of the rough weather. >> so you're using helicopters because of the rou...