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At 6:44 the man who gave cnn this new video ventured down to low-lying ground. he was risking his life. another tsunami wave was on its way. by 8:46, that wave had crashed ashore, homes wrecked, souls lost. images seared so deeply into the minds of all the people here that five days after the quake, they're still ready to run for their lives. >> so karl, why are there false tsunami warnings? i mean, how does that -- do we know how that happens? >> well in a sense, it wasn't a false warning, it was a genuine warning. and that warning was given out by naval officers in a nearby naval base. that ...

Wave destroying homes, dragging away cars and fishing boats. 6:20, first light. the first hint of the scale of the disaster. these pictures taken from high ground above dechato. at 6:44, the man that gave cnn this new video ventured down to low lying ground, risking his life. another tsunami wave was on its way. by 8:46, that wave crashed ashore, and homes wrecked and souls lost. images saered so deeply into the minds of the people here, that five days after the quake they are still ready to run for their lives. karl penhaul, cnn, chile. >> you could imagine, they have had so many aftershocks ...

6:20, first light, the first hint of the scale of the disaster. these pictures taken from high ground above the city. at 6:44 the man who gave cnn this new video ventured down to low-lying ground. he was risking his life. another tsunami wave was on its way. by 8:46, that wave had crashed ashore, homes wrecked, souls lost. images seared so deeply into the minds of all the people here that five days after the quake, they're still ready to run for their lives. >> so karl, why are there false tsunami warnings? i mean, how does that -- do we know how that happens? >> well, in a sense, it wasn't a

They are giving out aid at the time. what didn't occur, of course, was the tsunami itself. the tsunami warning was lifted. as is sometimes the case august all right of the tsunami warnings after a major quake or a major aftershock are sent out after a precautionary measure and sometimes the tsunami wave does not actually come ashore, as was the case today fortunately, anderson. >> in terms of where things are now versus where they were five days ago, how orderly are things? how much is aid getting out? >> you still hear there are people in outlying towns, outlying villages complaining that aid...

The chilean police are here as well. there was a stampede of cars heading up the hill. people simply dropped the food that they'd been given and also headed up to high ground. remember, a few days now after the earthquake, some people have dared to go back down to what has been left of their homes here, and were scavenging for the few possessions that were left. they were right down in the center of the town that had already been flattened, nerves had already been jangled, and now that the new tsunami warning is in effect, people are running up the hill, some of them in tears, some of them bre...