CNN - Pakistan earthquake - 2005-10-08 - 3 a.m. (E)

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[0:36] Panic and grief in Pakistan as a

[0:39] magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits the Indian

[0:41] [music] subcontinent. Authorities expect

[0:44] extensive damage and high casualties.

[0:48] I'm Shutansi at the CNN Center. You're

[0:50] watching World News. We welcome viewers

[0:52] from our sister network CNN USA as we

[0:54] cover the aftermath of this major

[0:56] earthquake. Here are the latest

[0:58] developments on the earthquake that

[1:00] struck Pakistan and the rest of the

[1:02] Indian subcontinent. At least 19 people

[1:04] have been reported killed. 14 of those

[1:06] were in Pakistan. Hundreds more have

[1:08] been injured. Five of those killed were

[1:10] in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[1:12] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[1:15] Rescue workers are searching for

[1:16] survivors in Islamabad where an

[1:18] apartment building has collapsed. Damage

[1:20] has also been reported in the villages

[1:22] of northern Pakistan. A string of

[1:24] aftershocks, some in the six plus

[1:26] magnitude range, started about an hour

[1:28] after the initial jolt. Pakistan has

[1:31] traditionally been an active region for

[1:33] earthquakes.

[1:35] The scope of the earthquake meant that

[1:37] tremors were felt from New Delhi to

[1:40] Carbal. Satendra now joins us on the

[1:41] line from the Indian capital with an

[1:43] update. Satenda, what did you feel?

[1:46] Shiha about 3 hours ago there were

[1:49] tremors here uh in the capital New Delhi

[1:53] and even as we speak there are

[1:55] aftershocks on the Indian side of

[1:58] Kashmir. Uh this earthquake as you

[2:01] mentioned had a magnitude of 7.6 and

[2:04] according to experts it was also very

[2:06] shallow. It occurred at a depth of about

[2:08] 10 kilometers which is why the tremors

[2:11] were felt right across the region across

[2:13] north India across Pakistan and indeed

[2:16] even Afghanistan. The epicenter of this

[2:20] earthquake was about 95 kilometers north

[2:22] of Islamabad and the damage as you can

[2:25] see was most extensive there. Uh this is

[2:28] a building that collapsed uh in

[2:29] Islamabad and even as we speak relief

[2:32] operators are there they are trying to

[2:34] pull people out from under the rubble.

[2:37] In Pakistan obviously the damage is most

[2:39] extensive and authorities there expect

[2:42] the casualties will mount. In India

[2:45] casualty reports now being confirmed by

[2:48] police from the Indian side of Kashmir

[2:50] from the city of Shinagar. Uh there

[2:53] police say some two people have been

[2:55] killed already and there are reports

[2:57] also from the nearby town of Baramula

[2:59] where three people have been killed.

[3:01] Large numbers of homes have had severe

[3:04] damage to them. There are cracks in many

[3:06] homes and according to police on the

[3:09] Indian side of Kashmir about 150 people

[3:12] have arrived at a hospital in Shinagar

[3:14] that many are traumatized and many are

[3:16] now seeking treatment for injuries.

[3:19] Shihab,

[3:19] >> how does this compare with previous

[3:20] earthquakes in the region?

[3:23] >> Shihab, the last major earthquake in

[3:25] this region was in 2001 in western India

[3:29] in Poch. Then some 30,000 people had

[3:33] been killed. So obviously people have

[3:36] some bad memories of earthquakes here.

[3:39] But as far as things stand at the

[3:41] moment, it's very early to tell. Uh

[3:44] reports of casualties and damage are

[3:47] just slowly beginning beginning to

[3:49] filter in but authorities expect we'll

[3:52] have a better understanding of what

[3:53] exactly has happened over the next few

[3:55] hours. Shiha

[3:56] >> and so did you say that the aftershocks

[3:58] were continuing.

[4:00] >> The aftershocks are continuing not in

[4:02] Delhi but on the Indian side of Kashmir

[4:05] where residents are paralyzed almost

[4:08] with fear. many refusing to uh go inside

[4:12] inside their homes obviously because

[4:14] it's more dangerous there. These

[4:16] aftershocks have been occurring

[4:18] repeatedly. Uh the earthquake as I

[4:20] mentioned was uh felt here at about 9:30

[4:22] a.m. uh in the morning on on a Saturday

[4:25] morning when many people were still uh

[4:27] in bed. Uh right at the moment in India

[4:29] at least the national disaster

[4:31] management plan has been activated and

[4:34] authorities are on standby. They are

[4:36] trying at this moment in time to gauge

[4:38] the exact extent of the damage in

[4:40] Pakistan. As you can see from these

[4:42] pictures, authorities scrambling to the

[4:44] scene. Many people uh being lifted out

[4:48] from under this rubble. People digging

[4:50] literally with their bare hands to try

[4:51] and save as many people as possible. And

[4:54] as you can see from that lamp pole, uh

[4:57] the uh tremors that were felt this

[4:59] morning were very very extensive. Is

[5:02] there communication though or is it

[5:03] thought there has been communication now

[5:05] made with all the affected regions or

[5:07] are we expecting worse news to come?

[5:10] >> Shihab communication with some parts of

[5:13] Kashmir on the Indian side of Kashmir

[5:15] still uh isn't uh what it should be. So

[5:18] uh we will have a better sense only when

[5:21] full communication links are established

[5:23] and as I said earlier that's likely to

[5:25] take a little more time. Uh but one

[5:28] thing is clear because the earthquake uh

[5:31] had its epicenter just about 95

[5:34] kilometers north of Islamabad. Everyone

[5:36] in the subcontinent now expects the

[5:38] damage there on the Pakistan side to be

[5:41] more extensive and more severe.

[5:43] >> Has there been any official reaction

[5:45] from the government?

[5:47] >> From the government on this side. Uh no

[5:49] uh official statements or comments uh

[5:52] yet. Some ministers have been talking to

[5:55] the media and telling them about

[5:56] disaster management and that sort of

[5:58] thing. But obviously this has come as a

[6:00] very big shock uh to most people on a

[6:03] Saturday morning. They were uh as I said

[6:05] earlier many people still asleep other

[6:08] going about their usual Saturday morning

[6:10] chores when they were jolted by tremors

[6:12] which lasted according to some reports

[6:14] from 30 seconds to a full 2 minutes.

[6:18] >> You mentioned how terribly India has

[6:20] suffered in the past from earthquakes.

[6:22] Has that led to any uh attempt to

[6:25] strengthen buildings in certainly the

[6:26] metropolitan areas as well as rural

[6:28] areas in in in order to prevent further

[6:31] uh death and injury in such a case.

[6:34] >> Shihab, there's been greater awareness

[6:36] of earthquakes and how to react once

[6:38] things happen. I would say that's uh the

[6:41] lessons learned from the last big quake.

[6:44] Uh but uh in the in the developing world

[6:46] to do something like that and to prepare

[6:49] special buildings is a very tall order

[6:51] indeed. And there's been actually very

[6:53] little on that front.

[6:56] >> Binder updating us from New Delhi.

[6:58] Satender will keep in close contact with

[7:00] us over the coming hours as we try and

[7:02] get more information. It still really is

[7:04] only just coming in from those rural

[7:06] areas which are thought to have borne

[7:08] the brunt of the earthquake and the

[7:10] damage. And of course, the

[7:11] infrastructure there isn't earthquake

[7:13] proof. That earthquakes aren't uncommon

[7:15] in the area of the Indian subcontinent

[7:17] affected by today's earthquake. Several

[7:19] strong quakes have hit the region in

[7:20] recent years. And I spoke with David

[7:22] Appleff Applegate of the US Geological

[7:23] Survey a short while ago. He explained

[7:25] why the region is so susceptible to

[7:27] earthquakes.

[7:29] >> It's a very active region. Uh there have

[7:31] been large quakes in Pakistan uh in in

[7:35] the not too distant past. It's a thrust

[7:37] earthquake. It's related to the motion

[7:39] of the uh the Indian subcontinent and it

[7:42] as it plows into uh into Asia and that's

[7:46] of course resulting in the the Himalayas

[7:48] and the carorum range uh being being uh

[7:51] uh built up through that mechanism.

[7:53] >> Obviously there's a great deal of focus

[7:55] on tsunamis and that sort of thing these

[7:56] days. Is there any risk of a of a tidal

[7:58] wave?

[7:59] >> Uh no, this one is far enough inland.

[8:02] It's the same kind of mechanism uh that

[8:04] that generates uh tsunamis. But uh there

[8:07] has been I understand the shaking felt

[8:10] uh in India and in uh and in Afghanistan

[8:13] as well as in uh Pakistan but uh uh but

[8:17] no no no danger of a tsunami but uh the

[8:20] main risk is strong shaking.

[8:23] >> A magnitude 7.6 earthquake is classified

[8:26] as major capable of causing widespread

[8:29] damage and earlier I asked Pakistan's

[8:31] information minister about the damage

[8:32] reports he had so far received.

[8:35] I have initial information of two blocks

[8:38] damaged but uh the we have to wait and

[8:40] see the final information comes the

[8:44] doctors and emergencies vehicles are

[8:46] there but it will take some time to know

[8:48] the exact things

[8:50] >> but do you have a sense of how wide a

[8:51] geographical area has been affected

[8:53] though in Pakistan

[8:55] >> you know it's first time in 7.6

[8:58] six maybe in ' 86 or 1984 there was some

[9:01] earthquake like this but uh we have to

[9:04] wait and see from different other

[9:06] villages if there is some casualty

[9:07] reports but in Rahul Pindi there's a

[9:10] railway school for girls so there is a

[9:13] one casualty of a girl and six girl

[9:16] injured there they have been sent to the

[9:17] hospital

[9:19] >> that was Pakistan's information minister

[9:20] Shik Rashid Ahmed speaking to us earlier

[9:22] from Islamabad in Pakistan and earlier I

[9:26] spoke with David Wald of the US

[9:27] Geological Survey for his analysis of

[9:30] what happened.

[9:31] >> Had at least three aftershocks in the

[9:33] upper magnitude 5 range, magnitude 59,

[9:36] 56 and 57. Uh we also know this was felt

[9:40] u widely in several countries,

[9:42] Afghanistan, Pakistan,

[9:44] parts of China as well as India. The

[9:47] damage is likely to be widespread, but

[9:49] some of the news from the more remote

[9:51] places may take some time to come in.

[9:53] >> We spoke to one of our producers in

[9:54] Islamabad just about 20 minutes ago or

[9:56] so. He said he hadn't felt any

[9:57] aftershocks recently. When when was the

[9:59] last aftershock felt?

[10:01] >> Um well, the aftershocks could be spread

[10:03] out over some distance and they're quite

[10:04] a bit smaller than the main shock. So,

[10:06] they would be felt over parts of the

[10:07] area that felt the main shock. Um and

[10:10] the the majority of those aftershocks

[10:13] occur uh relatively shortly after the

[10:15] main shock. So, um typically we'll have

[10:18] continued aftershocks for some time and

[10:20] so there may be uh more experienced

[10:22] shaking uh yet to come. How does this

[10:25] compare with other earthquakes in the

[10:26] region?

[10:27] >> Well, uh this is a 7.9 magnitude 7.6

[10:31] which is considered a major earthquake

[10:33] and this is the northern end of a uh a

[10:37] collision zone between the uh Indian and

[10:39] Eurasian plate that has major

[10:41] earthquakes like this but further to the

[10:43] southeast. So this is one of the larger

[10:45] events we've seen this far uh northwest

[10:48] along this collision zone. Is it rare

[10:50] for such a collision though to take

[10:52] place so close to the surface of the

[10:54] earth?

[10:55] >> Um typically along this uh this

[10:58] collision zone uh there are earthquakes

[11:00] about the same depth but um again mostly

[11:03] to the southeast. Uh and yes to have it

[11:06] this shallow is is quite common.

[11:08] >> Still no way to predict these things

[11:10] then.

[11:11] >> Well no uh we know what areas of the

[11:14] earth are most likely to have

[11:15] earthquakes but not not when and exactly

[11:17] where. that's uh not quite in our

[11:20] capacity.

[11:21] >> But is is has there any sort of odd

[11:23] seismic activity preceding this quake?

[11:25] >> Uh not that we know of. And um and

[11:28] typically a lot of the large earthquakes

[11:30] don't have much in the way of precursory

[11:32] um earthquakes. So, uh, it's really

[11:35] we're not in the in the realm of

[11:37] earthquake prediction, uh, at this

[11:39] point, but, uh, this area is has

[11:41] seismicity, uh, quite often, and so it

[11:44] would be hard to know if a small

[11:46] earthquake was going to lead to a larger

[11:47] earthquake.

[11:48] >> That's still a possibility.

[11:50] >> Oh, well, we just had a large

[11:51] earthquake. There's always the chance of

[11:53] having more uh other uh adjacent large

[11:56] earthquakes, but uh, more likely we'll

[11:58] be in a sequence of aftershocks that

[12:00] will continue for some time.

[12:02] David Wald there. Well, let's get an

[12:04] update now on the scale of the damage in

[12:07] Pakistan. Major General Shakat Sultan

[12:09] now joins us. He's a spokesperson for

[12:10] the Pakistan armed forces and the press

[12:12] secretary to President Pavves Musharov.

[12:15] Thank you very much for joining us. What

[12:16] can you tell us now?

[12:20] >> This earthquake that came this morning,

[12:22] it was a very severe earthquake at least

[12:24] that has come in Pakistan in the recent

[12:26] years. Uh so far the picture of

[12:28] casualties and the damages is very foggy

[12:31] but the initial reports that we have

[12:32] received that indicate that there had

[12:35] been widespread damage to the property

[12:37] as well as to the life in Azad Kashmir

[12:39] area as well as in the northern areas.

[12:41] The districts of Muzafrabad B and Rabla

[12:45] and the valley of Patton they have been

[12:47] severely affected because of the

[12:49] earthquake. The earthquake has caused

[12:51] the landslides that has affected the

[12:53] road communication. Uh the roads have

[12:55] been blocked from a number of places.

[12:57] The army is present in most of these

[12:58] areas. It has immediately commenced the

[13:00] relief works and uh evacuation of the

[13:03] casualties from those areas. The most of

[13:05] the casualties are being evacuated by

[13:07] helicopters. The helicopters reached

[13:09] that place immediately after the

[13:10] earthquake.

[13:11] >> Do you have any preliminary casualty

[13:13] figures though? It is difficult to give

[13:16] the preliminary casualty figure because

[13:17] most of the areas have been cut off

[13:19] communication wise also because the uh

[13:22] both infrastructure road infrastructure

[13:24] as well as the uh telephone

[13:26] communication they had been affected

[13:27] because of the earthquake. The army has

[13:29] also moved into the other areas

[13:31] including Islamabad where a huge uh

[13:33] residential building has been uh has

[13:36] collapsed. So the army is carrying out

[13:37] the relief works in that area as well.

[13:39] >> Is that the major damage in Islamabad?

[13:41] this this block that we're looking at

[13:42] right now I believe that has collapsed

[13:44] or is there other damage in the city as

[13:45] well?

[13:47] >> Yes, there has not been much damage in

[13:49] the other areas of Islamabad as well as

[13:51] Rahul Pindi except some minor buildings

[13:53] and minist collapsing but this

[13:55] particular building that you are seeing

[13:56] on the screen right now this is a major

[13:58] damage that has occurred.

[14:00] >> Do you need international help?

[14:04] >> Well, it is for the government to say

[14:06] about the international help. uh I would

[14:08] not be able to comment on at this stage.

[14:11] >> What areas I mean you say that the

[14:13] military is in many of these remote

[14:15] areas. Uh are there any areas though

[14:17] that haven't yet been reached? Could

[14:18] this be even worse?

[14:20] >> It it would be difficult to say whether

[14:22] there are certain areas which are even

[14:24] worse hit and we haven't been able to

[14:26] reach. It is very difficult the

[14:28] commander military commander of the area

[14:30] he's already on reconnaissance on a

[14:32] light helicopter of the area and he's

[14:34] seeing if there are certain areas where

[14:36] military has not really reached that

[14:39] assessment is being carried out.

[14:41] >> What's your advice to people in these

[14:43] earthquake zones? Actually are you still

[14:45] feeling aftershocks?

[14:47] >> Yes, there had been certain aftershocks

[14:49] after the main shock. The advice to the

[14:51] people is to stay away from the main

[14:52] buildings particularly which are the

[14:54] weaker ones and stay in the open areas

[14:56] but at the same time there is no cause

[14:58] of panic and the life is as usual both

[15:00] in Islamabad as well as Rahul Pindi

[15:03] >> Major General Shakultan thank you very

[15:05] much for joining us that was a spokesman

[15:07] for the Pakistani armed forces and the

[15:09] president of Pakistan's press secretary

[15:11] confirming though that frankly it's all

[15:13] pretty preliminary at the moment we just

[15:15] don't really know the extent and scale

[15:17] of the damage and casualties although

[15:18] it's quite clear that that a major

[15:20] earthquake has caused a great deal of

[15:21] damage both in Pakistan as well as in

[15:23] India particularly in Kashmir. We'll

[15:26] take a break. We'll keep on updating you

[15:27] though after that. Stay with us.

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[17:23] Let's bring you up to date now on our

[17:25] top story. The major earthquake in South

[17:28] Asia. The epicenter of the quake was

[17:30] some [music] 90 km from Islamabad where

[17:33] an apartment building collapsed. Rescue

[17:35] workers are searching for survivors

[17:36] [music] in the rubble off that collapsed

[17:38] building. At least 19 people have been

[17:41] reported killed. 14 of those [music]

[17:43] were in Pakistan. Hundreds more have

[17:45] been injured. Five of those killed were

[17:47] in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[17:49] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[17:51] Damage has also been reported in the

[17:53] villages of northern Pakistan. A string

[17:56] of aftershocks, some in the six plus

[17:58] magnitude range started about an hour

[18:00] after the initial jolt. And a short time

[18:02] ago, I spoke with our senior

[18:04] international correspondent Satinda

[18:05] Bindra who joined us from New Delhi.

[18:10] There were tremors all across North

[18:12] India and uh right here uh in the

[18:16] capital New Delhi buildings started to

[18:18] sway. Some buildings in fact uh

[18:21] residents say swayed almost 5 to 10°.

[18:24] Uh furniture was moving around and

[18:27] dishes fell off tables onto the floor.

[18:30] Obviously this caused widespread uh fear

[18:33] and panic. people rushed out onto the

[18:35] streets and immediately all the

[18:38] televisions here started broadcasting

[18:40] this news. They went into a breaking

[18:42] news mode informing people what was

[18:44] going on. Uh we now know that these

[18:46] tremors have been felt uh up to uh uh

[18:50] the north in uh the Indian state of

[18:52] Jammu and Kashmir. Reports also coming

[18:54] in from Pakistan uh that there were

[18:57] widespread uh tremors there as well. So

[18:59] far, Shihab, I must add, there are no

[19:02] reports of any deaths or any major

[19:04] damage, but I must stress uh this is

[19:07] early and we also know from the US

[19:10] Geological Survey that this is a quote

[19:12] major earthquake.

[19:14] >> And earlier I spoke with David Wald of

[19:17] the US Geological Survey for his

[19:18] analysis.

[19:20] >> Had at least three aftershocks in the

[19:22] upper magnitude 5 range, magnitude 59,

[19:25] 56, and 57. Uh we also know this was

[19:28] felt uh widely in several countries

[19:31] Afghanistan, Pakistan,

[19:33] parts of China as well as India. The

[19:36] damage is likely to be widespread, but

[19:38] some of the news from the more remote

[19:40] places may take some time to come in.

[19:42] >> We spoke to one of our producers in

[19:43] Islamabad just about 20 minutes ago or

[19:45] so. He said he hadn't felt any

[19:46] aftershocks recently. When when was the

[19:48] last aftershock felt? Um well the

[19:51] aftershocks could be spread out over

[19:52] some distance and they're quite a bit

[19:54] smaller than the main shock. So they

[19:55] would be felt over parts of the area

[19:57] that felt the main shock. Um and the the

[20:01] majority of those aftershocks occurred

[20:03] uh relatively shortly after the main

[20:04] shock. So um typically we'll have

[20:07] continued aftershocks for some time and

[20:09] so there may be uh more experienced

[20:11] shaking uh yet to come.

[20:13] >> How does this compare with other

[20:14] earthquakes in the region?

[20:16] >> Well uh this is a 7.9 magnitude 7.6 six

[20:20] which is considered a major earthquake

[20:22] and this is the northern end of a uh a

[20:26] collision zone between the uh Indian and

[20:28] Eurasian plate that has major

[20:30] earthquakes like this but further to the

[20:32] southeast. So this is one of the larger

[20:34] events we've seen this far uh northwest

[20:37] along this collision zone.

[20:39] >> Is it rare for such a collision though

[20:40] to take place so close to the surface of

[20:42] the earth? Um typically along this uh

[20:46] this collision zone uh there are

[20:49] earthquakes about the same depth but um

[20:51] again mostly to the southeast. Uh and

[20:54] yes to have it this shallow is is quite

[20:56] common.

[20:57] >> Still no way to predict these things

[20:59] then.

[21:00] >> Well no uh we know what areas of the

[21:02] earth are most likely to have

[21:04] earthquakes but not not when and exactly

[21:06] where. That's uh not quite in our

[21:09] capacity. But is is has there any sort

[21:11] of odd seismic activity preceding this

[21:13] quake?

[21:14] >> Uh not that we know of. And um and

[21:17] typically a lot of the large earthquakes

[21:19] don't have much in the way of precursory

[21:21] um earthquakes. So u it's really we're

[21:25] not in the in the realm of earthquake

[21:27] prediction uh at this point, but uh this

[21:29] area is has seismicity uh quite often

[21:32] and so it would be hard to know if a

[21:34] small earthquake was going to lead to a

[21:36] larger earthquake.

[21:37] >> That's still a possibility.

[21:39] Oh well, we just had a large earthquake.

[21:41] There's always a chance of having more

[21:43] uh other uh adjacent large earthquakes,

[21:46] but uh more likely will be in a sequence

[21:47] of aftershocks that will continue for

[21:49] some time.

[21:51] >> That was a member of the US Geological

[21:53] Survey talking to me a little bit

[21:54] earlier. Well, now let's go and get an

[21:56] update from the Pakistani capital. The

[21:58] deputy bureau chief for AFP, Danny Kemp,

[22:00] joins us from the Pakistani capital. Um

[22:04] what can you what are you hearing right

[22:05] now?

[22:06] Um we're getting reports uh from senior

[22:09] government officials of um they're

[22:11] saying there's been massive devastation.

[22:13] Um they're still putting the casualty

[22:14] toll at the moment in uh uh in the in

[22:17] the dozens. Um although um they say it

[22:19] could rise and it could get very high.

[22:22] Um one of the uh you know one of the

[22:24] major instance here has been the

[22:25] collapse of a uh an entire apartment

[22:28] block in u in the capital Isamabad. Um

[22:31] it's a uh an apartment block where a lot

[22:32] of expats live. Um and I think it sort

[22:35] of struck us as a lot of people were

[22:37] sleeping and um you know our

[22:39] photographer at the scene has said that

[22:40] they've uh you know there are people

[22:41] trapped under huge concrete slabs um you

[22:44] there's people wailing very upset um and

[22:48] the the interior minister has been down

[22:50] there to uh to comfort the um uh to

[22:53] comfort people at the uh at the scene.

[22:56] >> Give us a sense of what you felt when

[22:58] the earthquake struck.

[22:59] >> Um it shook us out of bed. Um I was um

[23:03] we literally had a very rude awakening.

[23:06] We were um

[23:08] there was a rum a rumbling sound which

[23:09] uh which awoke us and the sort of the

[23:11] tinkling of uh things shaking in the

[23:13] house. Um my uh my wife and I grabbed

[23:16] our grabbed our daughter, ran downstairs

[23:18] immediately. Um and um where we got

[23:21] outside and the there were these pine

[23:23] trees near our house that were were

[23:25] shaking. Um all the light fittings in

[23:27] the house were shaking. It's never felt

[23:29] anything like it. How prepared are

[23:31] authorities though for dealing with such

[23:32] a such a catastrophe?

[23:34] >> Um Pakistan I think has the advantage of

[23:37] a a sizable military which means that

[23:39] they uh they you know they have a kind

[23:41] of large um rescue they have rescue

[23:44] teams and helicopters and um you know a

[23:46] large body of people that that they can

[23:48] mobilize at fairly short notice. Um also

[23:51] they have you know there have been uh

[23:53] there have been pre earthquakes here

[23:55] previously which have um and so they

[23:57] have you know there are there are plans

[23:58] for dealing with this situation but um

[24:00] obviously it's come as with most with

[24:02] any earthquake it's come out of the

[24:04] blue.

[24:05] >> We do seem to be getting the sense

[24:06] though that as far as Islamabad is

[24:07] concerned this building collapse though

[24:09] is the major incident that that much of

[24:11] the rest of the city is okay. Is that is

[24:13] that what you're getting?

[24:14] >> That that's right. Yeah. I mean we

[24:16] there's also a report of a um a school

[24:19] in Raal Pindi which is the sort of twin

[24:21] twin city of Islamabad. Um a school

[24:24] collapsing there with with one child

[24:26] dying and and six others injured. Um but

[24:28] yeah Islamabad itself is um is generally

[24:31] seems to be generally okay although a

[24:33] lot of people are staying out in the

[24:34] open and you see people sort of sitting

[24:36] you know sitting in public places

[24:38] avoiding being indoors. Um and there

[24:40] have been a number of uh we we've had

[24:42] reports of a fact we felt a number of

[24:44] aftershocks um as many as as many as

[24:46] four or five. Um which I think are are

[24:49] continuing to keep people on edge.

[24:51] >> Yeah, I was going to ask when was the

[24:52] last one you felt?

[24:53] >> Um the la the last one I felt was was a

[24:55] while ago now. I mean probably more more

[24:57] than an hour, but um it's um I think we

[25:00] we we getting reports from police of uh

[25:02] you know sort of very mild aftershocks.

[25:04] I think obviously they're uh they're

[25:06] feeling it. and also in uh in sort of

[25:08] northern northwestern cities like like

[25:10] Pashawa which is up near the Afghan

[25:11] border. They've um we we've seen on you

[25:14] know we've seen local reports of up to

[25:15] eight aftershocks there.

[25:17] >> Danny Camp the bureau chief for AFP

[25:20] talking to us now from Islam. Thanks

[25:22] very much Danny. We'll take a break but

[25:24] we'll continue our coverage [music] of

[25:25] this magnitude 7.6 earthquake in South

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[26:55] Welcome back. Here are the latest

[26:56] developments now. Following that major

[26:58] earthquake that struck Pakistan and the

[27:00] Indian subcontinent, the US Geological

[27:02] Survey puts the epicenter of the 7.6

[27:05] magnitude quake some 95 kilometers

[27:07] northeast of Islamabad. At least 19

[27:10] people have been reported killed. 14 of

[27:12] those were in Pakistan. Hundreds more

[27:15] have been injured. Five of those killed

[27:17] were in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[27:18] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[27:21] Rescue workers are searching for

[27:22] survivors in Islamabad where an

[27:24] apartment building has collapsed. Damage

[27:26] has also been reported in the villages

[27:28] of northern Pakistan. And a string of

[27:31] aftershocks, some in the five plus

[27:33] magnitude range started about an hour

[27:35] after the initial jolt. Pakistan has

[27:37] traditionally been an active region for

[27:39] earthquakes and a magnitude 7.6

[27:42] earthquake is classified as major,

[27:44] capable of causing widespread damage.

[27:46] Earlier I asked Pakistan's information

[27:48] minister about damage reports he's

[27:50] received so far.

[27:53] >> I have initial information of two blocks

[27:55] damage but uh the we have to wait and

[27:58] see the final information comes the

[28:01] doctors and emergencies vehicles are

[28:04] there but it will take some time to know

[28:06] the exact things.

[28:07] >> Do you have a sense of how wide a

[28:09] geographical area has been affected

[28:10] though in Pakistan?

[28:12] >> You know it's first time in 7 by 7.6 six

[28:16] maybe in 86 or 1984 there was some

[28:19] outbreak like this but uh we have to

[28:21] wait and see some different other

[28:23] villages if there is some casualty

[28:25] reports but in Rahul Pindi there's a

[28:27] railway school for girls so there is a

[28:31] one casualty of a girl and six girl

[28:33] injured there they have been sent to the

[28:35] hospital

[28:36] >> Pakistan's information minister Shik

[28:38] Rashidama talking to us a little earlier

[28:39] from Islamabad in Pakistan information

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[30:08] >> Panic and grief in Pakistan and

[30:11] elsewhere in central and south Asia as a

[30:13] magnitude 7.6 earthquake hits the

[30:15] region. Authorities expect [music]

[30:17] extensive damage and high casualties.

[30:20] I'm Sh Bratani at the CNN Center. You're

[30:22] watching an extended edition of World

[30:25] News and we welcome viewers from our

[30:26] sister network CNN USA to our coverage.

[30:28] Here are the latest developments

[30:30] following that major earthquake that

[30:32] struck the region. At least 19 people

[30:34] have been reported killed. 14 of those

[30:36] were in Pakistan. Hundreds more have

[30:38] been injured. Five of those killed were

[30:40] in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[30:42] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[30:45] Rescue workers are searching for

[30:46] survivors in Islamabad where an

[30:48] apartment building has collapsed. Damage

[30:50] has also been reported in the villages

[30:51] of northern Pakistan. A string of

[30:54] aftershocks. Some in the six plus

[30:56] magnitude range started about an hour

[30:58] after the initial jolt. The region has

[31:01] traditionally been an active one for

[31:02] earthquakes. Earthquakes aren't uncommon

[31:05] in that area off the subcontinent.

[31:08] Several strong quakes have hit the

[31:09] region in recent years and I spoke with

[31:10] David Applegate of the US Geological

[31:12] Survey a short while ago and he

[31:14] explained why the region is susceptible

[31:16] to earthquakes.

[31:18] >> It's a very active region. Uh there have

[31:20] been large quakes in Pakistan uh in in

[31:24] the not too distant past. It's a thrust

[31:26] earthquake. It's related to the motion

[31:28] of the uh the Indian subcontinent and it

[31:31] as it plows into uh into Asia and that's

[31:35] of course resulting in the the Himalayas

[31:37] and the caricorum range uh being being

[31:40] uh uh built up through that mechanism.

[31:42] >> Obviously there's a great deal of focus

[31:44] on tsunamis and that sort of thing these

[31:45] days. Is there any risk of a of a tidal

[31:47] wave?

[31:48] >> Uh no, this one is far enough inland.

[31:51] It's the same kind of mechanism that

[31:53] that generates tsunamis. But there has

[31:57] been I understand shaking felt in India

[32:00] and in uh and in Afghanistan as well as

[32:03] in uh Pakistan. But uh uh but no no no

[32:07] danger of a tsunami but uh the main risk

[32:10] is strong shaking

[32:13] >> and we're still at a very preliminary

[32:14] stage of gauging the scale and the

[32:17] extent of the damage and casualties.

[32:19] Information is coming in minute by

[32:21] minute. We'll continue to bring it to

[32:22] you. But for the moment, we're going to

[32:23] take a look at some other world news,

[32:26] beginning in New York City, where the

[32:27] mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is standing by

[32:29] his decision to go public with

[32:30] information about terror threats against

[32:32] the city's subway system. Authorities in

[32:34] Washington have questioned the

[32:35] credibility of the Iraqi based

[32:37] intelligence. But the mayor says the

[32:39] timing of the rumored attacks played a

[32:40] major role in his decision to tell the

[32:42] public. Deborah Far has more from New

[32:44] York.

[32:46] >> It began during the morning rush. First,

[32:48] a suspicious package, then a soda can

[32:51] filled with green liquid at Penn

[32:53] Station. In the afternoon, a major

[32:55] Manhattan subway line was temporarily

[32:57] shut down. And so it went. The mayor

[33:00] standing by his decision to warn New

[33:02] Yorkers despite opposition from

[33:04] Washington.

[33:04] >> A lot of our in our information comes

[33:06] from the FBI. And what you see in

[33:09] Washington is different intelligence

[33:11] agencies looking at either different

[33:12] information or evaluating it

[33:14] differently. The timing of the suspected

[33:16] attack is one reason New York City's

[33:18] mayor went public.

[33:20] >> CNN learning that Friday, October 7th,

[33:23] was talked about as a date for a

[33:24] possible attack. Sunday, October 9th was

[33:27] another date mentioned.

[33:28] >> The intelligence information you get is

[33:30] never going to be so explicit and so uh

[33:35] guaranteed to be correct. By the time

[33:37] you get that, the event has already

[33:39] taken place. An official close to the

[33:42] investigation tells CNN the information

[33:44] about the suspected attack came from a

[33:46] source who had provided accurate

[33:47] information in the past. The official

[33:50] telling CNN the source was questioned in

[33:52] Iraq and passed a polygraph test

[33:54] concerning the proposed New York City

[33:56] subway attack. That source trained at a

[33:59] terror camp in Afghanistan. Based on the

[34:02] information, the US launched a joint

[34:04] operation. Three men were taken into

[34:06] custody. An official tells CNN they are

[34:09] of different nationalities, some Middle

[34:11] Eastern. The FBI chief in New York says

[34:14] there's no reason to believe any terror

[34:16] suspects are in the city. As for the New

[34:19] York Washington split, a highle city

[34:21] hall source tells CNN Mayor Bloomberg

[34:23] spoke with Homeland Security Secretary

[34:25] Michael Cheroff before Thursday's press

[34:27] conference and that Cherof did not ask

[34:29] the mayor to withhold the information or

[34:31] stand down. The source also says New

[34:33] York's FBI chief did get permission from

[34:36] the FBI director in Washington to attend

[34:38] the press conference. Deborah, CNN New

[34:41] York.

[34:42] >> And in the US capital, a bomb threat

[34:44] forced the Washington Monument to close

[34:46] on Friday afternoon. Authorities

[34:48] evacuated the structure after receiving

[34:50] a threatening telephone call. Bomb

[34:52] sniffing dogs are brought in but didn't

[34:54] detect any explosives and tourists were

[34:56] allowed back into the monument about 2

[34:58] hours later.

[35:00] The US military is reporting new

[35:01] casualties as it ends a large-scale

[35:03] offensive in western Iraq. US military

[35:06] officials say six Marines were killed on

[35:08] Thursday in two separate roadside

[35:10] bombings. The violence came on the last

[35:12] day of Operation Iron Fist, a six-day

[35:14] sweep for insurgents in Anbar province.

[35:17] Officials say more than 50 al-Qaeda

[35:19] militants were killed during that

[35:21] operation. Even though Operation Iron

[35:23] Fist has ended, the US is keeping a

[35:25] significant troop presence in western

[35:27] Anbar province. Military officials say

[35:29] they're trying to keep insurgents from

[35:31] forming a solid base there and to stop

[35:33] foreign fighters from crossing the

[35:35] Syrian border. The crackdown comes

[35:36] during a surge in violence that was

[35:38] predicted by the US military. Pentagon

[35:41] correspondent Barbara Star reports.

[35:45] Just days now from Iraq's October 15th

[35:48] referendum vote on its new constitution

[35:55] and the predicted upturn in violence is

[35:58] underway. US and Iraqi forces are

[36:01] continuing their offensive in western

[36:03] Iraq trying to stamp out as much of the

[36:06] insurgency as possible before the vote.

[36:10] But statistics show questionable

[36:12] progress against the insurgents. attacks

[36:15] against US troops and Iraqis are on the

[36:18] rise.

[36:18] >> It shouldn't be too terribly surprising

[36:21] and we as we as we've looked towards the

[36:22] the political events that are about to

[36:24] occur, we we we expected that there

[36:27] would be some some increase.

[36:29] >> Last month, there were 2500 insurgent

[36:32] attacks, up from 1,500 in March, the end

[36:36] of the post-election period. And as for

[36:39] those improvised explosive devices,

[36:42] IEDs, and suicide car bombs, last month

[36:46] there were 1,000 incidents. At the same

[36:48] time last year, 750.

[36:51] The lethality is clear. 42 troops killed

[36:55] last month, 31 in March, 16 in the first

[37:00] 6 days of October.

[37:01] >> Overall casualties, which is not which

[37:04] is not only fatalities, but but wounded

[37:06] in action as well. It it is clear that

[37:09] IEDs,

[37:11] mines, and vehicle-born IEDs, that

[37:15] category is where the preponderance of

[37:18] of casualties are of coalition

[37:21] casualties are coming from.

[37:22] >> In fact, a senior US commander tells CNN

[37:26] that IEDs account for 45% of attacks,

[37:30] but 75% of casualties.

[37:34] There are now 152,000 US troops in Iraq,

[37:38] an increase of about 14,000 to provide

[37:42] security for the upcoming election. But

[37:44] US commanders say that is still less

[37:46] than what might have been needed because

[37:49] Iraqi security forces are taking on an

[37:52] increased role. Barber Star, CNN, the

[37:55] Pentagon.

[37:56] >> We return to our top story after the

[37:59] break. The major earthquake that has

[38:01] struck South and Central Asia. We'll

[38:03] have reports from Islamabad and New

[38:05] Delhi coming up. Stay with us.

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[40:20] top story. The major earthquake in

[40:22] [music] South Asia. The epicenter of the

[40:24] quake was some 90 km from Islamabad

[40:27] where an apartment building has

[40:28] collapsed. Rescue workers are searching

[40:30] for survivors in the rubble of that

[40:32] building. At least 19 people have been

[40:34] reported [music] killed. 14 of those

[40:36] were in Pakistan. Hundreds more have

[40:38] been injured. Five of those killed were

[40:40] in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[40:42] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[40:44] Damage has also been reported in the

[40:46] villages of northern Pakistan. A string

[40:48] of aftershocks, some in the six [music]

[40:50] plus magnitude range, started about an

[40:52] hour after the initial jolt. Let's get

[40:55] an update now from Islamabad. One of our

[40:57] producers, Sad Mushin Nakovi. Actually,

[40:59] he's in Lahore, Pakistan. In fact, not

[41:00] in Islamabad. I beg your pardon. Sad.

[41:03] Uh, what are you hearing now?

[41:05] Uh Shihab, we have just received a

[41:07] confirmation from local official in

[41:09] Islamabad that they have received uh

[41:12] they have recovered at least eight dead

[41:15] bodies from the apartment building which

[41:17] collapsed this morning because of this

[41:19] earthquake. We are receiving some

[41:21] reports from northern area of Pakistan.

[41:24] The death toll of uh from northern area

[41:26] is now 20 people uh who got killed uh in

[41:31] this earthquake. So the death toll is

[41:33] now 29 which we uh have and uh all uh

[41:38] emergency emergency has been declared in

[41:40] all the hospital of Islamabad. Uh there

[41:43] is a big rescue operation going on uh

[41:45] near that apartment building. Uh other

[41:48] than that there uh two cities Islamabad

[41:51] Rahul Pindi and Pishawad they are still

[41:53] receiving the aftershocks of earthquake.

[41:55] Uh Shiha

[41:57] >> you feeling anything in Lahore?

[41:59] No. Uh, not really. But in Islamabad,

[42:02] I've talked to several people. They are

[42:04] still still saying that they are still

[42:06] receiving aftershocks.

[42:07] >> What is the sense though that we're

[42:09] getting um of the situation in Pakistani

[42:12] controlled Kashmir and the other

[42:14] northern areas of Pakistan?

[42:19] Shahhab in Pakistani northern areas and

[42:21] in uh Pakistani uh Kashmir uh Pakistan

[42:25] army has already started a big of rescue

[42:28] operation there as General Shaka Sultan

[42:30] told CNN that army helicopter has been

[42:33] used uh for that rescue operation.

[42:36] Nobody else can actually go to that area

[42:38] right now without helicopters and they

[42:41] are reaching to those villages which uh

[42:43] were damaged because of this earthquake.

[42:45] But we still haven't got a clear picture

[42:47] about northern areas right now.

[42:48] >> But any preliminary indications? I mean

[42:50] there was some wires that suggested that

[42:52] whole villages had been wiped out. Is

[42:54] that still thought to be the case or was

[42:56] there just was that just preliminary

[42:57] reports that may not be true? Uh Shihab

[43:01] actually we also received a a report

[43:02] about a village in uh Pakistani uh

[43:05] Kashmir but when we checked and uh we

[43:08] talked to somebody in that particular

[43:09] village and they said yes there are a

[43:11] lot of houses were damaged but you know

[43:13] it was not a right report that the whole

[43:15] uh village was uh collapsed but uh so we

[43:19] are receiving some conflicting reports

[43:21] about this right now.

[43:23] >> What did you feel though in Lor did you

[43:25] feel anything where you were?

[43:27] Yes, in the morning it was a a big

[43:29] earthquake and uh at least

[43:32] two dozen people were injured because of

[43:35] this earthquake. We uh still haven't got

[43:37] the confirmation but there are one or

[43:39] two casualty also because of this

[43:41] earthquake. uh there are several

[43:42] building which uh collapsed there uh is

[43:45] a there a school building which also

[43:47] collap because of this earthquake and

[43:50] still it's not only in Lahar it's on the

[43:52] whole Punjab province plus northern

[43:54] areas plus you know Pakistani Kashmir

[43:57] and it's going to Afghanistan so it was

[43:59] a big big earthquake

[44:01] >> bigger than bigger than any recent ones

[44:04] >> yes I couldn't remember anyone in the

[44:06] last several years I think this was the

[44:08] worst one

[44:09] >> how prepared are the authorities to deal

[44:10] with such catastrophe.

[44:13] >> Right now we are we are in touch with

[44:15] the uh Pakistani local officials as well

[44:18] as the federal government also. They are

[44:20] trying their level best what according

[44:21] to them whatever sources they have they

[44:24] have already started using them. They

[44:26] have already called Pakistan army to

[44:28] help them out. Uh army is also helping

[44:31] them out and uh Islamabad and other big

[44:33] cities uh in Pishaw also army helping

[44:36] them in northern areas they are helping

[44:38] them. So they are trying to use all the

[44:40] resources but they are not used to this

[44:42] kind of situation. So it's they are

[44:43] facing a lot of problems also.

[44:45] >> Any official word from General Mashara?

[44:48] >> Not yet. Uh uh we haven't got any uh

[44:50] word from the president or not from

[44:52] prime minister yet.

[44:54] >> Say thank you very much for updating us

[44:55] from Islamabad. Let's get an update now

[44:57] from the Indian capital New Delhi where

[44:59] our senior international correspondent

[45:01] Satenda Bindra joins us. Satinda what

[45:02] are you hearing?

[45:06] Shihab, what we are hearing is uh

[45:09] mounting casualties. These casualties

[45:11] are mounting in Indian controlled

[45:14] Kashmir. So far we've been told that

[45:17] nine people there are confirmed dead. Uh

[45:20] other figures are putting the number of

[45:22] casualties to be much higher. In the

[45:25] town of Uri, we understand that 75% of

[45:29] the homes there have been completely

[45:31] damaged or destroyed. uh in the town of

[45:34] Baramula in Indian controlled Kashmir,

[45:36] six people uh confirmed dead. Uh in

[45:39] Shinagar, two people there confirmed

[45:41] dead. Uh several uh roads are blocked

[45:44] because of landslide and we are now

[45:46] given to understand from authorities

[45:48] that the Indian army is also actively

[45:51] helping out. Uh the Indian National

[45:53] Disaster Management Plan has been

[45:55] activated and uh authorities telling us

[45:58] that this earthquake was felt right

[46:00] across the expanse of North India. We

[46:03] understand the earthquake was quite

[46:04] shallow. Uh the epicenter was about uh 6

[46:08] miles or 10 kilometers from the surface

[46:10] which explains why this expanse is so

[46:13] widespread. Parts of Pakistan,

[46:14] Afghanistan, northern and indeed western

[46:18] parts of uh India being affected even as

[46:21] we talk shihab aftershocks are still

[46:24] being felt in Indian controlled Kashmir

[46:27] and many people are petrified. They're

[46:29] too scared of uh going indoors. We

[46:32] understand about 350 people uh in Indian

[46:36] controlled Kashmir particularly in the

[46:38] town of Shinagar have been injured.

[46:40] They've been rushing the hospitals uh

[46:42] complaining of uh of trauma. Many people

[46:46] continuing to go there and there is

[46:48] still a climate of fear particularly in

[46:51] northern India. Shiha

[46:53] >> tell us what you felt when the

[46:54] earthquake struck.

[46:58] Sheh, it was at about 9:30 uh uh in the

[47:02] morning uh here uh in New Delhi when

[47:06] buildings started to sway. According to

[47:08] some residents, buildings even swayed 5

[47:11] to 10°

[47:13] uh light fixtures uh started rattling.

[47:18] Dishes which were sitting on top of

[47:20] tables started falling down. There was

[47:22] noise, there was promotion, there was

[47:23] panic. Many people rushed out of their

[47:25] homes. Others got on to vantage points

[47:27] to find out really what was happening

[47:29] and it was quickly established that this

[47:31] indeed was an earthquake. Earthquakes do

[47:34] occur here uh in uh uh in India and in

[47:37] the subcontinent. In fact, Shihab in

[47:39] 2001 that was the last major earthquake

[47:42] in this region and people remember that

[47:44] still quite clearly and quite vividly

[47:46] because of the widespread casualties and

[47:48] damage. Then it was estimated that about

[47:51] 30,000 people had been killed. So, ever

[47:53] since then when people feel tremors they

[47:56] do tend to get quite scared they do tend

[47:58] to get uh quite frightened and even as

[48:01] we talk as I've been reporting even

[48:03] earlier people still fearful people

[48:05] still not clear what exactly could

[48:07] happen uh in the coming hours

[48:10] authorities are telling us that as

[48:11] communications are established with more

[48:13] and more areas they expect the casualty

[48:16] count they expect damage reports uh to

[48:18] continue to intensify

[48:20] >> it would appear from the reports from

[48:21] Pakistan though that Islamabad with the

[48:24] exception of that building collapse

[48:26] seems to have gotten off without too

[48:27] much damage. Is the same true for the

[48:29] metropolitan areas in India?

[48:34] Shihab uh the metropolitan areas that

[48:37] I'm closest to we have uh little reports

[48:40] of uh extensive damage but uh in Indian

[48:44] controlled Kashmir in the town of Wuri

[48:46] I've mentioned and in the town of

[48:47] Baramula the damage uh is uh is quite

[48:51] extensive these are smaller towns

[48:53] they're not large uh metropolitan areas

[48:56] uh and it is expected uh here in India

[48:59] as indeed in Pakistan that most of the

[49:02] damage could be in the rural areas. has

[49:04] and it'll still take some time for

[49:06] authorities to exactly find out what has

[49:09] gone on. Some roads are still blocked.

[49:11] Power supplies in Indian controlled

[49:13] Kashmir are still down. Phone lines are

[49:16] still very hard to uh to establish. So

[49:19] in the coming hours uh it it will

[49:22] provide a better picture what exactly

[49:24] happened because this of course a large

[49:26] earthquake. It's been described by the

[49:28] US Geological Survey as a quote major

[49:31] earthquake with an intensity of 7.6.

[49:34] Shiainda Bendra in New Delhi. Thank you.

[49:36] Information as Satenda said still coming

[49:39] in. We'll continue to cover this story

[49:40] in the coming minutes and hours. We will

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[51:24] Welcome back. Let's bring you up to date

[51:25] now on the latest developments following

[51:27] that major earthquake that struck

[51:29] Central and Southern Asia. The US

[51:31] Geological Survey puts the epicenter of

[51:33] the 7.6 six magnitude quake some 95 km

[51:36] northeast of Islamabad. At least 19

[51:40] people have been reported killed. 14 of

[51:42] those were in Pakistan. In fact, our

[51:44] producer Sad Nakvi in in Lahore just

[51:48] told us that maybe the figures might be

[51:49] as high as 29 by now. Hundreds more have

[51:51] been injured. Five of those killed were

[51:53] in Indian controlled Kashmir where

[51:54] nearly 200 houses have been damaged.

[51:56] Rescue workers are searching for

[51:58] survivors in Islamabad where an

[51:59] apartment building has collapsed. Damage

[52:01] has also been reported in the villages

[52:03] of northern Pakistan. A string of

[52:05] aftershocks, some in the five plus

[52:07] magnitude range started about an hour

[52:09] after the initial jolt. Pakistan has

[52:11] traditionally been an active region for

[52:13] earthquakes and a magnitude 7.6

[52:15] earthquake is classified as major

[52:18] capable of causing widespread damage and

[52:20] earlier I asked Pakistan's information

[52:22] minister about damage reports he has

[52:23] received so far.

[52:26] I have initial information of two blocks

[52:28] damaged but uh the we have to wait and

[52:31] see the final information comes the

[52:34] doctors and emergencies vehicles are

[52:37] there but it will take some time to know

[52:39] the exact things

[52:40] >> but do you have a sense of how wide a

[52:42] geographical area has been affected

[52:44] though in Pakistan

[52:45] >> you know it's first time in 7.6

[52:48] six maybe in ' 86 or 1984 there was some

[52:52] outbreak like this but uh we have to

[52:55] wait and see from different other

[52:56] villages if there is some casualty

[52:58] reports but in Rahul Pindi there's a

[53:00] railway school for girls so there is a

[53:04] one casualty of a girl and six girl

[53:06] injured there they have been sent to the

[53:08] hospital

[53:09] >> Pakistan's information minister Shik

[53:11] Rashidama talking to us earlier from

[53:13] Islamabad Pakistan information is coming

[53:15] in by the minute as to what is going on

[53:18] as those remote areas in North Pakistan

[53:20] and Indian and Pakistan controlled

[53:22] Kashmir come in. We'll continue to bring

[53:24] that information to you as we get it.

[53:26] But now we're going to take a look at

[53:27] some other news stories and staying

[53:29] though on the subject of natural

[53:31] disasters. The US has sent helicopters

[53:32] to Guatemala to help distribute food aid

[53:35] to those hit by the mudslides and floods

[53:36] there. Rescuers are still trying to

[53:38] reach people cut off in remote locations

[53:40] after flooding destroyed roads and

[53:43] bridges. Here's Harris Whitbeck.

[53:46] Daniel Roiko and his family have spent

[53:48] days waiting for a helicopter to take

[53:50] them from the hotel where they were

[53:52] staying on Guatemala's Lake Atitlan.

[53:54] They hoped to get out after torrential

[53:56] rains turned their vacation into a

[53:58] nightmare. They withstood flooding in

[54:00] parts of their hotel after refusing an

[54:02] order to evacuate. All we had was a

[54:04] little walkman radio and with that we

[54:06] could hear that where they were

[54:07] evacuating the people too was uh a

[54:11] little gymnasium here

[54:13] from the the local town here and they

[54:17] were asking for help for water and they

[54:19] didn't have any electricity so we felt

[54:21] safer here at the hotel and we refused

[54:23] to leave the hotel.

[54:24] >> The heavy rains have ruined the roads

[54:26] and bridges that link the lake an

[54:28] important tourist destination with the

[54:30] rest of the country. In one community

[54:32] close to the lake, the number of dead

[54:33] from a mudslide on Thursday has risen to

[54:36] 40. Rescue workers say many more may be

[54:38] missing. Blocked roads and thick fog

[54:41] have hampered their efforts. It has been

[54:43] virtually impossible to access the area

[54:45] around Lake Atipilang. And while workers

[54:48] are trying to open the roadways, as time

[54:51] passes, the situation for the

[54:53] inhabitants of this area becomes more

[54:55] difficult. Because for days now, they

[54:56] have not had access to food or to water.

[54:59] Little by little, help is starting to

[55:01] arrive. In Guatemala City, members of a

[55:04] private air club pack bags of food and

[55:06] water, which are being flown, weather

[55:08] permitting, to the affected areas. The

[55:11] task of rebuilding roads, bridges, and

[55:13] homes will take weeks and months to make

[55:15] this once again one of the most idyllic

[55:17] spots on Earth. Harris Whitbeck, CNN,

[55:20] Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Well, flooding

[55:22] and mudslides spawned by heavy rain from

[55:24] Hurricane Stan continue to slam the

[55:26] Central American region from

[55:28] southeastern Mexico to Colombia. More

[55:30] than 250 people have been killed. In

[55:33] Mexico, the heavy floods have left river

[55:34] banks overwhelmed and homes washed away.

[55:37] Mexican President Vicento Fox made two

[55:39] trips to the city of Tapachula on Friday

[55:42] to help with aid distribution. Mr. Fox

[55:44] said in a statement that his government

[55:45] will use rising oil profits to help

[55:47] victims of the storms. Well, let's get

[55:50] the complete global weather forecast.

[55:51] Here's Lola Martinez.

[55:54] >> Hello there and a very nice weekend

[55:56] ahead across many portions of Europe. We

[55:58] will see some showers though and they'll

[56:00] pretty much be confined to the west and

[56:02] to the south. Let's take a close look

[56:04] today Saturday. New front crossing parts

[56:07] of the British Isles bringing a little

[56:08] bit of unsettled weather as well as into

[56:11] parts of Italy and in general across

[56:13] central Med, but the rest of Europe

[56:14] looking quite nice and dry. Lots of

[56:16] sunshine there. We could see things

[56:18] changing just a bit across Scandinavia

[56:20] by Sunday, but we've been seeing some

[56:22] unusually warm temperatures across the

[56:25] region as well as into many parts of

[56:27] Europe. They will continue for the

[56:28] coming days. Also quite pleasant into

[56:30] parts of Portugal and Spain with nice

[56:33] temperatures. Let's take a look now at

[56:34] Mexico where southern parts are now

[56:37] flooded from both coasts. That is from

[56:40] Tawasco all the way into Tapacula. Let

[56:43] me tell you why. Let's go there and see

[56:46] some images. Well, this uh the death

[56:49] toll continues to climb across uh

[56:52] southern Mexico and Central America.

[56:54] Over 218 deaths are reported after

[56:57] Hurricane Stan and other systems poured

[57:00] torrential rains into the region.

[57:03] Swollen rivers burst their banks,

[57:05] flooding large regions and densely

[57:08] populated towns. In the meantime, in

[57:11] Guatemala, rescuers fought through

[57:13] crumbling mountains and waterlogged

[57:16] plains to try to reach survivors. An

[57:18] emergency team worked through a night of

[57:21] fog and rain amid multiple mudslides to

[57:24] get to the Indian village of Santiago

[57:26] Atiplan. 40 people died in one of

[57:30] hundreds of landslides. Well, let me

[57:33] tell you uh the reason why. Right now,

[57:35] although we have some high pressure

[57:37] across much of the Gulf, just some days

[57:40] ago, we had a hurricane hurricane stand

[57:42] that was crossing the region plus

[57:44] several systems producing some

[57:46] torrential rains. Rains that continue

[57:48] day after day. Right now, the the soil

[57:52] is very saturated. So, any amounts of

[57:54] rain that do fall are not helping the

[57:57] situation. Now, of course, we're going

[57:58] to see some more shower activity

[58:00] throughout the weekend, although

[58:01] somewhat improved conditions are going

[58:03] to continue for parts of El Salvador.

[58:06] But in the meantime, very nice

[58:07] conditions will continue for the

[58:09] majority of Argentina and Chile with

[58:11] lots of sunshine, although we will have

[58:12] some pop-up showers into southern parts

[58:14] of Brazil.

[58:44] >> [music]

[58:49] >> going to take another break, but then

[58:50] our coverage of the major earthquake

[58:52] that's hit Central and South Asia will

[58:55] continue in [music] just a moment.

[59:07] >> [music]

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