the south pacific area is bracing for winds of 165 kilometers per hour.long with torrential rain, that's likely to cause flooding and landslides. while the seas will be wild and dangerous. >> drop tropical cyclone pam is a category five. at the moment we have winds of 220 kilometers now at the center. what we're really worried about is that wind can do extreme damage, rip roofs off, pulls trees out, power lines down and there's the storm surge that can come in. >> reporter: the australian foreign minister urged citizens to reconsider traveling to the island. the tropical storm has already caused damage elsewhere in the south pacific. charity work as the weather is getting wilder by the minute as cyclone pam moves closer. >> right now the situation is incredibly dangerous. there's incredibly strong winds racing around the capitol here which is the city of about 45,000 people. the trees are blowing, all foil i can't imagine is going everywhere, and you know i'm in a strong hotel, concrete block hotel, i'm on the third floor and even this was shaking. >> rep

for survivors following a deadly cyclone. 170-mile-per-hour winds batter an island chain in the south pacific. villages are wiped out. dozens are feared dead. a sexual assault investigation rocks a los angeles high school. four teen boys suspected the targeting two teenaged girls and posting photos on social media. a texas ice cream institution issues its first recall in a century after three people died. the rescue of miracle baby lily. now police footage shows how she was saved. >> come on, baby. >> axelrod: and a homeless man find purpose and brightens his neighborhood with a roadway garden. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." .>> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. we begin tonight on the other side of the world with a natural disaster. a chine of islands in the south pacific that makes up a countrycalled vanuatu has taken a direct hit from a powerful cyclone with wind close to 170 miles per hour. neighbor you haven't heard of vou before but you may very well have seen it. this group of islands was one of the locations where the long-running reality show "survi

officials from south pacific nations are seeking represent. they want to set up early warning systems for tsunamis and storms. delegates from samoa, vanuatu and the cook islands are among those attending a u.n. conference in the city of sendai on reducing disaster risk. the representative to tuvalu says cyclone pam damaged residential areas in the north of his country. he said local people had nowhere to run. islands often have no high ground. they're vulnerable to disasters. the delegate from samoa says his country is experiencing extreme weather more frequently. he blames climate change. the official says they carry out evacuation drills to get ready for disasters, but he stresses they lack funds to prepare for these situations. >>> japan's top government spokesperson says a recent discovery shows beijing is inconsistent in its claims over islands in the east china sea. yoshihide suga says a map published nearly five decades ago shows china used a japanese name for the senkaku islands. >> translator: the map is a new find. it is a document t

we will take a closer look at the rising officer now in the south pacific, a powerful tropical cyclone is lashing the pacific island chain. heavy rain and strong wind are already hitting the island chain. eight agencies say many people living in primitive housing in that country are particularly at risk. >> 50% of those people are living on less than one u.s. dollar per day. you can imagine the infrastructure across this area is not able to cope with an equivalent to a category five hurricane. here's the latest. 260 kilometer per hour wind gust with this monster of a storm that is running due south, parallel along with this island nation or this ark pell go of about 85 separate islands across this separate region. there are major risks and major factors that people need to consider. this is a very vulnerable coastline specially the east and south facing parts of these islands. here's why. remember in this part of the world we have a clock-wise rotation around tropical cyclones just like this. tropical cyclone pam. that means it's going to push up the strongest winds bringing a compound

across the south pacific, this storm has already caused flash floods and strong winds. you can see right there, the red is the center of it. you can see the strength of it there. causing significant damage. i've been speaking to alex clemons from unicef. >> right now the situation is dangerous. there is incredibly strong winds racing around the capitol here. which is the city of about 45,000 people. the trees are blowing, all foliage is going everywhere and i'm in a very strong hotel, but even this is getting shakes when the wind gusts are coming through. i'm in a very concrete block hotel, i'm on the third floor of a big hotel and even this is shaking. any preparations should have been completed by now because we're in the middle of it. the national office has done a great job of trying to get everyone ready. 82 islands and the y-shaped chain. communication is difficult. there's many islands that don't is telecommunications or weak telecommunications. the national development office from the government has been doing a telephone replay for those very remote islands. re

it's been along chile's south pacific shores. one person has died. 20 others are injured. in the mist of the evacuation, firefighters managed to pull a litter of puppies from a house that burned. >>> there are unconfirmed reports that the cyclone has killed as many as 40 people. >> reporter: cyclone pam, winds approaching 200 miles per hour, stirred up rough seas. >> i'm speaking to you today with a heart that is so heavy, i don't really know what impact cyclone pam has left on vanauatu. >> reporter: many areas have no running water. the extent of the damage is still unknown, but concern expressed it is widespread. >> our deepest condolences as well as our strong commitment in solidarity to the people of vanauatu. >> reporter: authorities crammed people into 23 emergency shelters just been the cyclone hit. more than 200,000 others are spread over dozens of the small islands. new zealand has pledged a million dollars in aid. they need that help in a hurry. another cyclone is forecast to hit near the island chain in the next few days. >> cyclone pam is now about 500 miles no

been persecuted would support d.a.e.s.h., which needs to be avoided >>> rescue workers in the south pacific are d desperately trying to reach the south islands. they have arrived with food water and other vital supplies. cyclone pam wiped out all developed. up to 24 people are believed dead, and 3,000 others have been displaced. we have this report from the capital port villa. from the air you get glimpses of the destruction, but it's up close that you see the full impact that cyclone pam had on port villa. 90% of the buildings in vanuatu's capital have been damaged. trees are down etch. rain and floodwaters made what the wind did worse. few people die in port vela and injure ace two were light. at the hospital colin litch hurt his foot. he showed us how he got the injury trying to save his carriage. it was futile. >> the metal of the garage that sliced your foot. >> yes. >> his partner pleaded with him not to go out in the storm. >> i was crying. i thought i would lose him, yes. >> reporter: litch is a builder. there'll be plenty of work coming his way. within meters of his house is destru

emergency teams are being rushed to the south pacific its after winds up to 270 k/hr caused widespread destruction. the u.s. secretary of state said progress has been made in the iran nuclear talks. but gaps need to be overcome before any deal can be reached. speaking from the egyptian city of shamal shake where he's attending the economic development conference. >>> more than 300 syrian migrants are being detained in turkey after coast guards fired pop their ship. it ignored warnings to stop as it past through the dar dannel straight. the ship was taken to port and three were arrested. the refugees have been trying to get to italy. they've been taken to a nearby town >>> opponents of bashar al-assad started prodefendants in march 2011 were, protests in march 2011 i.s.i.l. didn't exist. questions are being asked as it hit the fifth year, whether the united nations could have done more to prevent its growth. >> reporter: no one in the west predicted what i.s.i.l. would become. they should have. at the time the focus was on the aftermath of the arab spring. in 2012 in the middle of a ful

devastation and destruction today in part of the south pacific.ere killed after cyclone program took direct aim at. >> the sound of wind gusts up to 200 miles per hour as cyclone pam slammed into the south pacific island of vitamin watt tu. endangering the lives up to 250,000 people >> itting loose like absolute devastation here. roofs are ripped off everywhere. it looks like an absolute bomb has hit it. it's devastating. i'm just driving around what you can drive through. there are a lot of roads that are blocked off. trees have fallen across in some piles so high you can barely see over the top. the water is incredibly rough. there are some villages that have been just absolutely decimated. there are local -- which are native roofs they've been blown away. >> most of us in the hotel ended up sleeping underneath the facilities in the bottom. i've been through many cyclones including in 2006. it was phenomenal. >> it's one of the strongest cyclones ever to hit the region. people took cover in churches and schools. the capital city to port vila suf

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south pacific awful. been watching that store for days and days. very strong. autria: any problems headed our way? doug: not really. we'll get a preview of springlike temperatures and it will start turning colder. autria: we haven't been counting down to spring or anything like that. doug: not a bit. let's get started here with a live look at montgomery college in rockville. 50 degrees when the sun breaks through. i'll take a wild guess based on the parking lot they're on spring break. see that? it's a beautiful day. a couple of days today and tomorrow, very high temperatures. average high is 56. we'll be well above those numbers going forward. right now it's 64 degrees in winchester and in culpepper. 54 still in rockville. 52 degrees for washington. and the temperatures this map kind of gives you the real key of what's happening. you see the darker shades we've kind of colorized those to match the cooler numbers. low 40's in annapolis and 41 just dropped. 50 at reagan national. get a little further west in the upper 60's and this map, i think will really show

we get in toward the islands, south pacific.ve been watching four cyclones move in this area and cyclones hurricanes typhoons are all the same but one of this magnitude, a category 5 making a direct hit on an area where many islands do not have one cinderblock or one brick. they're in thatched huts dp this is what we've been watching a well-defined eye over this area. 82 islands, 60 inhabited. a quarter of a million people here in survival mode right now. port vila a direct hit, capital city 50,000. another 100,000 to the south of them and we can't get any information. storm surge, 26 feet. that's incredible. winds over 200 miles per hour. it's going to take days the if not weeks to find the death toll which will most likely rise exponentially in the days ahead. we know flights with aid are coming in from australia and new zealand. it will be a long go without power, water, and a big need as far as medical supplies. >> no question about it. thanks tom. we appreciate you put aing it in perspective for us. if you want to help the

teams are hurrying to search for survivors in vanuatu after a powerful cyclone devastated the south pacific nation. >>> more and more people in japan are taking advantage of crowd sourcing to connect people with jobs they might not otherwise find. >>> and delegates to a u.n. conference on disaster risk reduction are visiting japan's northeast coast to learn lessons from the 2011 tsunami. >>> teams of international rescuers are on the ground in vanuatu in the south pacific. they're trying to help survivors of a powerful cyclone that ripped through the island nation. red cross officials say at least eight people died in the capital port vila. but some areas remain cut off and aid workers say the death toll could rise. nhk world is on the scene and has this report. >> reporter: cyclone pam struck on friday packing powerful winds and torrential rains. by saturday, it had left a path of destruction across vanuatu. the storm tore roofs off concrete buildings andled trees onto roads. many supermarkets and other stores are closed due to blackouts. those that are managed to reopen are packed with pe

so slowly but surely the authorities in south pacific are piecing together the cyclone. the more they find out, the grimmer it gets. at the moment the number of deaths revised down from 24 to 11 by the united nations. there is a concern that that figure will increase as communications and visits to outlying islands continue. >> reporting from port villa. we'll have more on the aid efforts, relief on our website. now, let's turn to a completely different story. >>> forensic scientists believe they have found the tomb of spain's best known author cervantes nearly 400 years after his death. a team of researchers used cameras, 3-d cameras and radar to pinpoint the burial site of the author. now he was lost after the chart buried in was rebuilt in the late 16th century. they will be allowed to separate the bones if they can use dna analysis to see which bones do not belong to the author. remarkable. >>> still to come here on "bbc world news," stay with us. prince harry confirms he is leaving the army in june. he's still thinking about what to do next. (clucking noises) everyo

a new i would forms in the south pacific. hear from one of the first men to set foot there. we begin with the new elections in israel. between prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his challenger, too close to call tonight. but it's not stopping the men from delivering victory speeches. netanyahu has secured 27 seats. and isaac herzog, also 27 seats. and the party placed 3rd with 13 seats. from the headquarters of the zionist union party dean joins us with more. >> hi, john. indeed we were at the zionist headquarters when the polls closed local time. and there was a lot of cheering and celebration and then you start looking at the screen, and you realize that a block away netanyahu's headquarters, the same kind of partying was going on, and everybody starts to shrug their shoulders and this is israeli politics, and what happens now? the numbers don't give them a victory. theyeach party has 27 seats. and neither leader, isaac herzog, or benjamin netanyahu are willing to concede. let's hear what they said after the numbers were readout tonight. >> and now we have to set up a s

the south pacific island began to form in january from a volcanic eruption. unfortunately scientists say the island won't last more than seven months. >>> another american has been infected with ebola at a treatment center in sierra leone. the worker will be transported back to the u.s. today and admitted to the national institutes of health in bethesda bethesda, maryland, for treatment. >>> days after the "blurred lines" verdict it's reported jay-z will pay a jazz musician a portion of royalties for his song "versus." the exact amount of royalties owed to the 79-year-old musician is not disclosed but it will bring an end to the 18-month legal battle. >>> senator joe man sin is speaking out over a new bill which passed the statehouse yesterday, would allow a person to carry a concealed gun without a permit or safety training. manchin criticized the proposal saying there is not one west virginian whose second amendment rights will be infringe the without this bill. >>> the first lady stopped by the "ellen" show to bust a move. the first lady is promoting "give

many people are feared dead after cyclone pam hit the south pacific nation of vanuatu. cross says the destruction is unbelievable. winds of more than 250-kilometers an hour brought downpour lines and caused storm surges. >>> china has sent fighter jets to its border with myanmar and is accusing myanmar of an air raid in chinese territory that killed four people. myanmar says it's targeting ethnic chinese rebel that his wants to take over the cocaine region. egypt says it will build a new administrative capital east of cairo. part of a series of mega projects announced during all summit aimed at attracting more investment in egypt. >>> now, india's prime minister is travel to go northern shri lanka to handover 50,000 new home to his people who lost their lives during the civil war. he has already met leaders of the tamil national alliance. he is due to become the first indian lead tore visit in almost 30 years. the city is the former strong hold of the tamil tigers who were defeated six years ago. and that is where we are joined live now. tell us about just how significa

dozens are feared dead after cyclone pam swept through the south pacific nation.inds of up to 270-kilometers an hour have caused significant damage to the islands and cut off remote provinces the unites nations are sending emergency teams in to the country which lies east of northern australia. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: destruction in the wake of sigh crone pam. aid workers describe the scenes as unbelievable. the category five tropical storm has uprooted trees torn downpour lines and ripped off roofs. in the capital many buildings still stand but it's feared that the damage to villages and remote islands will be extensive. communication is down so assessing the full account pact could take time. >> it's been a very, very destructive cyclone, hitting a country that is using a lot of traditional shelters and housing which means that they are quite vulnerable to this kind of intensity. so we are planning for the worst case scenario. >> reporter: the approach of the cyclone was terrifying. the seas swelled as driving rain and strong winds swept in. >> t

cyclone pam tore through the south pacific islands on friday and saturday. u.n.ials say 24 people were confirmed killed and 3,300 have been displaced. emergency officials say they sent a helicopter to one of the worst-hit islands to assess the damage. they say about 80% of the buildings have collapsed. >> it washed away everything. and all my iron. everything is gone. >> oh, very frightening. you just don't know whether you'll face another day. >> rescue workers are being hampered by floods. many areas are still cut off by fallen branches and damaged roads. the governments of australia and new zealand have sent military personnel to help with the relief work. they are flying in water and medicine. the japanese government is sending a team to assess what specific aid is needed. >> translator: the extent of the damage is not clear. so we will go there and talk to local people to see what japan can do to help. >> japan decided on sunday to provide emergency aid supplies, worth about $170,000, including sleeping bags and waterproof sheets. >>> people in crimea are ma

amy: about half the population of the south pacific island nation of vanuatu has been left homeless by cyclone pam, a category 5 storm. vanuatu's president directly linked the storm to climate change. we will get an update from 350.org's bill mckibben who also talk about how a nasa scientist estimates california has about one year of water left. and how the united nations body responsible for global climate change negotiations is backing the campaign to persuade investors to sell off their fossil fuel assets. then, as wikileaks founder julian assange marks is 1000th day seeking silent -- a salem swedish prosecutors have agreed for the first time to come to london to question him. >> we see this as a victory for julian assange and as an evidence that we were right all the time, that the prosecutor was wrong all the time, and we will cooperate fully to get this interrogation made as soon as possible. but it may take some time. but that will not be up to us. amy: we would get an update from wikileaks and julian assange's lawyer michael ratner. all that and more, coming up. welcome to demo

now to the south pacific.l cyclone pam is wreaking havoc, with its heavy rains and strong winds. agencies say many people living in primitive housing are at particular risk. pam is one of four cyclones churning in the indian and pacific oceans. we're joined on the line with a firsthand look with conditions there in vanuatu. obviously the storm is bearing down. what can you tell us about conditions there? >> at the moment we're heading towards the peak of the storm. we're expecting it to be at the same latitude at about 8:30 p.m. tonight, about four hours from now. so this was a category 5 super cyclone. we're already hearing unconfirmed reports of casualties of the outer islands. >> alice, just a few minutes ago, we had another guest who brought us some still images of what we are to see there on the island. if we can show those images again, we're talking about homes that have been boarded up. many of the homes described as primitive housing. what would you say about the conditions that the homes people will

the most powerful storms ever to make landfall makes a direct hit on a tiny island nation in the south pacific. >> more questions in ferguson as police hunt down those responsible for shooting two officers and the mayor says he's not going anywhere. >> good morning. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christi paul. glad to have you with us. 10:00 in the east 7:00 in the west. you're in the "cnn newsroom".." >>> the south pacific island chain of vanuatu is declaring a state of emergency in the wake of the powerful and deadly cyclone. >> relief workers say the destruction from tropical cyclone pam is so massive it looks like a bomb went off in vanuatu's capital port vila. six people are dead after the storm roared assure yesterday and it's seriously feared this toll will go much higher. the u.n. says the airport's damaged which, of course makes it hard for international aid teams to get in. >> trees are down there in many areas, cutting off access to some roads there in hard-hit regions and when it roared ashore the cyclone'ss winds reached 200 miles per hour equal to a category 5 hurricane. >> cannot

here what's left on satellite as it's fizzled across the south pacific. it will go into the books as one of the most memorable storms. and the numbers and fay tals unfortunately you would have to imagine would be far greater than what we're initially seeing because of the remote nature of the slanz and the air strips on the islands are so small. you will imagine eight, nine-foot -- eight, nine-meter storm surges would have washed this away. getting to them by air would be challenging. >> luckily the islands aren't as densely populate as where typhoon hay haiyan hit. >> it will be a terrible situation for people. many of the more primitive homes that can't be rebuilt. i don't know where people go from there. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> if you want to get involve and help victims of cyclone pam just head to cnn.com/impact. i'm sure they will pressure it. on the wait you will fine a list of approved agencies on the ground organizing help for those who desperately need it. again, that is cnn.com/impact. >>> this other story reads like a chapter fro

more on this a little bit later in the show and, of course that massive cyclone in the south pacific. rain to snow. rob, thanks for tracking it all for us this morning. >>> now, the manhunt is intensifying in ferguson, missouri. the suspects who shot two officers at a protest this week are on the run right now and investigators are working around the clock tracking down leads. our kendis gibson is in ferguson with the very latest on the search. hi, kendis. >> reporter: paula, good morning. the update we're getting from the county police chief saying they have no suspects. they are zero persons of interest but they do have plenty of leads. overnight ferguson very much on edge, showers dampening attendance at a late night vigil. >> we're not going nowhere until we start seeing some changes. >> reporter: but doing little to calm tensions in the st. louis suburb as a manhunt intensifies. this morning, county police scouring new images of wednesday night's shooting of two police officers from departments outside ferguson. [ gunfire ] footage gathered from many eyewitness phones, television

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they are shamans in training at a south pacific hogwarts. >> they can make miracles.ange the weather. they can give sun now and they can even change and make it rain. >> who can change that, the spirits? >> yeah, the spirits, that's the link. >> i see, i see. the man in charge is chief isaac, and he explains how in the 1940s, a god appeared on tanna in the form of an american soldier named john frum. the god told them that if they rejected christian missionaries and stayed true to old customs they would be awarded with boatloads of american cargo. well, then game world war ii and boatloads of american cargo. prophecy fulfilled, they thought. and to this day, the u.s. flag is a religious symbol for this so-called cargo cult. so the volcano speaks to you? >> mm-hmm, yes. >> they have to be ready. and they believe john frum lives inside the volcano with their ancestors. in fact chief isaac warns that if our hearts are not pure, climbing the volcano can bring danger and pain. well, here goes nothing. [ hoof beats ] i wish... please, please, please, please, please. [ male

. >>> cyclone pam leaves a trail of destruction in the south pacific. first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast it's raining and a not a good hair day. >> reporter: stay indoors and play nintendo. do a board game, something indoors that will keep you occupied. we'll see lots of this lots of low-level clouds and periods of rain. some of it will come down heavy at times that will lead to ponding on roads and poor drainage flooding. not a nice start to the weekend. there's the view on storm tracker 6 live double scan. looks like we decorated for st. patty's day. rainfall totals up to this point have been in line with what we were forecasting yesterday. millville, philadelphia, pilots half inch of rain. up to this point in doylestown, .43. as you can see there's plenty more to go. this extends into the ohio valley pittsburgh, cleveland troilt -- detroit all seeing wet weather. that's the back edge pushing through washington, d.c. the metro area. that will swing through this afternoon. the steadiest rain shut off around 1:00 p.m. give or take, and t

welcome to vanuatu. 83 perfect little islands in the south pacific where air travel usually involves that is much older than the pilot. >> i'm nick. >> i'm bill. >> you're a pilot. you're our chauffeur. >> that's right. >> you look, i have to say, alarmingly young. >> i get that a lot. >> 1973 britain norman islander, our chariot to vanuatu for the next eight or nine days. they say she may be small but she's slow. i've been described the same way. there is talk of expanding the airport here in the capital of port vila. talk of bigger planes bringing more tourists to nicer hotels. the chinese are building a gigantic new convention center. but the other 82 islands of vanuatu are very different. some like this, some like that. some tribes that embrace change, others that want to keep it simple. let somebody else put on pants and go punch a clock. so this is a country at a crossroads, a land of low islands vulnerable to rising seas, a wonderland vulnerable to developers and profit motive. the modern world is closing in fast, and while some tribes can't wait to join, others are fighting t

. >> but first to the devastation caused to doddss of tiny remote islands in the south pacific ocean. vanuatu is trying to pick up the pieces after being struck by cyclone pam. eight people are known to have died. >> reporter: venturing out of their homes to assess the devastation left by tropical say cyclone pam. vanuatu was hit by winds up to 272 kilometers an hour on friday. the category five storm the most severe on the scale uprooted trees and tore apart stores and homes. power was cut and as the storm raged residents could do little but wait. >> i had my back against the door and i'm listening to the roof, which sounds like it's lifting, and i'm holding on to dear life here. this is not fun. all i can do during this is think about people in vaunuatu who have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster. >> as pictures of the devastation of the capitol slowly emerge, the real concern are for those who live in smaller villages and on the outer islands. they say it's possible that entire villages have been wiped out. >> it has been a destructive cyclo

. >>> a tropical cyclone swamps the south pacific country of vanuatu. >>> plus an american man accusedf murdering his girlfriend's mother and putting her in a suitcase appeared in court this week. how he explained that gruesome crime. those stories coming up. he's out there. there's a guy out there whose making a name for himself in a sport where your name and maybe a number are what define you. somewhere in that pack is a driver that can intimidate the intimidator. a guy that can take the king 7 and make it 8. heck. maybe even 9. make no mistake about it. they're out there. i guarantee it. welcome to the nascar xfinity series. >>> welcome back to our viewers around the world and in the united states. you are watching cnn. let me bring you up to date with the headlines that we are following for you this hour. >>> breaking news two suicide blasts in lahore pakistan. at least ten people have been killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for those attacks. >>> at least two isis suicide bombers blew themselves up at an iraqi security forces building in ramadi. a councilman said at le

york city as an artistic news. >>> cyclone pam slammed the south pacific this weekend. storm was called a monster by the president of van watt tu. >> it killed 24 and left over 3,000 people without homes. those numbers are likely to rise and nicole mitchell has more. >> these are equivalent of a category 5. winds up to 185 miles. they don't do hurricane reconnaissance but a lot of water damage as well rising at least two feet above the local side levels and we have seen the dramatic video of all of the wind being reported. so you can see all of the dramatic damage from this. this is what it looked like over the weekend at its peak. you can see that well-formed eye. the circular feeder bands coming in. and that's how they use the interpretation to classify how strong it is. so you can see it starting to diminish as it heads south. and as it headed towards new zealand it moved into colder water, and became what we call extra tropical but still impacted new zealand with flooding areas. still had winds to 90 miles per hour. so caused wide-spread power outages and things of

cyclone pam slams into the south pacific island. >>> plus vladimir putin returns.hat the russian president has to say about his ten-day absence. >>> the united nations say the death toll from cyclone pam hitting the south pacific is raising. andrew has more. >> reporter: from the air you get glimpses of the destruction, be it's up close that you can see the full impact cyclone pam had. aid agencies said 80% of the buildings in the capitol have been damaged many beyond repair. trees are down everywhere. wind and flood waters made what the wind did worse. thankfully few people died. and injuries too were light. at the hospital was colin who hurt his foot during the storm. he showed us how he got the injury trying to save his garage and car. it was futile. it was the metal of the garage that sliced your foot? >> yes. >> reporter: his partner pleaded with him not to go out in the storm. >> i was crying. i was -- i was panicked. i thought i'm going to lose him. yeah. >> reporter: he is a building. there will be plenty of work coming his way within meters of his house. h

. >> and next houses flattened after a cyclone hit south pacific island.he reason the country's president says he can't get a handle on how wide spread that damage is. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it is 6:24. aid workers are scrambling to help people on the south pacific islands after am devastating cyclone. this weekend's storm damaged 90% of homes in the capitol city of port vila. six people have been confirmed dead but the death toll will likely climb. there is still uncertainty about just how wide spread that damage is. >> there is a break down of communications. we cannot reach our families and we do not know if our families are safe or not. and as a leader of a nation, my whole heart is for the whole people of the nation. >> the red cross says thousands are still in need of shelter, food, and water. they have a population of 267,000 people spread over 60 islands. >>> silicon valley companies including google and intel are taking action to increase diversity but for more african americans the job market is bleak. unemployment rate remains 1.3% h

the south pacific archipelago took a direct hit. the storm headwind of 168 miles per hour, the equivalent of a category five hurricane. the full extent of the destruction may not be known for days. wet weather could not dampen spirits at the rock 'n roll marathon. thousands cheered them on. police closed dozens of streets for the run and reopened this afternoon when the last winner crossed the finish line. coming up, misery gets some company. plus bracing or impact. >> i believe we blew an tire on departure. kimberly: inside the rocky kimberly: this is a live look at metro center you can see a huge response. they are reporting back that they did not find anything. trains right now are single tracking on the orange and blue lines now. this is the scene at metro center and we were repeating -- reading some reports on twitter that there was smoke on the track. we will keep you posted at metro center. the dramatic and dangerous landing a drug denver after a plane's tires explode on take off. instead of heading to kansas ci circled denve

. >>> united nations emergency teams are being rushed to the south pacific island of vanuatu. jerald tan has the latest. >> the tropical cyclone pam has tornado off roofs and downed power lines. villages and remote islands damage will be steven. communicatescommunication is down. so it will take a very lock time. >> he has been a very destructive cyclone. hitting a country that has a lot of traditional housing so they are vulnerable to this kind of damage. we are poised for worst case scenario. >> reporter: the approach of the cyclone was terrifying. the seas swelled as driving rains an winds swept into vanuatu. >> everything is blowing around pretty seriously and it is shaking up to be a long night in the country. >> reporter: the government issued a nationwide red alert. people boarded up homes and shops before designated shelters. offering to help what's already been described by the u.n. as possibly one of the worst weather disasters in pacific history. jerald tan, al jazeera. >> the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon was in japan when he expressed his condolences. >> i ju

a cyclone is the same thing as a hurricane just in the south pacific in the south of the equator andof these happening right now but the most intense heading towards new zealand, that general direction, is cyclone pam. meanwhile, across the west 93 in los angeles. a number of records broken yesterday. we'll have that again today and the heat will i think continue tomorrow and bills across parts of the west into the 70s in denver and 70s as well in kansas city and across much of the pacific northwest much needed rain there. they will take it for sure. that's a quick check. dave it is a soggy start to the weekend, plenty of moisture coming our wayn the midwest the e heavst rain to our north but it is going to be an umbrella kind of they. heavieier rain just to the north of the districict. all day long,ain. temperatures well above the freezing pnt, l ra out there today.y. temperatures about 60, asonably mild. tonight, cold froront. tomorrrrow, a much n >> an announcement from ryan smith. he's heavy pregnant right now. you look fantastic. >> spanx, right? >> man spanx. pan spanx. >> resp

the south pacific archipelago northeast of australia, took a direct hit from a cyclone pam. it had wind of 168 miles per hour, equivalent to a category five hurricane. the extent of destruction may not be known for days as communication with the small island has been knocked out. that is tornado-strength. eileen: it is just devastating to see those conditions, and our thoughts and prayers go to all those people on the island. kimberly: it is tough with the weather. eileen: it is today we got a healthy dose of rain. even though it is gloomy, looking at the bright side of things the weatherbug camera at army navy golf course, looking greener, no longer snow covered and the rain is making conditions a little bit nicer for us. we will have brighter conditions in the skies tomorrow. as far as the rainfall today anywhere between half an inch and one inch of rain. .93 inches of rain in germantown .63 of rain in leesburg. live super doppler picking up on some sprinkles, but the majority of rain has moved out. the temperatures not all that bad, upper 50's. 57 downtown, 54 lexington p

. >>> relief agencies and crisis teams heading to the south pacific for what's being called a majordisaster. vanuta took the brunt of a category 5 cyclone. a unicef worker recorded her scary moments as she rode out >> i'm just holding on for dear life here. this isn't fun. and all i can do during this is think about the people in vanuata who have absolutely no shelter. this is going to be a horrific humanitarian disaster. we need your help is pleading for outside help and new zealand and australia promising to send money and disast. >>> police officers put it all on the line to save a toddler trapped in the river. see of their point of view. >>> and different kind of pi day for couples at this pizza joint. why tying the knot on this particul ♪ land of the free ♪ >>> competing to belt out the national anthem for the nets. se ♪ or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ >>> singing the anthem a cappella local musicians auditioned today and if they get the job they sing the star-spangled anthem this year. >>> it is national pi day, otherwise known as the return of that little fun

. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum bum - bum - bum - bum♪ >> in the south pacific the search is on forple lost in the aftermath of cyclone pam. the damage is widespread. it is said to look like a bomb went off in the capital. homes and businesses are blown away. people have no access to running water or outside communications. the u.n. is going to deploy emergency response teams to that area. >> 5:43, let's get to our weather. it's raining. >> reporter: it's going to be one of those days you scrambled to do something indoors. find a board game, a good movie relax on the couch. take a load off. it's going to rain this morning and this afternoon it tapers off to a couple of showers. storm tracker 6 live double scan, pick out your locations. everybody seeing the steady rain at this point. occasionally it comes down heavier as indicated by the darker greens and yellows. bridge the vineland, fortescue rain in south jersey. the whole area is seeing a good soaking. 36 in allentown. philadelphia, 39. 46 in millville. wildwood 46 degrees. there's going to be a pretty large temperature contrast

your blustery sunday forecast plus col ♪ >>> a monstrous cyclone in the south pacific batters the chaind. at least eight people are dead and many more are missing. the cyclone packing winds as high as 168 miles per hour. >>> fox's karen mchugh looks at the devastation. >> reporter: powerful cyclone tears through a chain of tiny islands in the south pacific leaving a path of destruction in its wake. communications are down and many hard hit areas so it could be days or weeks before an accurate death toll is known. fierce storm packing winds close to 175 miles per hour tearing the roofs off homes and uprooting trees. the island nation lies about 3500 miles southwest of hawaii. it's feared entirely villages have been destroyed in morey moat areas and thousands have been left homeless. officials are asking for international help. >> i stand up here in behalf of the government and people of the local community to give a lending hand and responding to this very tragedy that struck us. >> reporter: united states nations australian and new zealand among those offering assistance. >> australia h

we are watching a truly giant storm in the south pacific.t is a huge storm that is called cyclone pam. the island nation of vanuato is being hit by this monster. it has significant storm surges flooding around in vanuato's capital city. there is reports of power out and no running water. the united nations is preparing an emergency response team. they say they fear the worst. we'll keep you updated on this as we learn more cyclone pam hitting the south pacific right now. when you set out to find new roads you build the chevrolet malibu ranked highest in initial quality and long-term dependability by jd power. ♪ chevrolet, the most awarded car company over the last year. get this epa estimated 36 mpg highway 2015 chevy malibu with 0% apr financing for six years plus $500 purchase bonus cash. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the o

the south pacific state devastated by a powerful cyclone. tens of thousands of people are new living in temporary shelters, a communication blackout means that little is known about conditions beyond the capital, but the first reports from the outer islands are beginning to trickle in. they paint a picture of utter devastation. much of the housing around the capital, port vila has either been destroyed or severely damaged. our correspondent john donnison who was on the first commercial flight allowed into the country since the cyclone has sent this report from a village near the capital. >> reporter: this is pango village just outside vanuatu's capital, port vila. about 2,000 people live in this village and you can see where the cyclone ripped through this community on saturday night with massive force. if you look at the houses some pretty damaged. this one made of corrugated iron and a bamboo roof and it's really been ripped apart. elsewhere, though, we've got much more sturdy buildings, and you can see what a difference that makes. these

we'll see what happens next. >>> coming up for us, an island in the south pacific is still trying tothe damage done by tropical cyclone pam. the storm killed 11 people and destroyed thousands of homes and many are stranded in a hospital with few supplies and very much damaged equipment. >> cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson has more. >> reporter: the only way to be able to reach the vanuatu island of tanna is by plane. and the locals tell me they've been completely cut off from the outside world since friday night when cyclone pam struck this island. having come from the capital city today, port vila, i can say ank doecdotall anecdotally, far more houses look like they've been destroyed by those 155-mile-an-hour winds that ripped through here. i'm outside the only hospital really on this island. you can see some of the damage behind me here. half of the hospital basically made inoperable by the rain that broke in through windows. there is only one doctor here. he says he has not been able to communicate with the capital, with the outside world for four days now. and

happening right now, the south pacific is on alert for possible tsunami waves after a large earthquake. the earthquake struck off the coast of upon new guinea. waves of 3 to 10 feet are possible there and in the solomon islands. a key update tonight from new york city. after crews find two bodies in the collapsed building. >> the likelihood of anyone else being here is very small. kimberly: new york's fire commissioner said while crews are still searching, they do not expect to find anyone else in the debris. they say that the two bodies they found today belong to the two missing men. both were believed to be inside of a sushi restaurant when the gas line exploded. they are trying to figure out if the line was tapped illegally. crews have reportedly identified the remains of the 70 victims of the 150 people on board the germanwings flight that crashed into the french alps. and a new and terrifying ordeal in the air, a passenger jet slams into the runway, injuring several people on board. it had circled, waiting for a break in the weather before landing. to hear the passengers, the land

. >>> breaking news out of the south pacific, a powerful earthquake prompted a tsunami warning. a quake struck earlier. no reports of damage or injuries on land. but it is a big place. the tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas within 1,000 km. there is no threat to the california coast. >>> victims of last year's big quake in napa have just two days left to apply for aid. they are offering grants up to $25,000. available to property and business owners who's people's loans that did not cover all of their repair bills, victims are waiting to see if their stuff is salvageable. one storage facility was badly damage today it has been red tagged and mark kelly tells us the owners want the renters to come up with the cash to save it. >> reporter: he is launching a campaign. not for city council, not for school boards, but to rescue his belongings and twoothers -- 200 others to get his stuff. >> the quake seven months ago hit napa self-storage hard, unit nine00 that is leaning. hundreds of tenants say they were to foot the bill to fix the building or else it will get knocked dow

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. >>> tonight in the south pacific, emergency help is starting to arrive. the island nation was devastated by cyclone pam, 80% of the building in the capitol were damaged or destroyed by the category 5 storm. the damage is worse in out lying areas. the official death toll is 8. it is almost certain to rise as rescuers reach a remote island. they are open for aid flight that started to arrive from new zealand. >>> e-mail scandal plugs hillary clinton is not going away soon. despite her speaking out about it. the new twist that is expected this week. >>> time is ticking down to the deadline to ♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> all eyes are on meetings with iran. some members of congress may have already derailed the plan. >> reporter: secretary of state, john kerry, landed in switzerland on sunday night to continue nuclear negotiations with iran. they hang in the balance after freshman s