talk about just how toxic it is. reporter: that site was a large chemical warehouse containing all sorts of toxic material. sodium cyanide is a chemical used in chemical manufacturing and in the mining industry. it s stuff that is easy to inhale. and if inhaled or ingested it can be lethal to humans quickly. we are talking about 700 tons of it lying around in the blast zone. that s why the military officer in charge are saying they are doing everything they can to handle this with the utmost care and methodically. if the material has leaked into the ground they have been building walls around it to contain it. if they have found the barrels ripped open by a blast forces they are trying to neutralize the chemical with hydrogen peroxide. now if the barrels happen to be
is now increasingly difficult with all these potential danger from the chemicals. that s why the general told us they have more than 2,000 soldiers combing the area around the blast site in a three kilometer radius, trying to find any chemicals that may have been launched into the air by the powerful blasts that night. they are trying to clean it up. many people, including the homeowners say they are still very worried and don t think they could ever move back to their former residences. as you have been speaking with us we are looking at these shots from the rail station, the light rail station you have been recording from. unfortunately we weren t able to get a live shot up. we can see the train there, time standing still. one of the clocks locked at the time when the blast went off,
at least 82 people were reported killed and 250 wounded in the blast in douma northeast of damascus. this shows the aftermath of the attacks. ambulances were on alert before the shelling and the number of wounded overwhelmed the field hospitals. for thousands of migrants, starting a new life in greece was supposed to be a dream come true. instead many are facing a nightmare. the u.n. says nearly all the migrants are fleeing wars in syria, iraq, and in afghanistan but it s only those from syria were allowed to board this refugee ship on the greek island of kos on sunday. they will be allowed to seek asylum. others aren t so lucky and their desperation is growing. members of the group doctors without borders gave cnn an inside look into their work on
aircraft is not equipped to handle it. and it doesn t have visual cues. you re not going to see a cloud formation and radar is capable but conventional radar you don t have access to spot this ahead of it. it s something that i m sure authorities are looking at carefully. the weather pattern here is notorious for the eddies that form. aviation accidents always unsettling to cover and we ve had to report on far too many of late. many thanks to you for explaining the situation on the ground there. appreciate it. thousands of chinese troops are searching for chemicals at the site of last week s massive explosions in tianjin. the blast killed at least 114 people. 70 are still missing.
spotted debris believed to be from the trigana air service flight. the plane lost contact with air traffic control in the country s remote papua region on sunday. chinese troops are searching for toxic chemicals at the site of the warehouse explosions in tianjin. 114 people were killed and 70 are still missing. workers are trying to neutralize chemicals before rainfalls which could create toxic gas. air strikes by syrian government forces have killed at least 82 people in the rebel held town of douma according to reports from aid groups and the syrian observatory for human rights. this video shows the aftermath of the blast that activists say wounded 250 people. an iranian court could announce a verdict in a case