Grip on the territory has been degraded in iraq and syria. In the last nine months it has been targeted in mosul by the iraqi army, backed by us and coalition airstrikes. Victory has come at a cost with an estimated Eight Thousand civilians driven from home and stop what was once a beautiful old city is now mostly rubble. Every building deeply scarred or destroyed by months of war. We joined the Search And Rescue teams looking for survivors. But more often, they are just recovering bodies. With the heat, there is also the strong smell of decay. Ali is hoping against hope that his brother and his family are still alive. Their house was hit in an air strike just a few weeks ago. It was being used by Islamic State fighters. Ali says that he spoke to his brother on this phone while he was trapped somewhere under the rubble. And then, he stopped answering. All they find here is decaying corpses. Its a similar story everywhere they go. While that was happening, the iraqi Prime Minister was e
time. here you see the crying families who found out they didn t make the cut. this is happening in tacloban, which is by far the hardest hit city in all of the philippines. this photo from the air well, you can see it just shows a barren coastline where homes used to stand, crowded with buildings. the wind and a 20-foot storm serge wiped everything out. we have a satellite image that should show you why here. this is tab low ban and the typhoon land fall. the rising sun lit up the eye wall. there s no image that can explain the suffering playing out in one family at a time. on the streets of tacloban, bodies are piling up. row after row of decaying corpses. and surviveyears are struggling to cope with the stench.