the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes, like matchboxes. almost 60 people have died
the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he s in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbours house, but says she doesn t know what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone, her daughter tells us. it s been a devastating 2a hours for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses and engulfing neighbourhoods. smashing homes,
speaking from washington, described him as a catastrophe. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes, the water ripped up the roads, tossed because aside like toys. tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and her family fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was injured. he is in hospital. margaretta points out what once was her neighbour s house, but says she does not know what to them. what happened to them. as to her own property, half the house has gone. her daughter tells us. it has been a devastating 2a hours, for west germany, but for belgium and the netherlands, too. rooftop rescues, people dragged to safety, the water, a deadly torrent, destroying houses
all right. now to hawaii where fast moving lava from kilauea is forcing sudden evacuations. at least 8 of 24 fissures reactivated yesterday destroying homes. authorities going door-to-door now in affected neighborhoods. the changing wind direction could expand toxic gas in populated areas. we have miguel marquez with more. reporter: dave and christine, this is far from over from residents of hawaii. eight fissures in the last 12 hours became active. if you look down here that is fissure eight destroying houses in leilani estates. ten homes in the last 24 hours have been destroyed. in total, 41 homes and 82
a fresh round of angry words in syria. united states today joined seven western nations in expelling syrian diplomats in outrage over friday s massacre of 108 civilians including 49 children in this syrian village of hula. this weekend s massacre is a horrifying testament to this regime s depravity. this was clearly a way to demonstrate the international community s absolute disgust and horror at the actions taken by the assad regime. jessica yellin was among those listening as the president denounced the killing. i understand mr. carr aney sayi it s important to show the outrage, but president assad is not exactly shaking in his boots. what is the administration hoping to accomplish? they re trying to accepted a message to further isolate the regime, but they acknowledge it s really meant as a symbolic gesture and another step to reflect the international communities disgust. but they admit that this diplomatic action is going to stop the killing. i know it s hard, b