now, ukrainian officials say all three bridges into that city are impassable making the journey even harder for civilians who want to escape, but a little more than 50 miles west of severodonetsk, some who initially fled came back and are now hell bent on staying put. ben wedeman visits a family sleeping in a damp, dank basement as putin s war knocks at their front door. the city may be half empty, but the church of the holy spirit is almost full. the city is perilously close to the front lines, but with faith and stubbornness, the few stay put while others have come back. this family left shortly after the outbreak of war. staying with relatives in western ukraine. she returned a month ago. for now, home sweet home is a dark, damp basement shared with other building residents.
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only the precursor to the massive 7.1. the quake felt throughout southern california and in two other states. so powerful it forced some to sleep outside. feels safer out here. at least if the house collapsed we wouldn t be inside. reporter: tonight more than 4,800 aftershocks rattling nerves. california s governor requesting a presidential emergency declaration for the communities impacted as this entire region remains on edge. marcus moore joins us live. marcus, we saw that family sleeping outside fearful of more tremors. what are people in the impacted communities telling you about the potential for more powerful quakes? tom, they re going to begin to recover. some people are starting over from scratch. like the family that lived in this house, you see nothing left on the inside. it burned down in the aftermath of friday s earthquake. when you look at the wider region, tom, there s a sense this area has been spared. when you consider america s second largest city los angeles
as they move. there s probably also snipers around who have clear views of those rooms. obviously a complicated operation to carry out in an area that s a residential area to some extent. ion credibly complicated. what they are probably trying to do now, besides contain these armed individuals, or presumptively armed individuals is they are trying to evacuate people above, below and on the sides. you don t stop trains and then leave a family sleeping next door. the problem is moving around and getting these people out exposes you potentially to other hazards and attacks. okay, steve. i think we ll leave it there for the time being. but just to recap, this happened at 4:30 in the morning paris time, now about two hours and 20 minutes ago, for our viewers who maybe, in fact, just tuning in right now.
in three separate sessions, wolf. barbara, thanks very much. all of this is only deepening the mystery of aleppo s population. there s a lot of misery over there as well. the people there already traumatized by years of this bloody civil war. many are trying to flee only to find there s absolutely no place left to go. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is near the syrian border. nick, you got some exclusive video of possible russian air strikes on aleppo s southern side, what are you finding out? if that begins it will be shocking. already reduced to rubble. but it s south of that city in the countryside where people are being impacted. what seems to be russian air strikes here we obtained this foota footage. it shows the impacts and shows how the people of that town having nowhere else to flee have simply run into the fields around it setting up tents around their vehicles. one family sleeping under