saturday night. here is what we know. this disaster hit popular beach areas in sumatra and java. officials say at least 168 people are dead. hundreds more have been injured. a volcano may have triggered this tsunami, which is unusual here, by setting off underwater landslides. at least one official says the disaster hit without warning. because they don t have a system of warning for a volcano that could trigger it. earlier i spoke with kathy mueller of the canadian red cross. she is in an area that had been recovering from an earthquake that hit in september. it s a wide swath of land. perhaps one kilometers long that has been impacted by this tsunami. the main access roads to this very popular beach resort area as was mentioned by for local tourists, the main access road is also damaged, so that is hampering efforts to actually
canadian red cross. kathy, we know you re very busy. thank you for talking with us. ivan was just reporting this was a bizarre phenomenon it seems, a tsunami out of nowhere triggered by what looks to be a volcanic eruption. can you give us a sense of the vastness of this area that was hit. from what we re understanding, natalie, is that it s a wide swath of land, perhaps one kilometers long that has been impacted by this tsunami. the main access roads to this very popular beach resort area as was mentioned by for local tourists, the main access road is also damaged, so that is hampering efforts to actually get to the area that is impacted. and then it s not just going to be the highly populated areas that also need attention, but any of the remote areas where
number one, cut the power to the building and occupied by the demonstrators and then let the winter do the work. on generators for heat and running out of fuel and they ll have to come out and if warrants for their arrest, start picking them off one by one. that s one approach of law enforcement to consider, kate. tony, do we know if there s any presence of law enforcement around there? i mean, the fbi said they want a peaceful resolution. do you see any law enforcement presence at all? reporter: absolutely none. we are at the entrance, the main access road is blockaded by the demonstrators and militants and we have not seen anyone from the fbi office and tomorrow the sheriff holding a community meeting and he expects to hear voices there saying we want you out the of town, demonstrators, protesters, we talked to community members and the children are not in school and as any parent can tell you, when you have work to do and school is in school and they are not,