effect that, in fact, it was so hot that it was badly burning people or sweeping them away in a literally burning river of mud and ash and rock and volcanic gas. that is nightmarish enough. then you get back to these villages. at least 11 villages, many of them buried under the ash which is in some cases as high as the houses. it s covering vehicles, covering houses. you don t know if there are people trapped. you don t know if there are bodies down there. but as the rain falls and then it dries, this ash then becomes so hard that people are walking on it, it s almost like mixing concrete. you have the official death toll of 15, including potentially three bodies that were pulled just in the last couple of hours, paula, a man, woman and a child. yeah, i mean, will, the images combined with your description is just horrifying. we mentioned that there are hundreds of people displaced at this point. what are authorities doing to
higher than the village. with the rain mixing with the ash, it s like mixing concrete. they re continuing to search. some of the rescue crews digging with their hands trying to find anybody who by some off chance may have survived. indonesia no stranger to this natural disaster. they sit on the ring of fire, a lot of earthquakes, tsunamis. the government has launched a pretty extensive emergency response trying to relocate all of the people staying in emergency shelters right now. laura? will ripley, thank you for staying on top of that one for us. the lions cap an emotional week in detroit with a dramatic come-from-behind win dedicated to the victims of the oxford shooting. andy scholes has the bleacher report. reporter: it took a full calendar year but the detroit lions have a win. it s been 364 days since they notched a win. jaylen elliott honoring oxford
dealing with heavy wind, heavy rain, and when you have all of that volcanic ash that has rained down on these villages, at least 11 villages, many of them buried under ash that sometimes is as high as the actual houses that are so severely damaged. then you combine the rain with that, when it dries, it s like mixing concrete. so you have homes and buildings that are essentially and potentially bodies as well that may be very difficult to recover. some of these villages are considered a total loss. villagers who are displaced are going to have to be in limbo for at least six months, getting government assistance before they can be moved into more permanent housing. but they ve had to set up these evacuation centers in mosques, schools, assembly halls, in some cases in people s homes in other surrounding villages and they re calling in for more help because the conditions are dire. not just the weather, but also these pyroclastic flows, which is this mix of ash and rock and volcanic gase