In recovering bodies, saying he feared the city risked an epidemic of infection from the large number of bodies under the rubble and in the water. The libyan red crescent described the scene as like a bombardment and earthquake at the same time. When the dams collapsed, a wall of water weighing 1. 5 Million Tonnes crashed down the wadi derna river, gouging out huge parts of the city, before reaching the sea. To give you a sense of the power of that tsunami, 20 centimetres of fast moving water, is enough to knock adults off their feet. Here, there was three metres of water sweeping away everything in its path. The human cost is colossal this man hasjust found his son and begs Rescue Workers not to touch him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again, some people have lost 30, 40, 50 members of their extended family. Lets start by hearing from one survivor who describes what he went through. Translation we woke up at around three or 3. 30 in the morning. We heard a large bang. Anyone who
So thank you all for sticking around for our panel and im sure it comes as no surprise that we would be discussing north korea today given the increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the north korean policy review. That President Trump has just completed. sover north korea watchers, when he 17 has been an interesting year. The President Trump decided to review policy for north korea shortly after his inauguration and he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement but there has been signals on what exactly the United States let me looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. South korea also has a new president. He has expressed an interest in talking to the North Koreans but again, under what conditions still remains somewhat an openended question and of course in north korea weve seen a number of Ballistic Missile tests already in 2017 including some new systems. And all of this is leading up to the summit that trump and moon j in
Im sure it comes as no surprise that we would be discussing north korea today given the increase the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the north korean policy review that President Trump has just completed. So for north korea watchers, 2017 has certainly been an interesting year. President trump decided to review policy towards north korea shortly after his inauguration. And he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement. But there has been some mixed signals on what exactly the United States might be looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. South korea also has a new president. He expressed an interest in talking to the north koreans. Again under what conditions, you know, still remains somewhat of an open question. And then, of course in, north korea, ive seen a number of Ballistic Missile test lrz in 2017 including some new systems. And all of there is leading up to the summit that trump and the president will hold in washington,
Im sure it comes as no surprise that we would be discussing north korea today given the increase the tensions on the Korean Peninsula and the north korean policy review that President Trump has just completed. So for north korea watchers, 2017 has certainly been an interesting year. President trump decided to review policy towards north korea shortly after his inauguration. And he came back with a policy that emphasizes maximum pressure and engagement. But there has been some mixed signals on what exactly the United States might be looking for from north korea before entering into negotiations. South korea also has a new president. He expressed an interest in talking to the north koreans. Again under what conditions, you know, still remains somewhat of an open question. And then, of course in, north korea, ive seen a number of Ballistic Missile test lrz in 2017 including some new systems. And all of there is leading up to the summit that trump and the president will hold in washington,
Him. He had a narrow escape. On the southeast coast, a lighthouse was washed away. Translator its frightening to discover the whole lighthouse had gone. I havent seen such high waves for years. Taiwanese Authorities Say 12 people were injured and 1 is missing. They also say about 860,000 households suffered power cuts at one point. More than 750 millimeters of rain was recorded in mountainous areas, thats mountainous regions in the south. Weather Officials Say meranti is moving northward. Our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with more on that storm. Yes, some pretty incredible footage coming out of southern taiwan where they were impacted by this storm system. We had winds gusting at times well over 200 Kilometers Per Hour, plus were looking at that threat of heavy rainfall still continuing out here. In fact, in total, a few locations have seen about 830 millimeters. Now, i do want to mention taiwan because of these high amounts of precipitation. It really squeezed out a lot of