this is cnn breaking news welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around world, we continue tracking in the middle east this hour, a major earthquake killed hundreds in sierra and turkey and the death toll is rising quickly, syrian report at least 237 people died in sierra and 600 injured in an unknown number could be trapped under rubble. we just got this video of a rescuer carrying an injured child away from the rubble of a damaged building, a group known as the syrian self-defense declared the northwestern part of syria disaster area, dozens buildings collapsed both countries. at least 76 people reported dead in turkey and more than 400 injured. emergency workers are asking for silence so they can hear if trapped under the rubble. the governor said nearly how to search and rescuers are headed to the impact region and turkey s disaster and emergency management agency is calling for international support. the u.s. geological survey said the epicenter of
around the world i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. voir dire guilty, verdict guilty. verdict guilty. disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced after being found guilty of murder, we ll break down the verdict ahead. and. sounded like freight train, just like going by the house. powerful storm system is moving through the southern u.s. bringing the threat of tornados and damaging winds we re tracking the severe weather plus the fbi says a michigan began threatened to kill jewish members of the state s government including the attorney general. . live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. disgraced former south carolina attorney alex murdaugh will be sentenced in the coming hours after being convicted of killing his wife and son, the jury deliberated less than three hours thursday before returning their decision when welcomed by the lead prosecutor, here he is. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family i
storm already has created chaos in the west across california several days of heavy snow knocked out power to thousands, made roads impassable and trapped residents in their homes. the sheriff corner for california spoke to me earlier about the troubles facing her community. here she is. we ve had over 500 inches of snow here atop of this mountain which is our ski area, over 600 inches of snow. the snow become too much. it s caused traffic jambs, caused the roads to be closed and when roads are closed and people want to ski they will find way to get around or try to find way to get around it. people stuck in cars on roads that sometimes you could get through but not when there s five feet of snow on them and the wind is blowing sideways. 17 people spent the night on one stretch of road that we couldn t get to them because the roads were just so impassable. and took us another day to get them out. fortunately everybody survived. but it s been a lot and we ve
you hear sounds like they re calling out someone s name, the name of their loved one perhaps trying to desperately find them amidst the chaos but this video illustrates what i was mentioning some buildings are relatively ok, relatively unscathed in the grand scheme of things and other buildings it s difficult to tell that there was even a building there, because they re so flattened. that looks like it was just tipped over like some kind of a toy or something like that and this is what rescue workers are dealing with not just in one concentrated area, but over a relatively wide swarth of the country, and we re also hearing from my colleague who is reporting that you have traffic jambs on the way out to the airport area, where it s much more sparsely populated. you have long lines people trying to get gas, any supplies they can imagining they will likely be living in their cars