Where Search And Rescue crews are working to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake, which is now known to have killed more than 2,000 people. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni, in the atlas mountains, where few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake. Rescue teams have reached asni, after the Moroccan Army cleared a landslide on the access road. But other small Rural Communities remain cut off by rockfalls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur correspondent nick beake has made it to another community in the atlas mountains. This is amizmiz, in the atlas mountains. And you can see the destruction here. These were typically one and two storey buildings that came crashing down, and people have been picking through the rubble for their possessions. But of course, its notjust possessions. Many lives have been lost here, too. And just talking to someone a short ti
New research suggests modern earthquakes in the central US may actually be aftershocks from massive historic quakes that struck the region in the 1800s. , Technology & Science News, Times Now
The Afghanistan village was flattened by a magnitude 6.3 quake followed by a series of eight powerful aftershocks that buried many of its inhabitants Saturday morning.
that s the music from the movie minority report a futuristic way of policing. well, police are always looking for innovative ways to fight crime and here s a new one that s fascinating. this really is cool. this particular technology helps cops in one city to predict where a crime could potentially happen next. abc s abby boudreau reports from santa cruz, california. reporter: we can predict the weather. and even a person s shopping habits. thank you. reporter: but what about predicting where a criminal might strike next? crime is not random. you can actually predict some of the things people will do. reporter: it s not exactly as futuristic as sci-fi thriller minority report where cops picked up criminals before they committed their crime. set up a perimeter. tell them we re en route. reporter: police in santa cruz, california, are getting closer to the sci-fi future using this algorithm. a complicated math equation similar to the one that predicts earthquake after