Transcript for Volcanic eruption adds to devastation from tsunami in Indonesia

Now let's go over Indonesia where in new erupting volcano. Is now adding to that destruction from the massive earthquake. And tsunami that hit the island ABC's James Longman. As a latest on that James. This is the part of the Bates went not save wool of Ward's came to Sewell about earthquake struck. Outlet to see in this an army Kaman and this is way him 500. Miles an hour. And this speech is basically completely stripped of life. Their homes. As he walked through all this stuff that's applying and woods and up tons roots of trees and building material as you see little hints of people's lives. Fringe story that I'm by him company toys kids people lived. And two to witness something which is basically just an NH life along with places like something if you think about the topography. Of this hall. Of Heidi it's kind of and it. When that quake hit and the war today came towards this place it really funneled down into we on now so it. Most of putting Steve wolf at this thing was basically in time. Wiped off. The mind. Inside the rob us it means now people walking along will be speaking through saying thank you find. Many of them would have names and some of them known. This is what remains of life and and they will be questions. To offset government business. There was supposed to be a warning system signs this right. It was supposed to be a warning has been using a seat in 2004 of them massive tsunami. In this part of the world. One officer from me and an Asian crisis mitigation center has said. That these sentences that sell their in the ocean. The detect tidal movement. Haven't been logical reasons 2012 and say people who on this beach at the time we've had opposed that was based fast guy on and wouldn't have been given. Any warning that's cool about Ward's it was heading towards them and that should have been sirens gulf along this base. The Al Farsi should have been notified the water was coming in. And it seems that wasn't the case and now the situation whether different authorities off kind of remaining on a different time agency's response movies things. In Indonesia now blaming one apple. It's people's lives that have been basically wipes away and I mean I have 14100 people at least have died in this and that number is like it's a rise. Away from hand away from the beach in the rest of content anyway earthquake. Carried on its affects them as building go right down. Rescuers still trying to bring people out there probably is tightening more into recovery F rusty one now being. I'm not done massive earthquake and tsunami full Indonesia. I think it will. Would like to think that some lessons of veterans. I was certainly hope so James thank you so much James Longman. From Palo Indonesia.

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