Transcript for Survivors search for food, water after deadly tsunami

Overseas now to Indonesia where survivors of that earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 1,400 people, those people are searching for food, water and shelter. ABC's James Longman has the latest. Reporter: New images of a moment that 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck. You can see from this perspective the terror as the Earth starts to crumble beneath. And more personal stories of loss and survival. We've heard about a church where a group of children were killed when the quake hit. It's impossible to drive on to so we have to get these bikes to weave our way through. Home after home completely destroyed. The tarmac split. Finally we have to stop. We've come to the end of the road now literally. This road would have tinged but such was the force of this earthquake that it shifted the land. Everything that you see here was about a kilometer up there and all the home, the community that was here, gone. Along wit the church where that children's bible group was meeting. One of the survivors says the ground started moving around her. She says it was like the trees, the houses were all dancing. Water and mud bursting through the ground. I was swept away, she says holding on to a palm tree when it stopped and found myself three kilometers away in the next village. This 27-year-old says at least 100 were gathered in the church, among them the junior bible camp. Many of her friends still missing. At least 1,400 people are known to have died, a number that's set to rise as rescuers continue their search. The story of the church is typical of so much here, entire communities devastated and a death toll that may never truly be known. Guys. Hard to hear. James, thank you.

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