DEVELOPING: Rescuers RACE to find survivors in Nepal

. >> Lawrence: "FOX & FRIENDS". STARTS RIGHT NOW. >> Brian: TRAGEDY UNFOLDING IN. NEPAL AND TIBET FOLLOWING A. CATASTROPHIC FLOOD CAUSED BY WE. THINK A GLACIAL CLASP. >> Lawrence: DESPERATE SEARCH. UNDERWAY FOR 1300 PEOPLE REMAIN. MISSING INCLUDING AT LEAST 65. AMERICANS. >> Ainsley: JEFF PAUL JOINS US. NOW FROM OUR LONDON BUREAU. JEFF? >> Jeff: RUSS KEY TEAMS IN NEPAL. ARE IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK.

THERE ARE REAL FEARS THE DEATH. TOLL WILL ONLY INCREASE. NOW, AS YOU LOOK AT THIS VIDEO, THAT IS SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE. FROM THE NEPAL, TIBBETTS BORDER. IT SHOWS PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. THERE HAD ONLY SECONDS TO FIND. SAFETY. A WALL AS YOU SEE THERE OF. WATER, MUD, AND DEBRIS SWEPT. AWAY PEOPLE, CARS, AND BUSES AS. WELL AS MANY BUILDINGS THAT. STOOD IN THE WAY. >> FLOODS CAME IN SUDDENLY AND.

EXPLODED LIKE A BOMB. THE RIVER LOOKED SMALL FROM. DISTANCE, STARTED OVERFLOWING. AND SWEPT THROUGH THIS PLACE. >> INITIALLY THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL. SURVEY REPORTED AN EARTHQUAKE IN. THE AREA MINUTES BEFORE THE. FLASH FLOOD BUT THE U.S. GS NOW. BELIEVES IT WAS A POWERFUL. LANDSLIDE THAT STRUCK. ONE THEORY, PART OF A GLACIER. BROKE OFF TRIGGERING AN. AVALANCHE OF ICE AND ROCK WHICH. IN TURN CAUSED THE FLOOD. THE REST CROSS SAYS AT LEAST. 10,000 FAMILIES HAVE LOST THEIR. HOMES AND RESCUE EFFORTS COULD.

NOT BE MORE DIFFICULT. ROADS HAVE BEEN BURIED IN MUD. AND SEVERAL OF THE CRITICAL. BRIDGES THAT CONNECT THESE. COMMUNITIES, WELL, THEY WERE. RIPPED AWAY DURING THE FLOODS. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS. SOME OF THE AFFECTED AREAS WHERE. THERE ARE MANY, MANY TRAUMATIZED. PEOPLE. UNFORTUNATELY. SO AREAS CAN ONLY BEBE REACHED Y. HOSPITAL. SO, THE NEPAL ARMY HAS BEEN. CARRYING OUT SEARCH AND RESCUE. FOR THEM. >> U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO.

RUBIO SAYING THAT WE EXPRESS OUR. SOLIDARITY AND ARE UNITED IN. PRAYER FOR THE NEPALI PEOPLE. FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING. FLOODS. THE STATE DEPARTMENT STANDS. READY TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT. OF NEPAL WITH NEEDED. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. NOW, WE ALSO SPOKE WITH ONE. PILOT YESTERDAY IN NEPAL WHO WAS. ACTUALLY FLYING OVER THE AREA. WHEN DISASTER STRUCK. HE TELLS US IT WAS ONE OF THE. MOST HORRIFIC THINGS HE HAS EVER. WITNESSED. AND HE FELT SO HELPLESS, NOT. BEING ABLE TO GET ON THE GROUND. AND AID THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN. DESPERATE NEED. BACK TO YOU ALL.

>> Brian: THANKS SO MUCH, JEFF. LET'S BRING IN GORDON WILL. CONGRESS, THE DIRECTOR OF ASIA. PACIFIC SUPPORTING THE MEDICAL. RESPONSE IN NEPAL, EMERGENCY. FUNDING AND JOINS US NOW. I GUESS, THE FIRST THING YOU. THINK ABOUT IS I MEAN YOU HAVE. GOT GET TO PEOPLE. HOW DOES IT BEING MUD, NOT JUST. WATER, COMPLICATE THINGS? >> IT'S A HUGELY DIFFICULT. SITUATION. I MEAN, THESE AREAS ARE. DIFFICULULT TO OPERATE AND IN TE. BEST OF TIMES. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A VERY STEEP.

VALLEYS, GLACIAL SORT OF RIVERS. AND YOU CAN ONLY ACCESS FROM THE. NORTH AND SOUTH. AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE. IMAGES RIGHT NOW, ROADS ARE. DOWN, BRIDGES ARE DOWN. SO, THE RESPONSE AS OF NOW IS. SERIOUSLY HAMPERED BY THOSE. BARRIERS. IT'S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE. >> Ainsley: GORDON, ARE THE. RESCUE CREWS EVEN ABLE TO GET. IN? WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE. RESCUES THROUGH THE HELICOPTERS, WE HAVE SEEN BRIDGES COLLAPSE. WE SAW BUILDINGS TOPPLE OVER. THAT JUSUST SHOWS YOU THE POWERF.

THIS WATER. ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO GET IN. THERE? >> YEAH. REALLY PHENOMENAL EVENT THAT'S. REALLY SIMILAR TO A LARGE SCALE. EARTHQUAKE, REALLY. HELICOPTERS ARE CRITICAL. OUR EXPERIENCE RESPONDING TO. SIMILAR DISASTERS, YOU KNOW, EARTHQUAKE BACK IN 2016 MILITARY. MOBILIZING. ESSENTIAL FOR EVACUATING PEOPLE. IN INITIAL STAGE AND GETTING. CRITICAL SUPPLIES IN.

AND THE GOVERNMENT AND THE. MILITARY WILL BE REALLY WORKING. TO TRY TO ESTABLISH ROAD ROOTS. IN FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE GOORND, IT'S. OUR UNDERSTANDING NOT OUT OF THE. CLEAR YET. HOW DO YOU MAKE THE DECISION. WHEN TO DO THE OPERATIONS AND. WHEN TO PAUSE THEM? >> REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION. OUR PARTNERS IN NEPAL. LARGE NETWORK HOSPITAL SENT.

TEAMS UP THOSE VALLEYS REALLY. DIFFICULT DECISION. THEY HAVE TO GO CAREFULLY, GET. AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO AND SORT. OF ASSESS AS THEY GO AND, YOU. KNOW, OBVIOUSLY KEEP THE SAFETY. OF THEIR TEAM PARAMOUNT. EVERYBODY OUT OF FLOODING EVENT. IT'S DEFINITELY TOP OF MIND FOR. EVERYONE RESPONDING AT THIS TIME. IS THERE A GROUND OPERATION AND.

AIR OPERATION? WHEN DID YOU GO TO THE GROUND. OPERATION, WHERE IS THE. PERIMETER? HAVE YOU FIGURED THAT OUT? >> THAT'S EVOLVING THING. PARTICULARLY IN THIS FIRST 48, 72 HOURS. RESCUE TEAMS INTO THE AREA. VERY TRICKY WITH THE ROADS DOWN. I THINK SOME 19 BRIDGES HAVE. BEEN KNOCKED DOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THAT. IMAGE, THE ROAD GOES UP THESE. VALLEYS AND CRISSCROSSES WITH. THESE BRIDGES. SO, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. EMERGENCY TEAMS ARE COMING IN.

FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH, MOVING. AS FAR AS THEY CAN. THEY WILL BE HEAVILY RELIANT ON. THE NEPAL MILITARY TO ESTABLISH. THOSE ROOTS AND OBVIOUSLY USING. AIR ASSETS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND ESTABLISHING FORWARD. OPERATING BASES WHERE SUPPLIES. CAN BE MOVED IN BY AIR. >> Ainsley: GORDON, TIME IS OF. THE ESSENCE, WHEN YOU GO OUT AND. RESCUING PEOPLE IN SITUATIONS. LIKE THIS. WHAT IF THEY ARE TRAPPED UNDER A. BUILDING. DO YOU LISTEN FOR VOICES? DO YOU LISTEN FOR SCREAMING? YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO BE. RESCUED, YOU CAN GO TO THE ROOF. OF YOUR HOUSE AND WAVE YOUR.

HANDS. WHAT IF YOU'RE TRAPPED? >> YEAH, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. SUPPORTS A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS. THAT DO SEARCH AND RESCUE. THAT'S A VERY TECHNICAL AREA OF. EXPERTISE. SO, THOSE TEAMS ARE GETTING. MOBILIZED AS WE SPEAK. CAN YOU SEE THE LEVEL OF. DEVASTATION LITTLE HOPE OF. FINDING PEOPLE ALONG THE EDGES. OF THESE VALLEYS, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN. KNOCKED DOWN AND SEARCH AND. RESCUE TEAMS WILL BE DOING.

EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO GET IN TO. USING SEARCH DOGS AND OTHER. DIAGNOSTIC TO SEE IF CAN LOCATE. PEOPLE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A RACE AGAINST. TIME NOW. >> Lawrence: GORDON, I'M JUST. CURIOUS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE. VIDEO HERE THAT WE ARE PLAYING. ON THE SCREEN AND AINSLEY SAYS. LIKE MANY OF US, IT LOOKS LIKE. SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE I KNOW. HAVE YOU HANDLED MANY TRAGEDIES. BEFORE BUT ANYTHING LIKE THIS. BEFORE? >> THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.

THE IMAGES TSUNAMI HIT JAPAN OR. INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI. I WAS IN INDONESIA AFTER. EARTHQUAKE THERE. VILLAGES DISAPPEARED INTO THE. GROUND. I MEAN, SOME OF THESE EVENTS ARE. REALLY JUST HARD TO WRAP YOUR. MIND AROUND THE LEVEL OF. DEVASTATION AND OBVIOUSLY OUR. HEARTS GO OUT TO THESE. COMMUNITIES AFFECTED. THIS IS TERRIFYING EVENT TO. EXPERIENCE. >> Ainsley: A LOT OF TOURS WERE. THERE. BEAUTIFUL AREA. WE HAVE 47 AMERICANS STILL. MISSING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GORDON OR 55.

I'M BEING TOLD. 65. THE NUMBER IS GO.