Search for missing Americans in deadly Nepal floods RAMPS UP

E. COUCH. CHARLIE: ALL RIGHT, ADAM, THANKS. VERY MUCH. AMONG THE MISSING ARE 80 MEMBERS. INCLUDING 22 AMERICANS OF THE. ISHA FOUNDATION, A GLOBAL. NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS. IN THE REGION FOR A PILGRIMAGE. GRIFF: THAT'S RIGHT. THE ISHA FOUNDATION COORDINATION. LEADER JOINS US NOW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE. LATEST THERE AND THE EFFORT, THE. RESCUE EFFORTS?

>> YEAH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR GROUP WAS IN. THE IMMIGRATION BUILDING AT THE. G RUNG CENTER THERE IN TIBET, AND WE GOT COMMUNICATION FROM. THEM AT 9:05 A.M. THAT THEY HAD. ENTERED THE BUILDING. SO ALL 80 OF THEM WERE IN THE. BUILDING. AND THEN AS YOU KNOW, THE FLASH. FLOOD HIT AT 9:14 A.M. WE HAD 77 PEOPLE WERE E IN THE. BUILDING, 3 WERE VOLUNTEERS, 77. WERE PARTICIPANTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THESE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, 22 WERE FROM. THE UNITED STATES. CHARLIE: CAN YOU BREAK DOWN FOR. US THE, EXACT -- LIKE, DO YOU. KNOW HOW MUCH OF A WARNING. ANYBODY HAD? WE'VE SEEN THE VIDEO. THE VIDEO'S TO ABSOLUTELY. SHOCKING. BUT WAS THERE ANY WARNING. WHATSOEVER? DID THEY HAVE 10-SECOND WARNING? DID THEY HAVE ANY WARNING AT ALL. OF THE WALL OF ICE AND SLUDGE. THAT WAS COMING THEIR WAY? >> YEAH. NO, THE LAST COMMUNICATION WE.

HAD WITH THEM WAS AT 9:05 WHERE. THEY JUST IS LET US KNOW THAT. THEY HAD ARRIVED AT THE. IMMIGRATION CENTER, AND AFTER. THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY. COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OF THESE. MEMBERS. LISA: FOR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO. ARE, OBVIOUSLY, WONDERING WHAT. HAPPENED TO THEIR LOVED ONES, IF. THEY'RE STILL ALIVE, WHAT ARE. THEY BEING TOLD TO DO RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE MESSAGE TO. THEM AT THIS MOMENT? >> SO AS SOON AS WE FOUND OUT. ABOUT IT, WE CONTACT EACH ONE OF. THE FAMILIES TO OF THE PEOPLE.

THAT WERE THERE, AND WE'VE BEEN. TALKING TO THEM AND SUPPORTING. THEM. WE HAVE A HOTLINE AS WELL TOO SO. THEY CAN GET UPDATED. INFORMATION. AND WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THESE. ARE -- THIS IS FAMILY. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE. KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH OUR. FOUNDATION FOR 20 YEARS, SO THIS. IS, YOU KNOW, VERY DEAR AND NEAR. TO OUR HEART AS FAR AS WHO THESE. INDIVIDUALS ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL. DEVASTATED. AND EVEN THE FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL DEVASTATED. SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THEM. WE HAVE A VERY LARGE GLOBAL.

VOLUNTEER PRESENCE, SO IN EACH. OF THESE LOCATIONS WE ACTUALLY. HAVE VOLOLUNTEERS GOING THERE AD. SUPPORTING THEM, BRINGING THEM. FOOD, WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN DO. AND WE'RE IN CONSTANT. COMMUNICATION WITH THEM AS WELL. GRIFF: AND YOU'RE IN. COMMUNICATION, JUST VERY. QUICKLY, LASTLY, I WANT TO ASK. YOU, WHAT ARE YOU BEING TOLD. ABOUT THE CONCERN FOR FURTHER. FLOODING AS THEY MONITOR THESE. TWO BARRIER LAKES? >> YEAH. WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH MORE ABOUT. FURTHER FLOODING, BUT WHAT WE. HAVE HEARD IS THAT THE CHINESE.

GOVERNMENT DO HAVE PEOPLE AT. THIS LOCATION, AND THEY'RE. EXCAVATING. AND AND THE SITUATION, UNFORTUNATELY, DOES NOT LOOK. VERY GOOD. GRIFF: WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW. THIS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.