Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake
Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake. The KRAK 11 News hour: The World Desk, Criminal Intent, Happy Animals, Sports. Real stories from named sources, read by Chip Marlowe and Deb Sarkissian.
Aired 2026-08-16 04:52 UTC · 5 segments · 10 min · complete transcript below
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KRAK 11 NEWS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. This is KRAK 11 News.
Tonight. The World Desk — rescuers search for survivors as Indonesia's earthquake death toll reaches fifty-three. Criminal Intent — Costa Rica sends a top cartel leader to face U.S. charges. Happy Animals — tributes pour in for a professor taken too soon. And Sports — a boxer makes history without throwing a punch.
That last one needs context.
Which we will provide. All that and more this hour on KRAK 11.
Up first on The World Desk — a powerful earthquake in Indonesia has left dozens dead and hundreds of buildings destroyed. Rescue teams are still searching for survivors. That's next.
THE WORLD DESK
Welcome back.
The death toll in Indonesia has risen again. Authorities now confirm fifty-nine people killed in Saturday's earthquake in West Java province.
That's up from fifty-three just an hour ago. The Red Cross says the rapid assessment teams are still working through the hardest-hit areas in the southern part of the island.
West Java is on the north coast. The hardest-hit areas are northeast of the capital.
Right. I meant the northeastern quadrant.
More than four hundred buildings destroyed. Rescue operations continue through the night local time.
In Hawaii, Hurricane Lala has strengthened slightly. Still category one, but sustained winds are now at ninety-five miles per hour. That is five miles per hour faster than we reported at the top of the hour.
The forecast track has shifted east. Lala is now expected to make landfall on the Big Island between four and six A.M. Sunday local time.
So that puts it right over the main population centers on the western coast.
The main population centers are on the east and north coasts. Hilo is the largest city and it's in the path.
Hilo. Yes. Governor Green has ordered mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas and the National Weather Service is forecasting up to twenty-five inches of rain.
This would be Hawaii's first direct hurricane hit in thirty-four years.
The worst-case scenario.
It's the scenario.
In Morocco, authorities detained dozens of migrants attempting to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Security forces had been on high alert after social media posts suggested a coordinated mass crossing attempt today.
Ceuta is one of two Spanish territories on the North African coast. The other is Melilla, about two hundred miles east.
Both of them heavily fortified because of the migration pressure from the south.
The pressure comes from multiple directions. Morocco is a transit country.
Understood. Spanish authorities say the fences held and no one made it across the border.
The exact number detained has not been released. Reports say at least forty people.
Deb, you want to take the Middle East?
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon overnight killed eleven people. Israel says it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in response to earlier attacks on Israeli soldiers near the border.
Lebanese authorities dispute the military characterization of the targets.
They do. The strikes hit residential areas in three separate villages.
And this is part of the broader escalation we've been tracking along that border for the past six months.
Seven months. Since October.
Since October. The UN is calling for both sides to exercise restraint.
They are.
Still ahead, a Wexler County man is facing charges after what deputies are calling the county's most unusual traffic stop of the year. That story is next in Criminal Intent.
You'll want to see this one.
We'll be right back.
CRIMINAL INTENT
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Welcome to the blotter.
We begin tonight with what can only be described as a developing threat to youth safety. Researchers are now warning that artificial intelligence is being weaponized to create violent content featuring animated fruit and vegetable characters.
The videos show cartoon produce engaging in graphic violence. Researchers claim the content could normalize extremism in children who encounter it online.
We're talking tomatoes with assault weapons. Carrots executing hostages. This is not Veggie Tales.
Researchers say the clips could help radicalise young people.
Parents are advised to monitor what their children are watching. The produce aisle should not be a pipeline to extremism.
A Canadian flight was cancelled yesterday after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.
The airline says safety protocols require all passengers to comply with crew instructions. The child in question did not.
All passengers were removed. The flight never left the gate.
One passenger. One seatbelt. One hundred and seventy people stranded.
Turning now to more serious matters. The national homicide rate dropped more than twenty percent in twenty twenty-five according to a new study. Researchers say it may be the lowest rate recorded in the United States since nineteen hundred.
The decline represents one of the sharpest drops in violent crime in modern American history. Researchers are still working to understand what drove the change.
Cities across the country are proposing new laws to crack down on what officials call teen takeovers. Large gatherings of young people, often organized online, have led to violence and injuries in several states.
Prosecutors allege the events can escalate quickly. Some have resulted in death.
Authorities say social media plays a key role in organizing the gatherings.
Costa Rica has extradited two cartel members to the United States. Gilbert Bell Fernandez, known in criminal circles as Macho Coca, thanked U.S. authorities for removing him from a Costa Rican prison, claiming he was mistreated there.
He will face drug trafficking charges in federal court.
He thanked them, Deb. A cartel boss thanked the people arresting him. That is how bad the other jail was.
Still ahead on KRAK eleven news, Happy Animals. A newly discovered species of monkey with very unusual features has been found deep in the forests of central Africa. We'll have that story and more when we return.
HAPPY ANIMALS
Time now for the Good News Desk.
A fire station in Wexler County has adopted a cat that showed up during a three-alarm blaze last month. The cat is now the station's official mascot.
They've named her Ember. She sleeps in the boots.
That is a very good name for a fire station cat.
A therapy dog program at Fairmont General has expanded to include the pediatric wing. Six dogs now visit twice a week.
Hospital administrator says the dogs have had a measurable impact on recovery times for children undergoing long-term treatment.
The oldest dog in the program is a golden retriever named Biscuit. She's eleven.
Biscuit.
I would trust Biscuit with my life.
A wildlife rehabilitation center in northern Wexler County released three bald eagles back into the wild yesterday after months of recovery from injuries.
All three had been treated for wing injuries. Two from power lines, one from what the center believes was a vehicle strike.
The release took place at dawn near Lake Wexler. All three birds flew immediately.
Good.
That's, uh. That's exactly right.
Still ahead, sports.
That's next.
SPORTS
Time now for the KRAK 11 Scoreboard.
And we begin tonight with a story that I believe demonstrates the difference between champions and everyone else. Tarona Taafaki of Tuvalu has won her nation's first Commonwealth Games medal.
She lost both her fights.
Taafaki advanced to bronze in the women's flyweight division after her opponent withdrew from the semifinal bout. First medal in Tuvalu's history at the Games.
By losing in the opening round and then not having to fight in the second.
Sometimes the path to victory is simply outlasting the competition, Deb. Durability wins championships.
She was outlasted twice.
Manchester United closed out preseason tonight with a four to two loss to AC Milan in Poland. Marcus Rashford returned to the lineup after missing the previous three friendlies.
Rashford's return is exactly what United needed heading into the regular season. Experience. Presence. The veteran leadership that anchors a squad.
He didn't score.
It's preseason. You're building chemistry, working out formations, testing combinations before the matches that count.
They lost by two.
Closer to home, the Fairmont Hawks are looking to turn their season around Wednesday night when they host Oakmont. The Hawks fell to Riverside seven to three in their last outing.
Wednesday night is a statement game for this team. Four and six is not where you stay, it's where you pivot. One swing of the bat changes everything.
They committed three errors in one inning against Riverside.
Which is precisely why this game matters. You tighten the defense, you learn from the mistakes, you go out and prove everyone wrong. That's the Scoreboard Mentality.
Is that new.
I've been developing it.
Don't.
And finally tonight, fully autonomous robotaxis are now operating in select American cities. The vehicles require no human driver and can be summoned through a smartphone app.
No more waiting for a driver who doesn't know the route. No more small talk. Just you, the destination, and artificial intelligence that never gets tired.
Only in some cities.
Right, but those cities are leading the way. Early adoption. Being first to market. The places that embrace change are the places that shape the future.
Fairmont is not one of them.
Well. Not yet.
Coming up in just a few minutes on the next KRAK 11 News at the top of the hour, the latest on Hurricane Lala as sustained winds reach ninety-five miles per hour. Landfall now expected on the Big Island between four and six A.M. Sunday.
Hilo is directly in Lala's path. We'll have the full briefing from the National Weather Service.
That's the KRAK 11 Scoreboard. Goodnight.
Reporting behind this episode
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- Costa Rica sends top drug trafficker, fellow cartel member to U.S.
- Fundraiser launched to cover Jason Arday's funeral costs
- Boxer lands country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight
- Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake
- Hawaii braces for potential first direct hit by a hurricane in 34 years
- Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say
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- Morocco detains dozens of migrants trying to cross into Ceuta, reports say
- Why is Australia's mushroom killer back in court this week?
- Costa Rica sends top drug trafficker, fellow cartel member to U.S.
- Cities propose new tactics to crack down on so-called "teen takeovers"
- Murders plummeted more than 20% in U.S. in 2025, study shows
- Gory AI clips of fruit and veg characters could radicalise kids, researchers say
- Flight cancelled as child refuses to sit down and fasten seatbelt
- New monkey species discovered in African forest
- Fundraiser launched to cover Jason Arday's funeral costs
- Disruption at Heathrow after flooding
- Siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank a 'horrific act of terror', says US ambassador
- Boxer lands country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight
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