abc's marci gonzales has the story. marci? >> reporter: shirleen, the blast was so big it could be seen from space. today hospitals in the area are overwhelmed with patients and people looking for missing family members. today thousands of rescuers desperately searching for survivors near the still smoldering rubble from this massive explosion in china. hundreds of people injured, dozens killed. the death toll still rising from this disaster that started yesterday just before 11:00 p.m. local time in the city of tianjin. firefighters responding to a fire at a warehouse storing hazardous materials. then a half hour later as they battled the flames, a huge blast followed by another, bigger explosion. people nearby left with no time to find safety. among the dead some of those firefighters and migrant workers sleeping in neighboring dormitories. abc's bob woodruff at the scene today. >> look. it's absolutely destroyed. oh, my god. these are people's homes. this is where they lived. dvds, music. this advertise horrible. >> reporte

live in atlanta, marci gonzales, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, marci. >>> three of four lanes have been reopened on route 22 in new jersey following yesterday's flooding. right now the left lane is closed and the eastbound lanes between westfield and glenside in scotch plains. yesterday more than three inches of rain fell in the area. drivers were stranded on the highway and the roads and suffered damage. >>> new details about a baby locked in a safe at a hotel in niagara falls. police tracked down the parents who are from our area. it turns out the baby was accidentally locked in the safe during a game of hide and seek among siblings after a maintenance worker freed the child, the family from new jersey headed to nearby ontario to visit friends. when they heard the buzz they contacted police. they were cooperative and no charges will be filed. >>> turning to a vicious attack in queens. a woman becoming the victim of a senseless act when a man threw an acid liquid on her face without any warning. police say the attack was random, hammed in the sunnyside section of the queens a

marci gonzales is live in new orleans with that story. marci? >> reporter: yeah, ken, so many people proud to share the progress made in the past decade. during his visit, president bush said new orleans is back and better than ever. the vibrant soul of this city shining on the eve of the anniversary of one of new orleans's darkest days. 10 years after hurricane katrina ravaged this community and other parts of the gulf coast, homes are still being rebuilt. a new 14 billion-dollar levee system and a resounding sense of resilience. >> this is home. >> there are wounds that are still healing. >> this is horrible. >> including memories of the more than 1,000 lives lost and the devastatingly slow response. >> i forget how all levels of government left us abandoned here. >> when i think back and i say, you know, how did they do that 0 to us . >> reporter: today former president george w. bush returned to tour the school he visited on the first anniversary reflecting on the recovery and fog -- focusing on the future. >> we are the resilience of a grea