And then these high winds, winds averaging 70 mph, reignited those flames and, at times, they now believe that that fire was moving at a speed of one mile every minute, leaving those residents of lahaina with little chance of escaping. Now here at this harbour today, weve met volunteers who have been taking their boats, packing their boats with aid, trying to get over to lahaina to distribute much needed humanitarian aid. People still need food, water, clean drinking water, shelter. The absolute basics at the moment, which are in short supply. And, speaking to everyone, you get the sense that people are traumatised here. Many people from lahaina in particular have lost absolutely everything but, because their humanitarian needs are so great, theyre barely able to process the loss. Theyre barely able to grieve when essentially they are sleeping out in the open in some cases when they have such dire humanitarian needs. There are other concerns about the weather. You can see that at times
With us tonight is mike. Mike is president and ceo of the center for arts and culture in and a longtime Historic Preservation. He led San Franciscos Historic Preservation nonprofit. He has been the oat director of advocacy of the los angeles conservancy and for the Historic Preservation. His present racial mark in angeles the subject of tonights talk in here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us mike and welcome and i will hand the microphone over to you. Thank you so much frances. Such a pleasure to be here tonight with my longtime friends and colleagues aliso beach and Stephen Schafer to talk about their stunning new book preserving los angeles how Historic Places can transform americas cities. Published by angel city press. Dare i say this book is a monument is a monument to statement and major contribution to preservation field. Kevin devoted much of his career to enhancing the unique architecture of Cultural Heritage of los angeles. I had the shoes to fill and ken has left
But so far only a tiny fraction of the affected area, less than 5 m has been searched. Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for, and authorities are expecting the death toll to rise significantly. Wildfires in the area are still burning with firefighters working to bring them under control. These pictures are from the Us National Guard which is providing assistance. Hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. But maui locals say much more help is needed. Hawaiis governor has given this update. It isa it is a harrowing sight in maui. The police in this division, when you do come across scenes in houses or businesses, it is very difficult for them, ultimately will be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. More now from our North America correspondent sophie long who is in maui. The death toll now stands at 93 but we are told that that will rise. Over the past five days we have heard countless harrowin
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