A part of the touristic coastal city of sinai island in a fire, and after that thousands of tourists left the island and the fire pastures. Water, electricity and mobile phone services have been cut off. This fire is the biggest disaster the Natural History of hawaii is described. The ocean took the children away several times, but we stuck together and survived. I said to myself, its not meant to be here. This man had gone to hawaii with his wife and five children for vacation when he encountered this scene with family members like many others had to escape from the deadly fire that surrounded them. Not even 97 km, most parts of lai na city are in this island in practice, it was reduced to ashes during my life, maybe there were many things , strong and long storms, but this one is really indescribable, people lost everything, some have not been found yet. Federal aid was issued to the region. All those who lost their loved ones and their houses were destroyed will receive aid. Despite
Welcome to the programme. More than a thousand people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous citys houston, in texas as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn the waters are still rising. The white house has announced that President Trump will visit the region on tuesday. Our north america correspondent james cook reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. Forecasters says it is still yet to dump 50 inches of rain here. Injust21i hours, more than two feet of rain fell on the fourth largest city in the United States. The results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst floods houston has ever had. We are measuring not in inches, but in feet. The currents are swift and treacherous, making a wrong turn can quickly mean a matter of life and death. We just, we prayed
Welcome to the programme. More than a thousand people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous cities houston, in texas as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn the waters are still rising. The white house has announced that President Trump will visit the region on tuesday. Our north america correspondent james cook reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of a hurricane, but still deadly. Forecasters said it is on track to dump 50 centimetres. Injust21i hours, more than two feet of rain fell on the fourth largest city in the United States. The results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst floods houston has ever had. We are measuring not in inches, but in feet. Hundreds of rescuers are taking to the waters in boats large and small. But the flooded city street are difficult to navigate. The c
More than a thousand people have been rescued from flooding in one of americas most populous citys, houston, in texas, as a huge storm continues to batter parts of the state. Forecasters there say the conditions are unprecedented, and warn the waters are still rising. The white house has announced that President Trump will visit the region on tuesday. 0ur north america correspondent, james cook, reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. No longer packing the full force of the hurricane but still deadly. In just 2a hours, more than two feet of rain fell on the fourth largest city in the united states. The results are devastating. This appears to be either the worst or one of the worst floods houston has ever had. We are measuring not in inches but in feet. Houston has ground to a halt and with the rain still teeming down, the waters keep on rising. We prayed a lot. We were rescued so we are very thankful. Houston has ground to a halt and with the rain still teemi
Back to brussels for brexit round three of the talks to take britain out of the eu. And dont just leave it to the experts in new zealand, you can build and design your own send off box. Welcome to World Business report. Im jamie robertson. In a minute, rico will fill us in on the main stories from asia. But first, the third round of brexit talks gets under way this week in brussels, with the deadline for the uks exit now looking increasingly tight. The phrase the clock is ticking is almost an eu mantra now, with the uk set to leave at the end of march 2019. So whats on the agenda . Well, both sides are keen to secure the rights and interests of the 3. 2 million non british eu citizens living in the uk, and 1. 2 million uk nationals living in the other 27 eu member states. More controversial is the uks divorce bill. There is there is no agreed formula yet and figures being discussed range from zero to 100 billion euros with that money going to pay for eu projects the uk had previously c