53 according to the latest Statement Released in the last hour from the maui county government. Joe biden has already issued a major disaster declaration and the governor has said it is the deadliest Natural Disaster for generations. Thousands have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals have been treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists anymore. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for anyone still in the town, the message is clear get out. If anybody s still here, the fire is on front street and it is time to go this Satell
Hi there, thank you for being with us. We begin with an ongoing tragedy in hawaii. At least 36 people have died in wildfires and President Joe Biden has issued a major Disaster Declaration. Hawaiis governor says it was the deadliest Natural Disaster for hawaii for generations and he expects the number of deaths to go up significantly. Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and hospitals are treating patients for burns and smoke inhalation. Our North America correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. Much of the Hawaiian Island of maui is now scorched earth. A pilot can hardly believe what hes seeing. Oh, my gosh, look at the harbour this looks like baghdad or something. The Historic Town of lahaina barely exists any more. Since the fire began on tuesday, it has ripped through, fuelled by Hurricane Force winds, leaving burnt out cars on once busy streets, and instead of historic buildings, there are Smoking Piles of rubble. Everybody still out here, its time to go for
megan moseley is a journalist who s covering the story for pacific media group. she told me how her friends and now we are coping. 0h, oh, yeah, everyone is completely devastated. it s a matter of, like, being with theirfamilies and being their families and being surrounded theirfamilies and being surrounded by people that love them and support them at this moment there are still some friends that i have not heard from. yet. so. friends that i have not heard from. yet. so. well, i hope ou from. yet. so. well, i hope you will from. yet. so. well, i hope you will hear from. yet. so. well, i hope you will hear from from. yet. so. well, i hope you will hear from them - from. yet. so. well, i hope| you will hear from them soon. from. yet. so. well, i hope i you will hear from them soon. i also understand that you used to live in some of the areas which have been affected by the fires. have you witnessed anything like this before? ida. anything like this before? no, actuall . anything l
the fires over the island. a state nicknamed the paradise of the pacific is now paradise lost. nomia iqbal, bbc news. megan moseley is a journalist who s covering the story for pacific media group. i used to live in lahaina. now i live on the big island in kona. and i m actually visiting my parents in ohio. so, like, when the news came out and i still am reporting on big island issues which, they also experienced a fire and heard what happened in lahaina, where i used to live, i immediately, like, started reaching out and contacting people and, like, it s definitely something that s never happened. like, this has never happened before to this scale, magnitude, so it s a huge devastation. yes, it must be really difficult for you to see