to officials on the islands. at least 96 people are known to have died but hundreds are still missing on the island of maui. those who survived are turning their thoughts to how to rebuild the historic tourist town of lahaina, which was razed to the ground, work that it is estimated could cost more than $5 billion. sophie long has been speaking to a congregation whose church was destoyed in the wildfires. the fire that left more than a city devastated and charred, black buildings behind. questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathered at a coffee shop to share their pain. one of the police officers sent me pictures.
the fire that left more than a city devastated and charred, black buildings behind. questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathered at a coffee shop to share their pain. one of the police officers sent me the pictures. ..of what used to be. ..my house. i wept. but weeping is not a lack of faith. thank god that he gave us tears. # amazing grace.#. # amazing grace.# there are so many questions that remain without answers. why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didn t?
officials say a tanker truck loaded with 8,000 gallons of gasoline erupted in flames beneath an overpass weakening the steel beams holding the interstate up and then they buckled. nbc s george solis is live from philadelphia. what a nightmare, george. more than 160,000 vehicles use just that stretch of i-95 every day. obviously this is a critical overpass near philly. so what s happening behind you and what s the outlook there? reporter: chris, good afternoon. it s a mess indeed. the investigation still in full swing. pennsylvania state police say they re looking at this as a crash investigation. we now know that the southbound lanes, the ones you re seeing behind me are all charred are also going to have to be demolished because of the intensity of the heat and the flames. officials con firping this was a tanker carrying an unknown grade of gasoline that exploded underneath the overpass. at this point they re not