conditions of the buildings that have been burned. shelters on the island are full of residents who have now lost everything, along with tourists still trying to evacuate. at this moment an afternoon the clock effort continues to battle six active fires on maui, including the lahaina fire that caused such heartbreaking destruction. it s worth underscoring again what we said at the top, these fires are now the second deadliest in modern u.s. history. in just a moment, i ll talk with speedy bailey of hawaii life flight about the rescue efforts, but let s start with nbc news correspondent dana griffin, what are you hearing from those impacted? reporter: ana, i can tell you the people here are so resilient, many have lost everything, but they are still holding on to hope and really embodying a sense of gratitude. right now on maui, the community
hours, so they have the supplies and medicines that they need, but this is going to be a longer term event, and we re working with all agencies to try to get, you know, the care to the folks that need it. and we ll be part of that team. well, bust of luck to you, speedy bailey, thank you so much for taking the time. my heart is with you and your community, and thanks to day na dana griffin continuing to report from ground zero here in hawaii with the second deadliest wildfire in modern u.s. history, and then the fear that the death toll could still climb from the 55 confirmed deaths we have right now. much more coverage out of hawaii later this hour, including the effort to evacuate tourists from the island. the ceo of hawaiian airlines will join us to talk about how they re helping. and we re also staying on top of a hearing happening right now, donald trump s legal team face-to-face with the judge
wind warnings and fire warnings. those have all come down. but we still are dealing with drought conditions in that area. now, it s not severe in the specific area that we ve seen the worst of that damage. they do need the additional rainfall. this is fire season for them. the worst of their wildfires usually occur in august into september. so typical for this time of year. but of course all of those ingredients coming together with the really strong winds of those pressure systems sandwiching the island and bringing those winds up along with the dry conditions, the low humidity. if rain is on the way is the question. there is some passing showers. you saw it in part of dana s shot there. we re going to see maybe a little more rain working on shore here over the next couple of days. no substantial amount of rain to battle that drought. it will help as far as the winds are concerned coming down over the next 24 hours. really heartbreaking to see what s happening. angie lassman, dana g
they re planning to ship them out, put them up in buses and hopefully put them on planes to take them to another island. right now the extent of the damage is unknown. we know that the maui fire department is heading out at first light in about two hours to assess the damage and to also continue search and rescue. the number 36 fatalities likely to climb as they get out into those communities and see what else is left behind. ana. dana, just to be clear, are the fires now under control? are they contained? reporter: well, that s the big question. they have not been able to assess that. it is nightfall. we know that they are still actively burning. they have not released any information on containment numbers, so hopefully we ll get those updated today. thank you for the work you re doing there, and angie, we still don t know what exactly sparked the fires. we do know that hurricane winds and dry conditions really fueled them. are conditions changing at all for the crews still bat
place in hawaii has been reduced to ashes. nearly 300 homes and businesses now gone. my mom s place is gone. my place is gone. pretty much everybody i know lost everything that we have. i mean, i haven t been able to assess, but everybody told me that front street s gone. meteorologist angie lassman is standing by for us. first let s go to hawaii and nbc news correspondent dana griffin. so many people there just lost so much and the fires are still burning. communications are still down, evacuations are still underway. i know you re at one of the shelters where people are trying to seek cover and comfort. tell us what you re seeing and hearing right now. good morning, ana, right now it s about 4:00 in the morning. we re outside of maui high school where about 3 to 400 evacuees slept here overnight. everyone is devastated. a lot of people are still sleeping this morning. so we haven t we ve seen a few walking around. as you mentioned, this is just unprecedented and it s