he personally lost crops? i lost nothing, compared to what people lost. i lost farm stuff, and food and whatever. tiny little things, compared to what people lost. people lost their family, their houses. everything we ve seen, landmarks, everything we ve seen for years, history, it is all gone. alice lee is the chair of maui s counsel. and she joins us live, from maui. well,, thank you for joining us at this very difficult time. we understand that hawaii morning emergency management agency has said on friday that maui s warning sirens were not activated. has it been determined? what was behind that? was that a system failure? a human error? i think that is still being investigated. but i do want to point out one thing. most of us were aware that we were about to be hit by a very
completely gone. right over here was the library. it s a stone shell of scorched. fleetwood, his place is gutted out with flames. it s just unrecognizable. one of the most charming, beloved port cities anywhere in the world is just scorched like a bomb went off. this farmer lost a small fortune in crop damage ask now is bracing for much bigger losses. when i was down there early, there were people i know in the streets, people were trying to get to the end of the street. you can the tell hundreds of people jumped in the water. you personally lost what? i lost nothing compare d to what people lost. i lost farm stuff and food and whatever, tiny little things
they say hundreds of people jumped in the water. you personally lost crops? i lost nothing compared to what people lost. i lost farm stuff and food and whatever tiny little things compared to what people lost. people lost their family, they lost their houses. everything we ve seen, all the landmarks, everything we ve seen for years, history, it s all gone. extraordinary. bill weir, thank you so much. here s one bit of good news. officials say the wildfires on maui are now 80% contained and the winds that fuelled the flames are gradually decreasing. cnn meteorologist chad myers reports. it s obviously good news that hurricane dora has moved away. what isn t gone, though, is this rainfall deficit. 80% of hawaii in some type of rainfall deficit and in maui
reporter: now bracing for much bigger losses. when i was down there early there were uncles and people i know down in the street dead. people were trying to get to the end of the street you can tell by the cars parked. they say hundreds of people jumped in the water. reporter: you personally lost crops? i lost nothing compared to what people lost. i lost farm stuff and food and whatever, tiny little things compared to what people lost. people lost their family, they lost their houses. everything we ve seen, all the landmarks, everything that we ve seen for years, history, it s all gone. reporter: this is the closest port to the south of lahaina here in maui. yesterday we saw everyone from fishermen to charter captains who are usually shooting surfer videos going out and trying to bring relief. so now you re seeing road traffic. they just started opening up the road to lahaina, but there s so much confusion right now.
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