most of those identified so far were over 70 years old, a lot of the seniors, obviously, weren t able to get out of the path of the fire. community leaders also yesterday held a press conference, along with her washe hall of fame de facto leader of the hawaiian homes community which survived, and they have not yet met with the governor, who held an emotional press conference last night saying lahaina will rise again. and that worries them that they re not being consulted at this level as to what is the sensitive way to reopen, how should the local community be at the table as they decide the future. generationally, the hawaiians here have been victimized and taken advantage of, lost land and water rights, which created the fire conditions of what used to be sugarcane plantations in lahaina. so a lot of trauma built in historically to obviously what they re going through right now. yeah, it s seemingly never ending. bill weir, thank you so much.
A new tropical storm south of Hawaii will move along a similar track as Hurricane Dora – the storm that enhanced ferocious winds that drove the Maui wildfires, one of which became the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century.
turn on television reports for tsunami warnings and hurricanes. [siren] the state s emergency management agency says the all hazard siren system can be used for natural and human caused events including wildfires. it s so hard, very hard. as families hope loved ones will be found, search crews need help identifying the remains of those unaccounted for, asking relatives for d.n.a. swabs. the remains we re finding is through a fire that melted metal. we have to do rapid d.n.a. to identify them. there s also the challenge of finding housing for the thousands left homeless. lahaina was really small, nice, historical place and it s gone. first class action lawsuit already filed claiming hawaii s electric companies ignored warnings and kept power lines on during dangerous fire conditions. one company says it s too early to know the exact cause and who is to blame. hawaii s governor is promising answers and redemption.
scrambling to safety. ainsley: smoulderring after hurricane-forced winds whipped across the illegal aliens. brian: max is on the ground this morning. it was a pretty alarming view coming into maui, you can see fires burning luckily as the hours have passed, fire conditions have calmed down and the winds die down. firefighters are keeping a look out making sure it doesn t grow out of control. folks don t know why the fires started, officials are investigating. when they did start on tuesday, this island was ripe for fire, things were dry and humidity was low and hurricane dora, spinning south, whipped up winds. we had winds in 70 to 80 mile