Recovering after what the police are calling in ambush. What we are learning about her condition this morning after an hours long standoff. Jobina recall effort, what supporters of pamela price are saying about the campaign to get her out of office. Kumasi frigate ceo, what about cao . The chain looking for chief avocado officer, and how much it pays. Jobina i could be into it, especially the way those prices are going up. Good morning, it is thursday, august 17. Drew it is humidity, the afternoon will feature cooler weather moving in. We are getting a cooling trend the next couple of days. Looking up in the 50s coast side, it is muggy. Have a deeper marine layer that will keep us cooler later on today, compared to yesterday. We will have the humidity with us, temperatures in the upper 70s bay shoreline, upper 80s to lower 90s inland. We will take a closer look at temperatures and the latest on what is hurricane hilary in a few minutes. Sue we are giving our friends in san jose a littl
In a war zone. Reporter helicopter Tour Operator richie olson flew over the smoldering towns. Hundreds of homes leveled to the ground. The historic section of the town is destroyed. Even the boats in the harbor were burned to the water. They are gone. This is truly an all hands on deck situation. Reporter officials fear the death toll will rise. The primary focus is to save lives and prevent human suffering and mitigate property loss. Reporter the fires are being fueled by low humidity, Drought Conditions and whipping winds from a hurricane 700 miles away. Now that President Biden has declared a major disaster, more federal help is on the way, but that is little soulless to those who have lost everything. Is nothing but smoke. Cinders. We have only the clothes we have got on and a dog and two kids. Here we are. Reporter shelters are packed with people who have nowhere else to go. This satellite image captured what lahaina looked like before the fire and after. A once Thriving Community
Are missing. The largest tire is now 80 contained and those flames broke out on tuesday. Fanned by strong winds as a hurricane passed south of the island. Hawaiis governor toured the devastation yesterday. And called it the largest natural scat in state history. Maui county officials are urging residents to stay away. And many communities without power and water. Its still very, very hazardous in the burn areas. Things are falling every minute around us. President biden has now approved a disaster declaration for hawaii. Clearing the way for federal assistance. Our prayers are where the people of hawaii but not just our prayers. Every asset we have will be available to them and we have seen their homes and their businesses destroyed and some have lost loved ones and its not over yet. Here in california Governor Newsom has deployed an urban search and rescue team to maui. Firefighters from oakland are also heading to hawaii specializing in that kind of work. Really need our support righ
Tells us a state of emergency has been declared for the entire island. Melissa residents of the Historic Town of lahaina finally allowed to return home days after the devastating fires in hawaii swept through communities, leaving behind a path of destruction. Just want to see whats left, but nothing. All gone. In west maui a new wild broke out overnight, forcing residents to evacuate. Hawaii Emergency Management records showed there were no warning sirens alerting people to evacuate. Instead, alerts went to cell but power and cellular outages limited their reach. This womans family lost their home. We are supposed to get, you know, on your cell phone, evacuation notices alerts, we got nothing. The flames also tearing through this neighborhood. His father spent decades building this multi generational home. It is now completely gone. Theres things you think you always have, you know, like things you think you will give to your children. The Community Coming together to help, some taking
The first couple of days, but then some of my friends had come in and started saying like, you know, whos still missing . Like soandso and so and so and so and so and i think thats what it started, kind of like clicking in my head a little bit as relief efforts pick up steam on maui, wildfire victims work tonight to come to grips with the devastation all around them. Good evening on this saturday. I am cristina rendon. We are learning tonight of another nine deaths tied to mauis wildfire year. That brings the death toll on the island to 89. Still Emergency Managers expect that number will rise. Its unclear how morgues will be able to accommodate the number of victims considering there is just one hospital and three mortuaries. Relief efforts are intensifying on the island and as volunteers distribute supplies to those in need. Were beginning to get a better assessment of the overall damage. Hawaii governor josh green says 2200 structures were destroyed or damaged and many of those are