distribution. they ll be helping to us make sure that we can transport safely and securely the fuel, the food, the areas that we need to get to. we do understand that there are some areas that are isolated. we ve been conducting air drops. not only in puerto rico but we can t forget our partners over in the virgin islands. so we re also working that event as well. we continue to stabilize the situation. the other challenge that we face is that unfortunately, because of the severity of the hit, there is diminished capacity of local governments, and state governments to respond, similar to what we saw with texas and florida. therefore, it is requiring to us push forward a lot of resources. including the uss comfort, which is on the way. you can t mobilize ships and just send them in. there has to be port space. the port has to be safe.
transport safely and securely the food and the water to the areas that we need to get to. we understand there s some areas still isolated. we ve been conducting air drops. there s numerous search and rescues taking place. we have over ten task forces operating not only in puerto rico but we can t forget the virgin islands. we re working that event as well. we continue to stabilize the situation. the other challenge we face, unfortunately because of the severity of the hit, there s diminished capacity of local governments and state governments to respond similar to what we saw with texas and florida. so therefore, it is requiring us to push forward a lot of resourcr resourc resources, including the u.s.s. comfort, which is on the way. you can t just mobilize ships. there has to be port space. it has to be safe.
distribution. they will be also helping us to make sure that we can transport safely and securely the food the fuel and the water to the areas we need to get to. we understand there are areas that are isolated. we been conducting air drops. there have been numerous search-and-rescues. we have over ten task forces operating in puerto rico and the virgin islands. we are also working that event as well. we continue to stabilize the situation. the other challenge that we face is that unfortunately, because of the severity of the hit, there is diminished capacity of local governments and the state governments to be able to respond similar to what we saw with texas and florida. therefore, it is requiring to us push forward a lot of resources, including the uss comfort, which is on the way. you can t mobilize ships and just send them in. there has to be port space.
islands. shipping relief supplies to territories in the region. france s president is visiting the french side of st. martin tod today. the u.s. military is delivering aid to the u.s. virgin islands where many homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. cal perry, global editor of digital content joins me here. how quickly will the u.s. be able to get aid to those hard hit areas? it is happening right now. air drops are on the way to st. john and saint thomas. it s a war zone type situation. it s like there has been a war on the u.s. virgin islands. so it s an appropriate military response. we are seeing the marine corps take over. 80% of buildings have been damaged. groups of up to 50 people were
that thunder cloud of smoke. the fire moving so fast, this homeowner spraying the fire with water from his pool. eventually these air drops brought it under control, but in arizona, these aerials show the goodwin fire running out of control. 70 homes under evacuation orders. here in utah, over 1,500 folks evacuated. 13 homes destroyed. this type of terrain shows you how tricky it has been for firefighters here, why it has been so hard to contain the flames here. making matters worse, we are at 9,000 feet, and the elevation has taken its toll, and wind is still howling, meaning that the hours and days to come, we ll see more hot spots. tom. matt gutman with an upclose look at that danger. thank you. overseas now and new insight into that deadly collision involving a u.s. navy ship off the coast of japan. the captain of that container ship that plowed into the side reportedly saying he tried to give warning, but the uss