Flames. This is one of the worst affected areas. 0fficials flames. This is one of the worst affected areas. Officials say they are struggling to assess the full extent of the damage, and warn the death toll may rise further. Is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on the island of maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off with only one highway open, and thousands trying to evacuate as officials told of widespread devastation in the town, its harbour and surrounding areas. Some people fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. I was the last one off the dock, when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. And ijust ran out to the beach and i ran south, and ijust helped everybody i could along the way. Youve got to know when you can. The cause of all this
us inflation is up, but not by as much as expected. could this lead to a pause in interest rate rises? plus, the tide turns for sri lanka. can it ride a wave of tourism back from the worst economic crisis in its independent history? hello there, welcome to world business report, with me, mark ashdown. we start in the us were inflation data is out, prices up injuly, but less than expected. the consumer price index, that key inflation figure, rose to 3.2% compared to a year ago. of course, it was running at 3% in of course, it was running at 3% in june, so on the face of it the pace of hike rises has ticked up again, but markets had expected a bigger
us inflation is up, but not by as much as expected. could this lead to a pause in interest rate rises? plus, the tide turns for sri lanka. can it ride a wave of tourism back from the worst economic crisis in its independent history? hello there, welcome to world business report, with me, mark ashdown. we start in the us were inflation data is out, prices up injuly, but less than expected. the consumer price index, that key inflation figure, rose to 3.2% compared to a year ago. of course, it was running at 3% in june, so on the face of it the pace of hike rises has ticked up again, but markets had expected a bigger