Onlyjust begun in earnest. Fires do continue to burn there and helicopters are being sent to douse the flames one bucket at a time. Many people forced to flee at a moments notice had to leave everything behind, to the mercy of the flames. On saturday, hawaiis Attorney General announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren did not sound at the height of the emergency. Lets go live now to our reporter in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, whats the situation right now where you are at the moment . We have been here from the Early Morning and gradually being asked to move back because the mood here is growing understandably ever more despondent as we continue to see the death toll rise, now standing at 80, but thousands of people still reported missing. And when you do go inside that shelter without cameras, of course, what you see, two qr codes to scan with your phone, one to report you are safe and the other to say, i am looking for someone. Because so many people currently a
On newsnight at 10 30pm another blow to the Prime Ministers so called small boats week, as migrants are taken off the Bibby Stockholm Barge after legionaires bacteria caused problems. How will the government reboot its Migrant Policy . Good evening. Hawaii is said to be facing the largest Natural Disaster in its history, after wildfires ripped through the land and destroyed most of the beach front town of lahaina. At least 55 people are known to have died but many are still missing. Just look at how the landscape has been ravaged. Whole roads and neighbourhoods have been blackened and flattened as hurricane strength winds fanned the deadly flames. The blaze ripped through the town so quickly that some people jumped into the harbour to escape the flames and smoke. Heres our North America Correspondentjohn Sudworth reporting from maui. The town of lahaina, home to 12,000 people traced its history back centuries. All but wiped from existence in a few short hours. The intensity of the fire
Getting a better look at the scale of the damage. The Catastrophe Modelling Firm karen clark and Company Estimates the total area burned at about 2,200 acres. Roughly 1,000 buildings have destroyed. Attempts to flee the devasting and fast moving fires were hampered as flames were fanned by winds coming from hurricane dora. The devastating and fast moving fires. We are now learning the harrowing stories of survival like this familys, who was forced to flee into the ocean. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. Some residents are now being allowed into destroyed areas. These pictures show residents and tourists waiting in traffic to return to the Historic Town of lahaina. For many, this will be the first time theyve been able to go home to see the damage for themselves. But a curfew is in place for the worst hit areas, and some remain closed entirely. 0ur correspondent John Sud
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t