for more, here s our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. this is what remains of lahaina. cars are banned peoplejumped into the sea to escape the flames. homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. president biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say it s not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. i m frustrated. people are. we re all together. we re one family, we need to take care of each other. no one s feeding everyone. they re traumatised. they re upset. no one s giving hugs. they need mental help. what do you need from me? to hear people in the same pants
in the open right now. and it continues to be very hot. it continues to be very windy. but when you speak to people, what really comes through is something that people in here in hawaii pride themselves on and it s bittersweet to witness. it is a spirit of aloha, of warmth and generosity and coming together in the face of what is the biggest challenge that this island probably has ever seen in terms of natural disasters. so the long is also in hawaii. she explained the situation for people currently looking for access to lahaina. there is a confusion on the road into lahaina. there s a lot of confusion and a lack of information. but i ve spoken to some of the people who were trying to get back into lahaina and one woman was speaking to me. she said that they did move out as the fire engulfed the city
and there are others who want to go and see for their own eyes. of course, they ve seen the pictures like we all have the aerial shots that show the level of devastation, but it s important for them to go back and see for themselves what s happened to their property. we were actually travelling with one woman, liz domanski. we weren t able to get in. we waited for several hours and were turned around. she s going to try and do that again tomorrow, but there is confusion that people are finding frustrating. in you hear that the road has been opened. there really is only one main road that provides land access to la haina. there s what they call the back route, but that was closed for many months ahead of this due to a landslide or a rockslide. so there s only one route that locals really regard as being safe, and that s the one that s been closed and opened again. but you will have heard probably from the chief of police in maui, and he has asked for people s patience. he said there is
pressure builds on rishi sunak over small boats crossing the channel after six deaths. labour says people smugglers are running rings around government policy. and a stargazer s delight the annual perseid meteeor shower lights up skies across the world. hello, i m monika plaha. in hawaii, volunteers helping communities recoverfrom deadly wildfires have appealed for more federal aid. local relief operations are working around the clock trying to supply food, water and shelter to survivors. the state s governor has warned people to expect the death toll to rise significantly. 93 people are now known to have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for, after the inferno swept through the historic town of la haina. so far, only a fraction
than essential travel to the island. even with the rest of hawaii relatively unaffected, the scale of the task ahead is huge. a climate disaster stretching one of the wealthiest states in one of the world s wealthiest countries to the limit. the bbc s max mazta has the latest from maui. there s still thousands of people seeking shelter in the emergency shelters. some are still living in their cars. hotels are mostly full. some people are sleeping outside. but there s lots of people in need and very few have actually been able to go back to lahaina. they have no idea when that might be possible. and it s worth noting that even though some residents are being allowed back, many people lost absolutely everything they own, including identification documents that prove they re their residence, which is required to get back into town. they re starting to hear rumours of who is the dead.