Large parts of maui have been totally devastated. Have a look at these Drone Pictures from the historic coastal town of la haina. Burnt out wreckage of so many homes there. The governor of hawaii, josh green, estimated that 80 per cent of the town was gone in what he said, was probably the us states, largest ever Natural Disaster. Some properties have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Local people have been left sifting though the debris. They say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage caused by devastating wildfires. This map gives you a better idea of where the fires have ripped through over the last few days. They are marked in orange. As we have said, lahaina was worst hit with that Satellite Image on the left of the screen highlighting that. But the smaller red areas are the fires that are s
Per cent of the town was gone in what he said was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. Some properties seem to have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Locals, who have been there, left to just look at what they have lost, they say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage caused by the wildfires, which firefighters are still battling to contain. Some of the people who managed to escape from the flames gathered in a safe parking lot to spend the night together. They have been describing what they witnessed. All i could take with me, my wife, my son, my car. Fire filled up the parking lot. Everything. As we were leaving, i had triple layers of clothes. Everything was red. We saw the smoke finally. By the time we saw the smoke finally. By the time we got in the house it was like the tim
that around 50 people were rescued from the water. a relief operation is under way to help the residents many makeshift shelters have been set up with queues of traffic and people heading towards them so they at least have some shelter. you can see from these pictures matresses have been brought in for people to sleep on. this photo taken at the war war memorial stadium shelter in maui, a makeshift noticeboard has been set up.
of smoke and the flames around the harbour. you can understand why some people decided to take the risk and jump into the sea and tread water for hours. the coastguard said that about 50 people were rescued from the sea. they put paddle boat into the water to get people out, including some small children. paddle boards. a relief operation is under way to help the residents. makeshift shelters have been set up and there are queues of traffic as people head towards them, so they at least have some shelter. you can see from these pictures matresses have been brought in for people to sleep on. this photo taken at the war memorial stadium shelter in maui. a makeshift noticeboard has been set up. there are pleas for missing loved ones to get in contact such as we love you marisa, call us please.