Jonathan hunt is live watching this writing situation unfold. Jonathan, good evening. Jonathan good evening. There are stunning and devastating. Just emerging from the Island Of Maui tonight. With the popular tourist town appearing to have been largely destroyed. Take a look at these pictures. They are breathtaking. At least 66 people have died in the fires. Hundreds of homes and businesses have burned to the ground and it appears many as 10,000 or so yearround residents will now be homeless. As a result of what is certainly the worst Natural Disaster to hit the Hawaiian Islands in decades. Possibly the worst ever. The main focus right now is to stabilize and preserve lives. Are secondary, of course, is to try to save as much property as possible. Jonathan unlike the hurricanes that hawaii is what used to, this externally powerful fire fled up with most flared up little warning and it quickly burned through dry brush and trees and into the wooden homes and stores that make up a majorit
flared up little warning and it quickly burned through dry brush and trees and into the wooden homes and stores that make up a majority of the buildings in lahaina. nobody was prepared for this. local people have lost everything. they lost their house. they lost their animals and it is devastating. jonathan: president biden send his condolences to the families who have lost loved ones and prayers for all those who have lost homes and businesses. he thanked firefighters and first responders. as he put it, running toward danger and trying to save lives and the president said all available federal resources will be sent to help. the damage already done. it appears frankly catastrophic. and as the smoke begins to accrue, it feels inevitable that there will be more bad news and more heartbreak, trace. trouble if you go to malychai you go to lahaina town. now it is gone.