green says he s ordering a comprehensive review of the state s response, including why sirens didn t alert maui residents to the danger. hawaii s emergency service administration says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. our own reporter on the ground said that no one he s spoken to was alerted to the encroaching flames. more on that in just a few minutes. this image comes from the us coastguard, it shows the town burning through the height of the emergency. the burning through the height of the emergency. the emergency. the agency rescued 17 the emergency. the agency rescued 17 people - the emergency. the agency rescued 17 people from - the emergency. the agency rescued 17 people from the | rescued 17 people from the water and a0 people from the shoreline. many more are still unaccounted for. attem pts atte m pts to attempts to flee the devastation and fires were hampered. as flames were fanned by winds coming from hu
much more stark. residents are now for the first time being allowed to return as you can see from these dramatic shots. but they won t be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. meanwhile, hawaii governor josh green says he s ordering a comprehensive review of the state s response, including why sirens didn t alert maui residents to the danger. hawaii s emergency service administration says based on its records, no one at the state or county level attempted to activate the sirens. much has been made about the speed of the fires and just how quickly lahaina became engulfed on tuesday. here s what we know so far about what happened. at 6:37 am local hawaiian time on tuesday, maui county reports that a brush fire began near lahaina. by 9:55, the county issued a statement on its website declaring that the lahaina brush fire is 100% contained shortly before 09:00 today. then just under an hour later, another update said firefighters remained on the scen
local authorities say 80% of the coastal community is gone . from above, you can see even more of the broad stretch of destruction. homes, businesses, cars have been destroyed. these pictures we re about to show you will put all of that into perspective. these are before and after pictures from lahaina. at least 270 buildings entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash. the town was home to about 12,000 people. let s hearfrom one man who made it to safety, but lost everything. i lose my home, all my papers too, everything. that s only i can. ..i only have my wife, my son, and my car, i don t have time for the rest of my stuff. my passport or ids, anything. fires like the one you see here consumed roads and exit points. flames moved with such speed, that some tourists were forced to jump into the sea nearby and were left to tread water or cling to sea walls for long periods of time. they ve been talking about their experience. the ocean almost sucked my kids aw
on newsnight at 10:30pm: another blow to the prime minister s 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. here s 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 intensi
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 family s, 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, we re not going to die, and we re here, we re 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 they ve 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