social media companies to try to stop smugglers advertising journeys online. the new deal with turkey to try to stop the export of both parties to make the journeys across the channel. all of the announcements were derailed by the fact last week we reached the 100,000 figure, the number of people who have reached the uk and small boat since 2018 when this phenomenon really started in earnest. yesterday it was all very much overshadowed by the tragedy in the channel. if anything it is focusing minds on what can be done about this. because once again for renewed cooperation with french authorities. the uk has given france millions of euros to increase patrols on beaches in france. those patrols have been stepped up. the crossings to continue. yesterday, despite tragedy in the channel, many did manage to arrive in uk waters.
there was a lot of response going on amongst the firefighters all across the island. i think that was the greatest confounding issue. but my team is doing a thorough review. we ve begun it with our attorney general, and that s the important piece for us now. of course, most of our efforts are going to be on recovery, finding a way to reunite families with either those that they ve lost so that they have closure or getting them housing and survival. these processes normally come much after an incident like this, but we re doing it in parallel because we want to be safer and learn right now. while the authorities continue the difficult work of searching for and identifying the dead after the devastating fire in the town of lahaina, some residents are taking relief efforts into their own hands. john sudworth went out with one group of volunteers taking relief supplies by boat. we are on board the ocean spirit, a boat owned by the pacific whale foundation, a marine conservation charity. bu
attorney general, and that s the important piece for us now. of course, most of our efforts are going to be on recovery, finding a way to reunite families with either those that they ve lost so that they have closure or getting them housing and survival. these processes normally come much after an incident like this, but we re doing it in parallel because we want to be safer and learn right now. while the authorities continue the difficult work of searching for, and identifying, the dead, some residents are taking relief efforts into their own hands. john sudworth went out with one group of volunteers taking relief supplies by boat. we are on board the ocean spirit, a boat owned by the pacific whale foundation, a marine conservation charity. but today staff and volunteers on board are on a different mission. if you look down here, these are full fuel cans. a lot of people inside the disaster zone depend on generators for cooking. this, of course, is a vital lifeline. over here, somethi
supplies by boat. we are on board the ocean spirit, a boat owned by the pacific whale foundation, a marine conservation charity. but today staff and volunteers on board are on a different mission. if you look down here, these are full fuel cans. a lot of people inside the disaster zone depend on generators for cooking. this, of course, is a vital lifeline. over here, something else badly needed. ..fresh drinking water. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and what you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning. and what happened with the hurricane blowing way off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and picking up sparks from the fire and bringing them directly into the town.
On a typical day, the Ocean Spirit would be operating eco-tours across Maui as part of the non-profit Pacific Whale Foundation’s marine conservation and education program. The ship survived the Maui wildfires earlier this week that leveled entire communities and killed at least 80 people because it was anchored off Lahaina and not in the harbor (another foundation ship, moored in the harbor, was not so lucky).