Hawaii, one of the towns devastated by the wildfires. Cars are lined up behind me, there is roadblocks, curfew to lift at 6 00 a. M. These people waiting to see what is left of their homes. Residents are being led in but its a horrible sight to see. Take a listen to one person we spoke to yesterday. I want people to know there are people suffering and we need donations and people shipping things out in families fed. We need so much help. Home after home and lahaina gone, the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimator at destroyed homes at more than 3000, the rising death toll at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims, thousands of people left the island in 1400 are currently stated emergency shelters. It is unclear how the fire started but when they did ignite the island was ripe for an inferno, dry conditions was 70 h passing Hurricane Dora fueled the flames in a challenging battle for the islands firefighters. Residents say they were given little warning of the
Town is gone. People who live there say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Billions of dollars it is going to cost to repair the damage. It is going to take many years to do that. Many of the one of the most Famous Landmarks In Lahaina is the largest banyan tree in the us. It is a majestic fig tree, 150 years old. It was a big tourist attraction. Look at it now. All burnt. Their branches are damaged by the flames. Just a bit of the history of that area left standing. Entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. The worst hit area has been lahaina, the beach front town popular with tourists, where entire neighbourhoods and hotels have been destroyed. These are the before and after pictures. Lahaina is a Historic Town on the western tip of maui. Its centre dates back to the 1700s and is on the Us National Register of historic places. At least 270 buildings have been destroyed in the picturesque resort, which is home to about 12,000 people. T
Zac, lord goldsmith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Just a couple of months ago, you left rishi sunak s government and, as you left, you lobbed a political grenade in his direction. Why did you do that . My concern is that, you know, im maybe a rare thing, a minister who cares passionately, or cared passionately about my portfolio. And ifound myjob was becoming untenable, it was becoming impossible for me to go forward. It was becoming virtually impossible to prevent government from sliding back. And the key issue is this pledge which was made by borisjohnson, repeated by liz truss, repeated a few times by rishi sunak around International Climate finance, from which so much of what the uk has done over the last few years flows, and that pledge was being broken. You say, because it was a pledge of something over. £11. 6 billion over five years. Over five years to be invested in International Climate change programmes and efforts. Yes. You
The world. Im kim brunhuber, ahead on cnn newsroom. What we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaiis state history. Deadly wildfires tear through maui. Entire neighborhoods wiped out. We write you the harrowing stories of those who escaped the fastmoving flames. Plus, the big event that has them racing to see the iowa fair. In zaporizhzhia, as President Biden asks congress for more assistance for ukraine. Well have the live report from the latest. Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Tremendous devastation, a sense of deep loss and a scramble to save whatever can still be saved. Thats all happening on the Hawaiian Island of maui, where 53 people have been killed by wildfires described as apocalyptic. The death toll is likely to go even higher as Emergency Crews Sift through countless properties, now in ashes. The wildfire is now the second deadliest in the u. S. In a century, and the governor says its likely the largest Natural Disaster ever in h
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