now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it s too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them and the lives of those inside may be contained, but they re still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames, fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much, yeah. they flocked to shelters, seeking food and water. the need for assistance is great but so too are the challenges to meeting it. the only [and route to those most in need has been blocked. as road access to lahaina was opened and people started to make their way back to see what if anything remains, hawaii s governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like they ve never seen.
bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it s too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them, and the lives of those inside, may be contained, but they re still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames, fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much, yeah. they flocked to shelters, seeking food and water. the need for assistance is great, but so too are the challenges to meeting it. the only land route to those most in need has been blocked. as road access to lahaina was opened and people started to make their way back to see what if anything remains, hawaii s governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like they ve never seen.
assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them, and the lives of those inside, may be contained, but they re still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames, fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much, yeah. they flocked to shelters, seeking food and water. the need for assistance is great, but so too are the challenges to meeting it. the only land route to those most in need has been blocked. as road access to lahaina was opened and people started to make their way back to see what if anything remains, hawaii s governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like they ve never seen. vic said his family were here on holiday from california. caught by the flames, they almost lost their lives.
the historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. we already know this is the deadliest disaster in the state s history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina s historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it s too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them and the lives of those inside may be contained, but they re still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames, fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much, yeah.
by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much, yeah. they flocked to shelters, seeking food and water. the need for assistance is great but so too are the challenges to meeting it. the only land route to those most in need has been blocked. as road access to lahaina was opened and people started to make their way back to see what if anything remains, hawaii s governor urged people to prepare themselves to witness destruction like they ve never seen. vic said his family were here on holiday from california. caught by the flames, they almost lost their lives. we left our vehicle and myself, my wife and our five kids, we all got in the ocean. we found a floating board that we hung on to. and we were out there, floating. and this is so surreal. and everything was burning around,