impacts but the flash flood track, this is what i m concerned about, a high risk, very rare from the weather prediction center, including palm springs for excessive flash flooding. get this, we could get one to two years worth of rain in a matter of a day or two. it is going to produce significant rainfall, and we re looking out for millions under flood watches as we speak including, look at this, las vegas, los angeles, and just west of phoenix. so a very, very difficult next 36 to 48 hours. poppy? keep us posted, derek van dam. this morning there s a lot of fallout and many questions over why there wasn t warning for the catastrophic wildfires in hawaii. at least 111 people are confirmed dead. maui s emergency management chief has resigned in wake of the deadliest fire in over a century.
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he was facing criticism as the inferno closed in on lahaina. he defended the decision to not sound the alarms. hawaii s water management agency is coming under scrutiny. a state official may have delayed giving permission to use extra water to fight the fire as the disaster unfolded. and also the atf announced it is sending a team of investigators to find out where and how the wildfires started. maui s mayor cetells cnn over 4 cadaver dogs are scouring the scorched ruins. randi kaye, you have been driging into the many questions about what happened and in particular why the warning sirens did not sound. what are you finding? reporter: absolutely, phil. we wanted to know what happened and we think the people of hawaii certainly deserve answers. as we were digging into this, we found a lot of changing stories, a lot of explanations that continued to change and, quite frankly, a lot of excuses, and
management webpage. we use sirens for hurricanes, brushfires, flooding, lava, be hazmat conditions, or even a terrorist event. reporter: this map also from the county s page, shows where the warning sirens are located. according to the state there are about 400 sirens statewide including 80 on maui. and in the historic town of lahaina where more than 100 people were killed in the flames, there are five sirens, five sirens that were not used to warn those in grave danger. instead, officials say they chose to send alerts by text message to cell phones as well as alerts on land lines and through tv and radio. it is our practice to use the most effective means of conveying an emergency message to the public during wild land fire. reporter: while that may have worked in some cases, the wildfire moved so swiftly, it knocked out power and cell service, so how were residents supposed to receive those warnings? there s no warning at all.
want to say things about mike pence. but he asked to walk a fine line, and not intimidate a witness against him. so mike pence is one of the main witnesses against him in jack smith january 6th case, so that s going to be a dance that will be hard for anyone to do. and he is not careful. so it will be interesting to see how the judges, how the courts will deal with that sort of, that sort of intimidation of a witness. yet, karen freeman i appreciate it. kaitlan collins as well, we will see caitlin again, the source, and about half an hour, at the top of this next hour. coming up, as hawaii s death toll reaches 111, with perhaps more than 1000 people still unaccounted for, we will focus on the conflicting answers officials have given, for why they didn t use those loud hazards sirens that cover much of maui, but did not warn of this oncoming fire.