Large parts of maui have been totally devastated. Have a look at these Drone Pictures from the historic coastal town of la haina. Burnt out wreckage of so many homes there. The governor of hawaii, josh green, estimated that 80 per cent of the town was gone in what he said, was probably the us states, largest ever Natural Disaster. Some properties have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Local people have been left sifting though the debris. They say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage caused by devastating wildfires. This map gives you a better idea of where the fires have ripped through over the last few days. They are marked in orange. As we have said, lahaina was worst hit with that Satellite Image on the left of the screen highlighting that. But the smaller red areas are the fires that are s
Per cent of the town was gone in what he said was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. Some properties seem to have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Locals, who have been there, left to just look at what they have lost, they say there were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years and billions of dollars to repair the damage caused by the wildfires, which firefighters are still battling to contain. Some of the people who managed to escape from the flames gathered in a safe parking lot to spend the night together. They have been describing what they witnessed. All i could take with me, my wife, my son, my car. Fire filled up the parking lot. Everything. As we were leaving, i had triple layers of clothes. Everything was red. We saw the smoke finally. By the time we saw the smoke finally. By the time we got in the house it was like the tim
as people head towards them hoping for some shelter. you can see from these pictures matresses have been brought in for people to sleep on. well one of the most famous residents of maui island is oprah winfrey and she s been meeting residents, and helping with the relief effort. 0ur reporter on the island, max matza, caught up with her. it isa it is a little overwhelming, but i am so pleased to have so many people supporting and people bringing what they can, so i came earlierjust to see what people needed, and then went shopping, because often you make donations of clothes under does not really people need. so i went and got things like shampoo, diapers, sheets. and got things like shampoo, diapers, sheets. oprah winfrey there. a short while ago, the cbs news correspondent, rudabeh shahbazi, gave us this update from kahului airport on maui. people have been sleeping here. a lot of them have been here for days,
that around 50 people were rescued from the water. a relief operation is under way to help the residents many makeshift shelters have been set up with queues of traffic and people heading towards them so they at least have some shelter. you can see from these pictures matresses have been brought in for people to sleep on. this photo taken at the war war memorial stadium shelter in maui, a makeshift noticeboard has been set up.