Here sleeping in their cars, waiting for a curfew to lift at 6 a. M. A lot of folks anxious to see whats left of their homes, and for those who have already made it into lahaina, a lot of heartbreak and shock at what theyve seen. Heres some folks we talked to yesterday. Somewhere that i once knew is completely gone, its unrecognizable. Its devastating. I mean, we lost our houses, our jobs. Some of us grew up here. We dont even know whether half our friends are alive or gone. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll, now at 800 people, as Rescue Crews Search for more victims. Thousands of people have left the island, around 1400 staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its unclear how these fires started, but when they did ignite, the island was ripe for an inferno. 80 mileperhour winds caused in part by Passing Hush Dora fueled the flames hurricane dora.
dying down. interestingly, that s the international dateline. when it get to the east of it, it s called a typhoon. same storm, just a different naming convention. this fire now at this point 80 fatalities x that is the second deadliest fire we ve had anywhere in the u.s. five years ago, 2018, in paradise, california, we ve talked a lot about that storm that fire. burned most of the town and caused 88 payalties, but that s fatalities, and that s where we are right now. we ll see the that number changes. fires in two different areas in maui. green on the north and east side of these storms, that s the windward island, that s where all the moisture comes in, generally that s where most of the rain is, and the other side of it is kind of a rain shadow, drier conditions. up country, that s this spot right there, most of the fires are there, about 85% containment on those fires in the lahaina area. so not completely done with those fires.