Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. And what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flare ups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a
Reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, youve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. In these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going
they are only allowing emergency workers in. it s coming at a time when we re increasingly desperate calls from residents, people who have lost everything in lahaina for more aid to get in, food, clean drinking water, shelter, absolutely everything in that town has been completely decimated. also operational in this area, we have been speaking to federal authorities who have been flying here on to maui. we have spoken to officers from the water control, they have been working, they say, as part of the recovery efforts. i asked them what the situation was like in lahaina, in one word, they said it was grim. they asked them about co ordination in terms of those relief evidence and they set at times it was a case of hurry up and wait and you have got to keep in mind that those coming at a time when there is not only anger about the early warning system failure here, but also growing frustration about the speed of the humanitarian response as well.
are going on. many people are then forced to turn around in this lean here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing emergency workers in. it s coming at a time when we re increasingly desperate calls from residents, people who have lost everything in lahaina for more aid to get in, food, clean drinking water, shelter, absolutely everything in that town has been completely decimated. also operational in this area we have been speaking to federal authorities who have been flying here on to maui. we have spoken to officers from the water control, they have been working, they say, as part of the recovery efforts. they asked them what the situation was like in lahaina, in one word they said it was grim. they asked them about co ordination in terms of those relief evidence and they set at times it was a case of hurry up and wait and you have got to keepin and wait and you have got to keep in mind that those coming at a time when there is not only anger about the