Hawaii, one of the towns devastated by the wildfires. Cars are lined up behind me, there is roadblocks, curfew to lift at 6 00 a. M. These people waiting to see what is left of their homes. Residents are being led in but its a horrible sight to see. Take a listen to one person we spoke to yesterday. I want people to know there are people suffering and we need donations and people shipping things out in families fed. We need so much help. Home after home and lahaina gone, the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimator at destroyed homes at more than 3000, the rising death toll at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims, thousands of people left the island in 1400 are currently stated emergency shelters. It is unclear how the fire started but when they did ignite the island was ripe for an inferno, dry conditions was 70 h passing Hurricane Dora fueled the flames in a challenging battle for the islands firefighters. Residents say they were given little warning of the
tens of millions of households need that support, so i think that s the right approach. the uk s opposition labour party welcomes the move, but has criticised the government s response to the crisis, saying it called for a windfall tax on oil companies months ago. the chancellor, the prime minister were resisting it, and saying that it would deter investment, that it was un conservative, but it wouldn t raise enough money, but it would be silly to provide additional help. ukraine warns that russia s offensive in donbas could result in the region becoming uninhabited. a british health trust at the centre of concerns about avoidable deaths and injuries to babies has been told to make immediate improvements to its maternity services. it s been more than a0 years since abba s last tour, but they finally performed onstage again last night in digital form as abba tars. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in texas are facing criticism over th
Wicked weather this week between heat and rain storms and winds in excess of 100 mile per hour in texas, houston, where at least seven are confirmed dead. And hundreds are still without power. Katie, how do things look there now . A new shift of workers have arrived this morning and their work is underway after some cleanup crews worked through the night and theyre trying to board up a lot of the shattered windows in some of the Downtown High Rise Office Buildings and hotels. And you can see the work is cut out for them and there are a lot of windows theyre going to have to take care of, all of this damage, caused by the strength of 100 mile per hour straightline winds that hit right in downtown houston. The cleanup and power Restoration Efforts are likely to take weeks, not days. More than 500,000 people in Harris County here are still waking up in the dark. Its a huge concern as we enter the stretch of 90 degree days coming up. Weve been speaking with a lot of people on the ground be