A member of his Campaign Team told local media, villavicencio was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Ecuador s president ial election is scheduled to take place on 20 august. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out in maui and the big island that locals are calling apocalyptic. Locals are calling apocalyptic. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations under way for more than 13,000 people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant governor sylvia luke, whos serving as acting governor, issued
evacuate about a000 people from maui. this morning, our office, our office working with the state department of trepidation and the american red cross and others began making arrangements to set up a travel assistance centre which will be at the honolulu convention centre and we expect that would be a clearinghouse where folks who either work in hotels and have to evacuate, arrived on maui and were not able to get to their hotels, or you may live in areas they are not able to return to until they have been secured, to make sure the faithfully out, we have completed evacuation operation, that they can be placed in temporary shelters in other islands or assist them to return to other destinations. 0ur return to other destinations. our partners in the allies have added additional services and made some accommodations to bring in extra crews so they can bring in and assist with