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
efforts because were there to be significant rainfall in lahaina, that can essentially wash away the debris, the rubble, which is likely containing more human remains. adding another layer of complication to the rescue efforts. helena humphries on the ground for us in maui. thank you very much. so as we ve been hearing, there s desperate need foraid on maui. and some locals are asking, what s taking so long? here s our north america correspondent, john sudworth. vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. they re now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering, why was there no help sent from 0ahu? pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right? why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone? where is the support for them?
be taking tourists whale watching. they re now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering, why was there no help sent from 0ahu? pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right? why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone? where is the support for them? why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter? we do this because we have to. an hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the hurricane blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks from that fire and bringing them directly
be taking tourists whale watching. they re now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu? pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right? why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone? where is the support for them? why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter? we do this because we have to. an hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. we can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the hurricane blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks from that fire and bringing them directly into the town.