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 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. Its coming at a time when were 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 Early Warning system failure here, but also growing frustration about the speed of the humanitarian response as well. And it does look like we can actually see a car ariha arriving behind you. Additionally arisen. You have been speaking with residents, many affected in some way by the lease. What have they been telling you . The lease. What have they been telling you . Telling you . Blaze. Everyone ou telling you . Blaze. Everyone you speak telling you . Blaze. Everyone you speak to telling you . Blaze. Everyone you speak to knows telling you . Blaze. Everyone you speak to knows someone i you speak to knows someone impacted by what we have seen here. It was out of the harbour earlier, because there are a lot of volunteers coming down, they were trying to get aid onto boats to get it into the community of lahaina. Waller down there im one young man who was traumatised. He was standing there at the harbour, he had just in his hand his cowboy hat and he told me he Lost Everything In Lahaina and when he did eventually managed to go back that was his one possession which he could pull from the rubble. His name is blake. We can listen to what he told me. 50 blake. We can listen to what he told me. ,. , � blake. We can listen to what he told me. , �. , blake. We can listen to what he told me. , �. , told me. So why wasnt able to crab m told me. So why wasnt able to grab my truck. Told me. So why wasnt able to grab my truck, wasnt told me. So why wasnt able to grab my truck, wasnt able told me. So why wasnt able to grab my truck, wasnt able to l grab my truck, wasnt able to grab grab my truck, wasnt able to grab anything out of my house. Eye was grab anything out of my house. Eye was busy running Up And Down Eye was busy running up and down the eye was busy running up and down the block telling everybody it was time to go because everybody it was time to go because they saw the smoke coming because they saw the smoke coming and i knew the wind was strong coming and i knew the wind was Strong Enough it was most likely Strong Enough it was most likely going to take out the doubtful the hardest thing about doubtful the hardest thing about that for the owners of the houses, likelyl about that for the owners of the houses, likely i am a rental, the houses, likely i am a rental, but the owners of the houses, rental, but the owners of the houses, they dont want to accept houses, they dont want to accept their house is going to burn accept their house is going to burn down. So its hard for the people burn down. So its hard for the people to burn down. So its hard for the people to get out of the house. Lahaina people to get out of the house. Lahaina is people to get out of the house. Lahaina is a small town, it has a strong lahaina is a small town, it has a strong community, this on the songs a strong community, this on the songs ive a strong community, this on the songs ive ever seen in a sound, songs ive ever seen in a sound, so songs ive ever seen in a sound, so it is impossible to et sound, so it is impossible to get out sound, so it is impossible to get out of sound, so it is impossible to get out of the house. This hat is the get out of the house. This hat is the chuy get out of the house. This hat is the only thing that made it of mind is the only thing that made it of mind. Ivejust is the only thing that made it of mind. Ive just recently started of mind. Ive just recently started riding bulls, so it was a big started riding bulls, so it was a big sigh started riding bulls, so it was a big sign to me that i said just a big sign to me that i said just keep doing what i want to do ann just keep doing what i want to do ann king pushing through no matter do ann king pushing through no matter what. That was in my truck matter what. That was in my truck and matter what. That was in my truck and my truck was completely melted to the ground. Completely melted to the round. ,. , i. Completely melted to the i round,. , y. ,. , ground. They have seen you out here with ground. They have seen you out here with your ground. They have seen you out here with your friends ground. They have seen you out here with your friends and ground. They have seen you out here with your friends and the l here with your friends and the truck and you have lost everything, and yet here you are trying to get help to other people, which isjust people, which is just absolutely people, which isjust absolutely remarkable. Enough help getting into lahaina . Absolutely not. There should be organisations from All Over The World organisations from All Over The World coming in. Dont know everybody is working on it, but like is everybody is working on it, but like is that everybody is working on it, but like is that lahaina needs the help like is that lahaina needs the help how like is that lahaina needs the help now and we are the ones they help now and we are the ones they can help now and we are the ones they can do that, we are the ones they can do that, we are the ones that they can do that, we are the ones that can put forth the effort ones that can put forth the effort and do the little that we are effort and do the little that we are for the community, we try to we are for the community, we try to take we are for the community, we try to take as much gas and food try to take as much gas and food and try to take as much gas and food and water as we can every day and food and water as we can every day and a food and water as we can every day and a big thank you to all the Hawaiian Guys who get us through the Hawaiian Guys who get us through the cops, because without through the cops, because without them we would not be able without them we would not be able to without them we would not be able to get to lahaina. Away is strong able to get to lahaina. Away is strong. Maui is strong and we are going strong. Maui is strong and we are going to stay maui strong. What are going to stay maui strong. What i are going to stay maui strong. What i will say is there are so many people like blake and they are barely able to process or mourn their loved ones, because at the moment they are just trying to survive. They have such great humanitarian needs. Our reporter there on the ground in maui, helena humphrey, thank you so much. So as weve been hearing, theres desperate need foraid on maui. And some locals are asking whats taking so long . Heres our North America correspondentjohn sudworth. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre 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. They didnt stand a chance. Inside, there is little left, but the remnants of shattered lives and livelihoods. A stark reminder of the deep humanitarian need here. As the aid is brought ashore, many of those helping out have also been affected by the fire. I was fighting for my life with my four year old boy in my hands. I was in the water for eight hours. There was a point that in my head i was thinking, thats it, you know. But my boy kept me going to survive. This footage shows the terror for those having to take shelter in the water that night. Scenes that once again prompt that same question. We were wondering, where is the help . When we want to get the help, we are waiting for it and we need it really bad. There are huge challenges for the authorities, not least searching for Human Remains while securing a site from the public and media. We know weve got to go quick and we have got to do it right. When we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday and some of you, thats what youre stepping on. I dont know how much more you want me to describe it. Thats what youre stepping on. Give us a little bit of time to contain that. Please. Five days on, the true scale of hawaiis disaster is becoming clearer. John sudworth, bbc news, maui. As weve heard, this Natural Disaster is now the deadliest us fire in more than a century. The previous worst, the camp fire, happened in 2018, centred near a small city in Northern California called paradise. 85 people died. The similarities between that disaster and this one are stark. Both fires took place in remote communities, both were fast moving, leaving people little time to flee. Residents there are still rebuilding in paradise and now re living their grief as they see whats happened in hawaii. Joining us now live is the mayor of paradise, california, greg bolin. Thank you so much for being here with us tonight. You must be following that tragedy in lahaina very closely. What has been your reaction and what are your feelings as you are seeing the events playing out there in hawaii . , the events playing out there in hawaii . , ,. , ~ the events playing out there in hawaii . , a v hawaii . Our hearts break. Its ust hawaii . Our hearts break. Its just heartwrenching hawaii . Our hearts break. Its just heartwrenching to hawaii . Our hearts break. Its| just heartwrenching to watch. Just Heart Wrenching to watch. Its so similar. When we first saw the visual of whats going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody id talk to just says our for them and our prayers go out to and every one of them. Every one of them. They can only imagine every one of them. They can only imagine what every one of them. They can only imagine what that every one of them. They can only imagine what that must every one of them. They can i only imagine what that must be like to have gone through that fire in 2018 and now to see something so similar happening. The camp fire kills people, many people lost everything similar to what is hard thing in lahaina. How do tragedies like this one effect these type of communities . It like this one effect these type of communities . Like this one effect these type of communities . It affected in many different of communities . It affected in many different ways. Of communities . It affected in many different ways. Youve l of communities . It affected in l many different ways. Youve got emotions going in every direction. I was listening to this before, what you are reporting, and its very, it takes time for the resources to come and when you are out there with nothing, youve left your home and one gentleman had a hat, you have nothing, you dont have underwear, you dont have a toothbrush, you dont have a toothbrush, you dont have all the essentials, and so everything is needed at that point in time. And its very difficult, i mean, it takes time for the different organisations to get their stuff together and get over there. I know theyre coming. They came for us. And they were there for us. But it did take some time and it does take time to go through the rubble and find the dead and we had to just really close of that area so that people could have the time to really search and search thoroughly for people that perished in the fire. But thats very hard when thats your home and you want to go back and see if there is anything left, anything there. And its very difficult. And some people are finding that their homes are fine and even they are having problems, because why did my house not burn and why is it ok and then heara burn and why is it ok and then hear a living burn and why is it ok and then heara living in burn and why is it ok and then hear a living in a Disaster Zone now . Why was living in paradise, they were living in paradise. And now it doesnt look like paradise it doesnt look like paradise it doesnt look like paradise it doesnt look like away anymore. And the emotions go from to z. It is all over the board. Emotions go from to z. It is all over the board. What was that moment all over the board. What was that moment like, all over the board. What was that moment like, you all over the board. What was that moment like, you know| all over the board. What was that moment like, you know you were living in paradise when the fire swept through your town. What was it like when you returned to find what was left . I had got in reports, i knew our house was lost. It was very interesting, we went around and looked at other peoples home so we could report to them whether their house made it or not. Because a lot of people didnt know. They had unfortunately heard that mine didnt make it, but it was just getting dark, the skies were dark anyway because the black smoke hung around for many, many days. As they got out of my truck and walked over, even though you know it, even though you know that its gone, in your head your heart has a different feeling like maybe theres something you see the total devastation that everything, we had a two story house and it was down to 16 18 inches of rubble, that is all it was, with concrete all around. Its really emotional, its very tough. And all the things you wanted to pass on to your kids from the generations before you, you are not going to be able to pass them on anymore, they are gone. And so many things run through your mind at that time. Many things run through your mind at that time. Wow. And it still obviously mind at that time. Wow. And it still obviously early mind at that time. Wow. And it still obviously early days mind at that time. Wow. And it still obviously early days now l still obviously early days now in lahaina, some of these fires are still burning there, but if you had a message to lahaina about the recovery and about the rebuilding that will be taking place, what message would you send to the residence there . ,. , would you send to the residence there . ,. , i. , there . First off, you need to take care there . First off, you need to take care of there . First off, you need to take care of yourself there . First off, you need to take care of yourself and there . First off, you need to take care of yourself and get rest. Find a way to get some rest. Find a way to get some rest. Youre going through so many emotions, your mind is going crazy, but if you dont take care of yourselfjust going crazy, but if you dont take care of yourself just as people got very sick afterwards because of the anxiety and everything that happened. Somehow find rest for yourself. And then you need help, Everybody Needs help in these situations, hopefully they can find friends, relatives, or something they can stay with for a while, or a something they can stay with fora while, ora place something they can stay with for a while, or a place they can stay where people come and take care of them and help them. We had a friend that we went to, we called them, and we said, hey, it is me and my wife and my mum, you have any space for us . He said absolutely, come in. He did not tell us he had already taken in four other couples before us. And there were five couples in that house that he made room for us. But you know what, it was a place that we could get rest, we could take a deep breath, and then, you know, after two days you start the long journey of all the work of insurances, debris cleanup, and everything else. It debris cleanup, and everything else. , ,. , debris cleanup, and everything else. ,. , else. It does seem to be a very lona else. It does seem to be a very long journey else. It does seem to be a very long journey ahead else. It does seem to be a very long journey ahead and else. It does seem to be a very long journey ahead and it else. It does seem to be a very long journey ahead and it has l long journey ahead and it has been a long journey for you in the town of paradise but it is amazing to see how these communities can come together. The mayor of paradise california, joining us. California, oining us. Thank ou. Around the world and