Lets go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. What has he been saying . He has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. He has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. He said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. He has also spoken with the federal response he says the Us Health Department is now involved in more Tree Services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. He has also
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