Getting a better look at the scale of the damage. The Catastrophe Modelling Firm karen clark and Company Estimates the total area burned at about 2,200 acres. Roughly 1,000 buildings have destroyed. Attempts to flee the devasting and fast moving fires were hampered as flames were fanned by winds coming from hurricane dora. The devastating and fast moving fires. We are now learning the harrowing stories of survival like this familys, who was forced to flee into the ocean. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. Some residents are now being allowed into destroyed areas. These pictures show residents and tourists waiting in traffic to return to the Historic Town of lahaina. For many, this will be the first time theyve been able to go home to see the damage for themselves. But a curfew is in place for the worst hit areas, and some remain closed entirely. 0ur correspondent John Sud
to europe, searching for a better life. let s return to our top story, those wildfires in hawaii. the state s governor has ordered a comprehensive review of the state s actions in the hours after devastating wildfires broke out on the islands earlier this week. that includes why warning sirens were not used to alert residents on maui. a short time ago, my colleague carl nasman spoke with pao shin chu, a hawaii state climatologist at the university of hawaii. thank you so much forjoining us. we have been seeing these images of destruction, there in maui. to extent do you believe, as someone who studies meteorology and climate change, that climate conditions played a role in such a destructive wildfire was yellow actually we know the climate variability modelling in hawaii. when we