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
john sudworth, bbc news, maui. as we ve 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 what s 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