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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240704

The governor addressed the rising number in his statement. 101 lives have now been lost, 27 of the survey have been completed. I spoke with the president this morning and we speak often. He and joe biden extend their absolute love and heartfelt wishes about the tragedy that has occurred. They are heartsick that we have lost these 101 souls. Joining us now from maui is our reporter, helena humphrey. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. He has confirmed a rising death toll, what else did he say . That is right and the message from the governor has been every time we see that death toll climb upwards, he said that our hearts are a little bit more broken. He has also been saying that residents of western maui can now start to go back into lahaina, although he did specify that would not be able to go into the impacted zone. In a bid to reconnect these areas of the island that have been completely disconnected with the wildfires. He also spoke about housing ....

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Have been able to flee these fires. Bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happen and how you are coping. I am now in a small village called fort simpson, 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It sounds like a huge distance but it really isnt. This place is twice the size of france. This is essentially free communities to the left of yellowknife. You can hear a flight plane into the distance. This is a Mackenzy River behind me. The writing has been under the walford days that fire would pose a great friend. Has been in the writing for days. Covering the Northwest Territories, and we did an interview with a gentleman called john valiant who spent seven years studying wildfires in Fort Mcmurray and he described to me how authorities in 2016 underestimated the strength of the wildfires and he said he saw ....

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Teacher audelia has lived here since the late 1990s la campanera, in the capitals notorious soyapango district. More than 20 years ago, rival gangs the ms 13 and the 18th Street Gang took control of neighbourhoods across the country. They became, in effect, no go areas for outsiders and the police. Thousands were murdered or caught in the crossfire. And in those years of the growth of the gangs, can you explain to us what it was like living here . But in the last 12 months, audelia has witnessed the change on these streets that she never thought possible. For the past year, el salvador has been living under an Emergency Measure called the state of exception. Police and military have been mobilised in vast numbers and some Constitutional Rights suspended. Defeating the gangs was one of the main election promis ....

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This pilot, hovering above a swimming pool, now being used to douse the flames further down the hill. These homes, some distance from the destroyed coastal town of lahaina, are in the centre of the island where, last week, just before the fires, the cameras at this Bird Sanctuary captured a bright flash. Staff believe it is a tree falling on a powerline. Shortly afterwards, flames can be seen in the forest. Ross hart saw something similar before his home burned down. We could hear some trees falling here and there in the distance. One big one fell here on the bridge and it knocked over the powerlines. And then you saw the house. You could see it burn . I saw it begin to burn and they wouldnt let me stay to watch it. They were dragging me out because the embers were starting to come over my truck and stuff. Questions are now being asked about whether lives might have been saved. Should mauis power grid have been turned off . Could ....

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Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have ....

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