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93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. these boats are now making multiple daily trips into the disaster zone with a growing sense of frustration. we are all wondering why there was no help centre. where are the resources? why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a 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 the landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the hurricane blowing away to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of ....
and shelter for survivors. 93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. our north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. these boats are 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? why the limited resources or police on this island let alone? where is support for them? why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter? we do this because we have two. 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 is burning and what happene ....
recovery crews are combing through the charred ruins. more than 2,200 structures, homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. the state s governor says some areas look like a war zone . the wildfires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century, and there is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the fires and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and, in some cases, without adequate food and water. jill tokuda, a democratic congresswoman from hawaii, told cbs that officials had been taken by surprise by the tragedy. everybody who has ever lived in hawaii knows the warning sirens, it goes off once a month, and if it doesn t hawaii knows the warning sirens, it goes off once a month, and if it doesn t it hawaii knows the warning sirens, it goes off once a month, and if it doesn t it nets hawaii knows the warning sirens, it goes off once a month, and if it doesn t it nets fixed hawaii knows the warning siren ....
more than 2200 structures homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. recovery crews are combing through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. the wildfires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century, and there is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials, to the thousands left without homes, and in some cases without adequate food and water. sophie long reports from the island. this is what remains of lahaina. cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. president biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it. but days later, people here say it s not yet reaching those most in need. and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. i m frustrated. people are hungry. we re all together, we re one fam ....
i m here on the road to lahaina. this is as close as we can get to the community. 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 there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. you can also see the high winds. and 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 flare ups in these places. i m 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 here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. and many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing emergency workers i ....