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It to. Us hello, im alicia menendez. As we come on the air tonight we are closely monitoring the second deadliest wildfire in u. S. History in hawaii on the island of maui. 80 people are now confirmed dead. Sadly, the kit mayor tonight wanting the death toll could go up as more damages are assessed. From the air, the toll of these fires, well, look at it, it is hard to take in. Homes reduced to rubble. This as half a dozen fires are still burning in maui and on the big island. Officials say fire in the Historic Town of a hyena is now 85 contained the governor saying he believes these fires could be the largest Natural Disaster in the states history. , tonight residents either working to evacuate maui, if they can returning home or in cases they are finding nothing. There are also air quality concerns to talk. About we will over the next two hours with live updates from maui ....
But in a declassified memo on the after effects, the crew s chief medical officer said that less than a week after trinity, the resulting death cloud, quote, was potentially a very dangerous hazard over a band almost 30 miles wide extending almost 90 miles northeast of the site. for decades, doctors have drawn connections between radiation exposure health problems. a study atomic bomb survivors, hiroshima and nagasaki, we know that there are multiple types of cancer which the risk has increased by radiation exposure. the problems have gone, up like increased risk for heart disease. an actual reduction in how long people live. so we are still learning about the health effects of radiation. a new study released last month and currently being peer reviewed finds that the followed of the charity blast was far bigger than any originally we thought. impacting as many as 46 states in canada. in 1990, radiation exposure compensation act, or recap, was signed into law to provide monetary co ....