There will be active recovery over the coming days and we of the bones of those who have been lost. So it will take time. To give perspective, it is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. When you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off, if i may. And all of those buildings, virtually, are going to have to be rebuilt. It will be a new lahaina. Lets recap the latest details from hawaii. At least 53 people are now known to have died in the fires, though weve heard the governor say that number will rise. Billions of dollars of property are also expected to be destroyed. Governor green says as many as 1,700 buildings have been destroyed and 11,000 people are still without power or water in west maui. The fires began on tuesday and Officials Say none of these fires are 100 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergen
Those who have been displaced select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Its select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking day, governor had to say. Its a | heartbreaking day, without governor had to say. Its a i heartbreaking day, without a doubt. What we think that has been catastrophic but we tell you there is going to be a team effort to bring our state back. What we saw was the utter devastation of lahaina. We walked from end to end today as a team, mayor bessant for the county, Senator Schatz, federal level and myself, plus all of our teams and what we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaii state history. You will recall in 1960 we had one year into statehood a tsunami that hit and took 61 lives on the big island. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see but we have extraordinary professionals working on the job. We
the governor arrived and i was told that oprah winfrey, one of the most famous maui residence was here as well meeting the people. but yeah, so far, it does not seem very co ordinated but they have quite a lot of supplies. but they have quite a lot of sunplies- but they have quite a lot of su lies. ., ., ., ., supplies. you have to wonder lookin: supplies. you have to wonder looking at supplies. you have to wonder looking at the supplies. you have to wonder looking at the scene - supplies. you have to wonder looking at the scene is - supplies. you have to wonder| looking at the scene is behind you, max, people who have fled and lost so much, what is the mood where you are right now? well, some people tell me that they re trying to get their mind off of things and don t want to follow the latest updates from lahaina a place where many of them have lived for decades. one man described seeing dead bodies floating in the harbor. he didn t want to talk about it, understandably. so it
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