On the west coast of maui. Firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires with officials saying they are 80 contained. This report from our North America correspondent sean daly. A community in smouldering ruins. Many homes here burned to charge rex. The church and the harbour among the Historic Site wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the former picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard among the Emergency Workers on the ground. The us President Joe Biden has declared the situation as a major disaster. We situation as a maor disaster. We are situation as a maor disaster. We seeing situation as a major disaster. Are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life but we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. To take a great deal of time to recover from. ,. ,
hello and thank you forjoining us. of more than a0 degrees celsius have been recorded for the very first time. the heatwave has caused widespread disruption and a major incident has been declared in london, where the mayor sadiq khan said fire crews were struggling to cope. the un s climate chief has warned heatwaves like the one gripping western europe are becoming more frequent. our first report is from our climate editorjustin rowlatt. with today s searing heat came fires, and lots of them. huge plumes of smoke rose above london as grassfires engulfed homes on the outskirts of the capital. the london fire brigade declared a major incident. a number of the calls that we ve been dealing with today have been wildfires or grassfires, where the ground has been tinder box dry result of the weather over the last week, but in particular, the last two days. temperature records were tumbling before midday today. the 39.1 degrees recorded at charlwood near gatwick airport was a warni
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