let s go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. what has he been saying? he has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. he has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. he said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. he has also spoken with the federal response he says the us health department is now involved in more tree services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. h
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 in. it
reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. helena, you ve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. i m here on the road to lahaina. this is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up 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 the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. you can also see the high winds. in 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 flareups 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 he is stopped and asked questions about why th
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"What we're looking at is that these changes to this would then get us to that wildfire prepared home standard but it's not getting us to the plus," Town Manager Kevin Phillips said. "What we're recommending is that as many items as we can to get to that plus we're going to put it in there but not to that full extent."