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
John sudworth, bbc news, maui. as we ve heard, this natural disaster is now the deadliest us fire in more than a century. the previous worst, the camp fire, happened in 2018, centred near a small city in northern california called paradise. 85 people died. the similarities between that disaster and this one are stark. both fires took place in remote communities, both were fast moving, leaving people little time to flee. residents there are still rebuilding in paradise and now re living their grief as they see what s happened in hawaii. joining us now live is the mayor of paradise, california, greg bolin. thank you so much for being here with us tonight. you must be following that tragedy in lahaina very closely. what has been your reaction and what are your feelings as you are seeing the events playing out there in hawaii? . , the events playing out there in hawaii? ., , , ., ~ the events playing out there in hawaii? . , , a v
Desperately trying to get more aid in. and a police raid on a small kansas newspaper ignites a debate over free speech. welcome to the programme. at least 93 people are now known to have been killed by wildfires on hawaii s island of maui, making this the worst us disaster of its kind in more than a century. the military are now involved in the grim task of searching through the rubble for victims in the town of lahaina, which has been all but destroyed. wildfires in the area are still burning, firefighters working to bring the blazes under control. these pictures are from the us national guard, which is providing assistance. hawaiians are donating supplies to be sent to the worst affected areas. maui locals are expressing gratitude, but also say much more help is needed. let s go live now to our
We were wondering, where is the help? when we want to get the help, we are waiting for it and we need it really bad. there are huge challenges for the authorities, not least searching for human remains while securing a site from the public and media. we know we ve got to go quick and we have got to do it right. when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday and some of you, that s what you re stepping on. i don t know how much more you want me to describe it. that s what you re stepping on. give us a little bit of time to contain that. please. five days on, the true scale of hawaii s disaster is becoming clearer.
Hawaii? our hearts break. it s ust hawaii? our hearts break. it s just heart-wrenching - hawaii? our hearts break. it s just heart-wrenching to - hawaii? our hearts break. it s| just heart-wrenching to watch. just heart wrenching to watch. it s so similar. when we first saw the visual of what s going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody i d talk to just says our for them and our prayers go out to and every one of them. every one of them. they can only imagine every one of them. they can only imagine what every one of them. they can only imagine what that - every one of them. they can only imagine what that must every one of them. they can i only imagine what that must be like to have gone through that fire in 2018 and now to see something so similar happening. the camp fire kills people, many people lost everything similar to what is hard thing in lahaina. how do tragedies like this one effect these typ