The middle of the island, is about 70 contained, and officials are also dealing with a third fire in up country maui, with no estimate on its containment. In just over four days, the fires have burned roughly 2,000 acres and have destroyed more than 1,000 buildings. These are images from the Historic Town of lahaina, which was hardest hit. Local officials are allowing residents and tourists back into the town, but a nightly curfew is in place. We are now beginning to learn about the harrowing stories of survivors, like this one, where one family was forced to jump into the ocean to escape the flames. The ocean almost dragged my kids away a few times. But, yeah, we stuck together, we held on. I said, were not going to die, and were here, were alive. An unprecedented logistical effort is underway from all over the United States as Government Agencies are mobilizing resources to send to hawaii. The States National guard has chartered planes to help fly First Responders and Emergency Crews
i think that, of course, the climate is changing, so that it s different from before, and we do see more and more wildfire activity, temperature rise, sea level rise, we have more hurricane activity, we have more drought, so they are all linked together. we ve also seen these kinds of devastating wildfires hitting other parts of the globe. hitting the western united states. how vulnerable was away previously to wildfires? was it considered a risk zone? how vulnerable was hawaii previously to wildfires? usually, wildfires do not receive much attention in hawaii because the inaudible land area is very small.