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Have been able to flee these fires. Bring us up to date in terms of what took place, what happen and how you are coping. I am now in a small village called fort simpson, 630 kilometres west of yellowknife. It sounds like a huge distance but it really isnt. This place is twice the size of france. This is essentially free communities to the left of yellowknife. You can hear a flight plane into the distance. This is a Mackenzy River behind me. The writing has been under the walford days that fire would pose a great friend. Has been in the writing for days. Covering the Northwest Territories, and we did an interview with a gentleman called john valiant who spent seven years studying wildfires in Fort Mcmurray and he described to me how authorities in 2016 underestimated the strength of the wildfires and he said he saw ....
This pilot, hovering above a swimming pool, now being used to douse the flames further down the hill. These homes, some distance from the destroyed coastal town of lahaina, are in the centre of the island where, last week, just before the fires, the cameras at this Bird Sanctuary captured a bright flash. Staff believe it is a tree falling on a powerline. Shortly afterwards, flames can be seen in the forest. Ross hart saw something similar before his home burned down. We could hear some trees falling here and there in the distance. One big one fell here on the bridge and it knocked over the powerlines. And then you saw the house. You could see it burn . I saw it begin to burn and they wouldnt let me stay to watch it. They were dragging me out because the embers were starting to come over my truck and stuff. Questions are now being asked about whether lives might have been saved. Should mauis power grid have been turned off . Could ....
Authorities say they expect the death toll to rise significantly. Wildfires are still burning and firefighters are working to bring them 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. But locals on the island of maui say much more help is needed. Hawaiis governor gave this update a little earlier. It is a harrowing sight in maui. When those providers, the police in this division, do come across scenes in houses or businesses, its very difficult for them because they know ultimately theyll be sharing with our people that there have been more fatalities. I do expect the numbers to rise. Questions are now being asked about whether hawaiis Early Warning systems were used, or if they malfunctioned. The states Attorney General is conducting a comprehensive review o ....
To the mercy of the flames. On saturday hawaiis Attorney General announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren didnt sound at the height of the emergency. Questions are also being asked about if power to the island should have been cut. Earlier i spoke to our reporter Helena Humphrey, who is on the ground in maui. Well, karl, we know the situation right now is that more search and recovery teams are coming onto the island of maui, and that is because there are just so many people who continue to be unaccounted for. And what you see here at that shelter is that people come here preparing for the worst but with some hope, hoping that potentially they could find loved ones here. Just over my shoulder over there is a Missing Persons tent. Thats curren ....
Recovery crews continue to comb through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. There is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the wildfires the worst to hit a state in america in over a century and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and in some cases adequate food and water as sophie long reports from the island. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No one s feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No one s giving hugs. They need m ....