Welcome to three hours of checking out the truth behind stories. We start in hawaii, where 55 people are now known to have died in devastating wildfires. About 1,000 remain unaccounted for. Damage to Communication Lines is making it difficult to locate people. To give you a sense of the utter devastation on maui, i first wanted to show you these pictures. They were taken by a passenger on a Plane Landing on the island. They really capture the extent of the wildfires as they burn out of control. The governor of hawaii estimated that 80 of the town is gone. He said it was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. We can also show you these pictures. They show that some buildings seem to have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Locals have been left to just look in horror at what theyve lost. There were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years an
together to protect lives and help the survivors- the survivors. you must be overwhelmed, the survivors. you must be overwhelmed, i the survivors. you must be overwhelmed, i was - the survivors. you must be | overwhelmed, i was looking the survivors. you must be - overwhelmed, i was looking at the pictures we showed our viewers, so many different aspects of the damage, the devastation, it is horrifying, and something that comes out of when you hear accounts from survivors is simply the speed of this, that really was something that caught so many people by surprise. it really did, matthew. 0f caught so many people by surprise. it really did, matthew. of course we knew it was dry conditions, we knew there was a hurricane to the south of the state strongly whence, but when there s 128 kilometre winds coming through, and it takes a spark, despite the best preparations, you cannot fight nature that way. that fire is going to spread and it is going to go fast. so firefighters are still b