Good morning. We are 13 miles away from the town of lahaina. Next to a road block. Seeing heart breaking scenes of folks come out. Pleading with officers, wanting to be let in because they lost their friends and Family Members residents arent going to be let in for some time now. This is still an active Search And Rescue scene. They are still trying to get people out, busing people out of the Evacuation Zone this as the death toll unfortunately continues to climb. 55 people at least confirmed dead at this time. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them yet fully contained by officials here. Yet unknown how they started. Most destructive on mauis west side ripped through the community of lahaina driven by fierce winds High Pressure to the north and Hurricane Dora as it passed hundreds of miles to the south. According to hawaiis governor the fire destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in lahaina and destroyed the towns ban i dont know tree the peaceful Island P
On newsnight at 10 30pm another blow to the Prime Ministers so called small boats week, as migrants are taken off the Bibby Stockholm Barge after legionaires bacteria caused problems. How will the government reboot its Migrant Policy . Good evening. Hawaii is said to be facing the largest Natural Disaster in its history, after wildfires ripped through the land and destroyed most of the beach front town of lahaina. At least 55 people are known to have died but many are still missing. Just look at how the landscape has been ravaged. Whole roads and neighbourhoods have been blackened and flattened as hurricane strength winds fanned the deadly flames. The blaze ripped through the town so quickly that some people jumped into the harbour to escape the flames and smoke. Heres our North America Correspondentjohn Sudworth reporting from maui. The town of lahaina, home to 12,000 people traced its history back centuries. All but wiped from existence in a few short hours. The intensity of the fire
complicating search and rescue efforts. the governor says at least 1,000 people have been reported missing as others rush to the airport to try to get off the island this who escape the fire more than 134 national guard men have deployed and president biden has declared a disaster declaration. the historic town of l lahaina s gone and none of the fires completely contained. i believe there are four. meteorologist adam klotz is here with the fox weather forecast. adam, the winds are dying down a little but, still, the fires are not fully contained yet. no, they are not contained but the conditions are improving a little bit to fight those fires. now, the winds up to 80, 85 miles per hour. here early this morning winds well calmer as you are looking at several of these spots down under 10 miles per hour. each the strongest winds, 12, 1. these are ultimately pick back up again. that s going to cause problems for firefighters, but nothing like we saw those really intense
the town of lahaina, home to 12,000 people traced its history back centuries. all but wiped from existence in a few short hours. the intensity of the fire scene from this commercialjet. with daylight the charred ruins were revealed. the wildfires, fanned by the wind is from an offshore hurricane, have left thousands homeless, survivors absorbing the scale of the disaster. people lost everything, homes, jobs, their cars, some their pets. there are still people missing. are still people missing. there wasn t even are still people missing. there wasn t even time are still people missing. there wasn t even time for are still people missing. there wasn t even time for officials l wasn t even time for officials to come wasn t even time for officials to come round and tell people to evacuate come round and tell people to evacuate. nobody came into our complex evacuate. nobody came into our complex until the flames were here and we complex until the flames were here and we were