These dramatic shots. But they wont be able to stay, with a curfew coming into force at 10pm local time. Our North America correspondent John Sudworth reports. 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 seen from this commercialjet. With daylight, the charred ruins were revealed. The wildfires, fanned by the winds from an offshore hurricane, have left thousands homeless. Survivors absorbing the scale of the disaster. Of the disaster. People lost everything of the disaster. People lost everything of the disaster. People lost everything homes, of the disaster. People lost everything homes, jobs, | of the disaster. People lost everything homes, jobs, their everything homes, jobs, their cars, some their pets. Theres still people missing. There wasnt even time for, like. There wasnt even time for, like, officials to come around and like, officials to come around and tell like, of
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