Almost entirely to the ground. Because of the wildfires, fires are continuing to burn. Helicopters continue to douse the flames. Many people, forced to flee at a moments notice, had to leave everything behind. Hawaiis Attorney General has announced an investigation into why the islands Warning Siren didnt sound at the height of the emergency. Questions are also being asked about power, and why the power should have been cut to the island. Meantime, the police chief for maui county said he expects the death toll to rise. Realise this. When we find these. Ourfamily and our friends, the remains we are finding is through a fire that melted metal. We have to do rapid dna to identify them. Every one of these 89 arejohn and jane does. And when you are asking us, and we know we have to get. And i love the way our house of representatives, how she said it, we are so eloquent, we have to go quick and we have to do it right. So when we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when you have
In the last few minutes, we have been told that the search has been called off by the french authorities. Simonjones reports from dover. The sea has claimed several more lives. The french lifeboat had the grim task of bringing five bodies back to shore, a sixth person airlifted to hospital didnt survive. Some of those rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover
Joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say they have heard calls for ch
Because none of us really know the size of it yet, everybody wants a number. you want to fast and you want it right. we are going to do it right. let s cross to maui, and speak to our correspondent helena humphrey. what is the latest there? the very grim news here that, once again, the death toll is being revised upwards, and we were told in the press conference, which took lace at our government building just behind me to prepare for the death toll to go up even further, and that tragic devastating message from the police chief telling anybody in the room, if you have loved ones who are missing, please get in touch to do dna swab testing, and i think that underscores the devastation here at hand. also in that press conference, a lot of questions with regards to the sirens and to the warning system, if there were any
On the immediate task at hand. there is talk of hope and strength and rising from the ruins, but it will cost billions to rebuild and it s hard for some to even think about that with so many unaccounted for and unrecovered. sophie long, bbc news, maui. let s cross to maui and speak to our presenter helena humphrey, who s there. what is going on where you are? we are at a what is going on where you are? - are at a shelter here on maui island. it is one of six, and we are seeing seems like there across the island. this shelter is at capacity and invite beds now spilling out into the open. 0ther and invite beds now spilling out into the open. other people i have been speaking to coming here saying they are sleeping outside with other families in people s gardens, trying to get some shelter however they can. also here, you can see this missing persons tent which has been set up, being run by local