More than 2200 structures homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. Recovery crews are combing through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. The wildfires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century, and there is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials, to the thousands left without homes, and in some cases without adequate food and water. 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 hungry. Were all together, were one family. We need to take care
Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. And what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flare ups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now they are only allowing Emergency Workers in. Its coming at a
Of the worst hit area has been searched for bodies. John sudworth has this report from maui. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering why there was no help centre. Where are the resources . Why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a helicopter . We do this because they have do. fin helicopter . We do this because they have do. . ,. ,. , have do. An hour into the Ourney And The Devastation H have do. An hour into the journey and the devastation along have do. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out the landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks fr
For the resignation of unelected Prime Minister ariel henry who remains outside haiti. Well get the latest. Guilty. Then the former president of honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is found guilty of cocaine trafficking after a twoweek trial in u. S. Federal court. Well go to tegucigalpa to get reaction from the ground and well look at the role of the United States in propping him up. This is not a case of the u. S. Heroically help the honduran people. It was the u. S. That destroyed the criminal Justice System, destroyed the rule of law in honduras and now what act like it is the rescuer on horseback to convict this man that the biden and trump and obama administrations also ported. Amy and we get a report from gaza. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israel is continuing its attacks on gaza as palestinians mark the first day of ramadan. The death toll from israels fivemonth long assault has topped 31,000.
For the resignation of unelected Prime Minister ariel henry who remains outside haiti. Well get the latest. Guilty. Then the former president of honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is found guilty of cocaine trafficking after a twoweek trial in u. S. Federal court. Well go to tegucigalpa to get reaction from the ground and well look at the role of the United States in propping him up. This is not a case of the u. S. Heroically help the honduran people. It was the u. S. That destroyed the criminal Justice System, destroyed the rule of law in honduras and now what act like it is the rescuer on horseback to convict this man that the biden and trump and obama administrations also ported. Amy and we get a report from gaza. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israel is continuing its attacks on gaza as palestinians mark the first day of ramadan. The death toll from israels fivemonth long assault has topped 31,000.