Lets go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. What has he been saying . He has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. He has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. He said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. He has also spoken with the federal response he says the Us Health Department is now involved in more Tree Services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. He has also
Reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, youve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up 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 the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. In 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 flareups 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 he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going
applied for in the record, the driving record of the owner of someone applying for a liquor licensing kansas is a relevant concern and, you know, we deal with the business in town so the newspaper was in position to report something in connection with that and, again, i emphasise, chose not to report that and yet has been charged anyway. we to report that and yet has been charged anyway- to report that and yet has been charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the media - charged anyway. we will have to leave it there. the media law i leave it there. the media law attorney with the kansas press association, take you very much, max. stay with us right here on bbc news. hello there. this upcoming week looks to be one of mixed fortunes. we re starting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet this across england and wales
is a battle of power between cartels and politicians but who wins is a great deal of fear as the campaign enters its final weeks. now to the us state of kansas, where events at a small town newspaper have sparked controversy over the first amendment. police raided the office of the marion county record friday, investigating how the paper obtained a document containing information about a local restaurant owner. police, who also searched the home of the paper s owner and a city council women, seized computers, servers, and phones belonging to reporters and editors. the marion county record, which has just seven employees, says the raid was due to tensions between the publication and government officials. its owner and editor says it s done nothing wrong and is expected to file a federal lawsuit over the matter. marion s police chief defended the raid. joining us now from lawrence, kansas is media law attorney with the kansas press association, max kautsch.
max kautsch, media law attorney with the kansas press association, take you very much, max. before we go let s re cap our top story. at least 93 people have been killed in the maui fire that razed hawaii s historic town of lahaina the most deadly us fire in a century. in the past few hours, hawaii s governor josh green warned residents to expect the death toll to rise. stay with us on bbc news. we can hand off to our colleagues in london. alive look there at a rainy city of london. inks for watching bbc news. thanks for watching. hello there. this upcoming week looks to be one of mixed fortunes. we re starting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet across england and wales in particular on monday. then from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build in. that ll settle things down, it ll turn drier and also warm up by the end of the week,