Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me from washington, d. C. Im fredericka witfield. We begin with the apocalyptic destruction from the deadliest Natural Disaster in hawaiis history. Almost 80 people are dead and thousands displaced. At any moment, lahaina residents could return to assess what might be left. Crews are working to fully contain three major fires and prevent flareups on maui. The devastation costing an estimated 5. 5 billion. Governor josh green has ordered a comprehensive review of the states response. Lets go to cnns mike valerio. Last hour you were approached by a woman who was very frustrated about the road closures. Whats been happening there . Reporter good morning. The sun is now up over maui. This is the moment, fred, that people have been waiting for for more than 14 hours. Hundreds of car s queued up in the background, now able to move through the main route that goes into the Disaster Zone o f la h these are people who have been waiting after
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they say hundreds of people jumped in the water. you personally lost crops? i lost nothing compared to what people lost. i lost farm stuff and food and whatever tiny little things compared to what people lost. people lost their family, they lost their houses. everything we ve seen, all the landmarks, everything we ve seen for years, history, it s all gone. extraordinary. bill weir, thank you so much. here s one bit of good news. officials say the wildfires on maui are now 80% contained and the winds that fuelled the flames are gradually decreasing. cnn meteorologist chad myers reports. it s obviously good news that hurricane dora has moved away. what isn t gone, though, is this rainfall deficit. 80% of hawaii in some type of rainfall deficit and in maui