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
For more, heres our correspondent in hawaii, sophie long. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars are banned peoplejumped 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. Were all together. Were one family, we need to take care of each other. No ones feeding everyone. Theyre traumatised. Theyre upset. No ones giving hugs. They need mental help. What do you need from me . To hear people in the same pants since the fire on thursday. Kids in the same diapers since thursday. People without food. They havent drank since before the fire. What are we doing . Hundreds of thousands flock to mauis stunning coastline every year and thousands ofjobs here are dependent on tourism, b
To move a gang leader accused of threatening the murdered presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio, to a maximum securityjail. about 4,000 soldiers and police took part in the transfer ofjose adolfo macias, known as fito , and two other inmates. ecuador has been under a state of emergency since mr villavicencio was shot dead at the end of a rally on wednesday. the taliban say afghan universities are ready to readmit women, but a final decision is up to the group s supreme leader. the hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. the ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world. schools in the north eastern indian state of manipur have reopened after being closed for months. more than 150 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced in manipur since may, when clashes broke out between the majority meitei group and the tribal kuki minority.
Let s get some of the day s other news now. the authorities in ecuador have carried out a huge operation to move a gang leader accused of threatening the murdered presidential candidate, fernando villavicencio, to a maximum securityjail. about 4,000 soliders and police took part in the transfer ofjose adolfo macias known as fito and two other inmates. ecuador has been under a state of emergency since mr villavicencio was shot dead after a rally on wednesday. in afghanistan, the taliban say universities are ready to readmit women but a final decision is up to the group s supreme leader. the hardline islamists banned female students from campuses last year. the ban triggered protests by afghan women and prompted condemnation from around the world.