As you can see, structures are completely levelled, trees stripped the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. Hawaiis Attorney General has begun a probe into how authorities responded to the fires, after some residents said they received no warning. Our North America correspondent Sophie Long Reports from maui. The historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. Almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. We already know this is the deadliest disaster in the states history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. This was lahainas historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. Bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. But its too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. Buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. The fires that claimed them and the lives of Those Inside May be contained, but theyre still burning. Thousands have been left homeless by the feroc
the mountain from the airport you could see the smoke rising from the city, from the former city. as we got a little closer there was a small bit of hope because there was some south east condos at a place called pomona that were still intact. but then, quickly, as you looked up, you could see about half of that complex was gone and everything past that, as you were able to see through the smoke, was gone. i believe we were the first, essentially, civilians to see the extent of the damage. you could tell immediately everything was gone. you know, 80%, 85% of the place is down to the ground. there was a pit in your stomach knowing that this is just the tip of the spear, losing buildings, losing property, the way that the winds were blowing