Its estimated that could cost more than 5 billion. One of the buildings which was destroyed was the grace baptist church. Our correspondent sophie long is in hawaii and spoke to some of the congregation. The fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. Questions hover above the emptiness. How can you rebuild from this . What will exist here in the future . A now churchless congregation gathers at a coffee shop to share their pain. One of the Police Officers sent me pictures. It used to be my house. I wept, but weeping is not a lack of faith. Thank god that he gave us tears. Amazing grace. There are so many questions that remain without answers. Why did one survive to sit in a makeshift church when their neighbour didnt . What will become of their community so crippled by a loss thats still being counted . I dont think it will ever be the same. I hope it will be better. Thats my prayer. And i believe that, i think one day, you know, it can be an even better
death and destruction, but out of it came heroes and hope. sophie long, bbc news, maui. live now to dr douglas kelley from the uk centre for ecology and hydrology and who was the lead analyst for a un report last year, predicting a global increase in wildfire activity. welcome to the programme. we will talk about hawaii are specifically in a moment but if we could talk about that report first of all, you talked about this huge increase in the number of extreme fires. some of the number of extreme fires. some of the figures, up 30% by 2050 and then by the end of the century up 50%, talk us through what it is down to. we talk about climate change a lot but it isn tjust that, is it? climate change does play a large role in that and some of the big heat we have had recently wouldn t have been possible without climate