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Water floating and on the seawall. they been sitting there since last night. we been pulling people out since last night, trying to save people s lives and we are not getting the help we need. this is a nationwide issue at this point. we need hem. a lot of help. we got to get people down here. it is the middle of the night in maui. you haven t even seen the extent. destruction. what can you tell us being on the ground? reporter: that s exactly right. the death toll information also coming in overnight. so many people here on island of maui will be waking up to the news that 36 of their community members, loved ones, friends have died. that fire in lahaina is one of three fires currently burning on the island here. firefighting efforts continue as well as search and rescue efforts.
Lost. every tangible thing that they have. but maui relies upon tourism. you are in the tourism industry. and what this means for business and the ability to sustain this community, when you look at the destruction, how long and how badly has the community been hit and hurt? oh, i don t know that lahaina itself will actually recover from this situation, especially with the loss of the historic area of the downtown and front street and all the shops and businesses where all the local people that live there, that work. hundreds and hundreds of people work in that lahaina town area, you know, it s just leveled to the ground. dust and ashes at this time. so this is going to be a long-term recovery for the economy, for the entire island, let alone lahaina itself. richie, it s a little after 2:00 a.m. there. i hope that we can reach out to
look at the harbor. reporter: the view from above is of shock and heartbreak. oh, my god! we were not prepared for what we saw. it looked like an area that had been bombed in the war. reporter: wildfires rampaging across the island of maui. our entire street was burned to the ground. reporter: decimating homes and businesses. local people have lost everything. they have lost their house. they have lost their animals and it s devastating. lahaina is on fire. reporter: the historic town of lahaina, a popular tourist and economic hub, on island s west side, particularly affected with hundreds of structures impacted. it happened so fast. people stuck in traffic. trying to get out and there is flames on both sides of the road. like, something out of a horror movie. reporter: most of the fires on maui fueled in part by violent winds caused by hurricane dora, churning more
it s like an apocalypse. people are running for their lives. wildfires, high wind, the danger we are looking at video in maui from raging wildfires on the island. every single memory we had in that household, everything was gone in the blink of an eye. the most complete accounting yet can of the high life of supreme court justice clarence thomas shows much, much more than previously known. it s the idea that you are receiving gifts of this magnitude. justice thomas has been living a life of extreme luxury for 30 years underwritten by at least four different ultra wealthy benefactors. fulton county district attorney fani willis is expected to seek charges against more than a dozen people when she presents her case before a grand jury next week. cnn has learned that willis