Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start with apocalyptic scenes in hawaii. Us soldiers have joined search and recovery efforts. At least 36 people are known to have died in wildfires others are still unaccounted for. Large parts of the tourist town of la highna on The Island Of Maui have been burned to the ground. This is what it looke like overnight when flames spread rapidly forcing some people to jump into the sea to escape. Multiple areas have been burnt to the ground and the western side of the island is almost cut off. Officials say, the Hospital System is overwhelmed, with many people suffering burns and smoke inhalation. Our correspondent Richard Galpin has this report. Is anybody still out here . Its time to go these are the desperate calls for people still in the historic City Of Lahaina on The Island Of Maui, as the flames on the marina gets closer and closer. Many neighbourhoods were burned to the ground as
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