And have warned the death toll may rise. And in the past hour, James Tokioka director of the department of business, Economic Development and tourism in hawaii, gave this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families in maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work
In hawaii, hasjust given this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families on maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work that they did, the red cross has been here helping us, nicky from the red cross. Thank you to all of those people. John monaghan and jerry gi
let s talk to cbs correspondent jarred hill who s in new york. that death toll, 36 people, that is an extraordinary number of people and gives us a sense of how serious these fires are. and gives us a sense of how serious these fires are- these fires are. yes, it does, 36 was the number these fires are. yes, it does, 36 was the number that these fires are. yes, it does, 36 was the number that ballooned | these fires are. yes, it does, 36 - was the number that ballooned over night, really, when we heard the reports of six individuals, now at 36 because they are so many people who are not accounted for at this moment, the true real destruction and devastation when it comes to loss of life is yet to be known. also officials say they have not had an opportunity to survey the ground the way they would like to because roads are closed because you have whether it is power lines that are down or the fire getting in the way, it has been difficult to get on the ground and survey the damage.
above the aquatics centre - so we thought we were ok but then the wind came, l gas stations blew up, everything caught fire by the brush and then we just had to evacuate. cbs correspondent jarred hill has been following the story from new york. 36 was the number that sort of ballooned overnight, really, initially, we heard the reports of six individuals. now that number at 36. and as you mentioned, because there are so many people that are unaccounted for at this moment, the true real destruction and devastation when it comes to loss of life is yet to be known. also because officials say that they have not gotten a chance to really survey the ground the way that they would like to, because roads are closed, because you have, whether its power lines that are down orjust because of the fire getting in the way again, it s been difficult to to really get out on the ground and survey the damage.