getting involved. people have lost everything. but anyone who has anything coming to shelters, donating food, water supplies, baby supplies and so on, because we re meeting people who can t even find a space in shelters, who are sleeping out in the open right now. and it continues to be very hot. it continues to be very windy. but when you speak to people, what really comes through is something that people in here in hawaii pride themselves on and it s bittersweet to witness. it is a spirit of aloha, of warmth and generosity and coming together in the face of what is the biggest challenge that this island probably has ever seen in terms of natural disasters. while the authorities continue the difficult work of searching for and identifying the dead after the devastating fire in the town of lahaina, some hawaii residents are taking relief effort into their own hands. john sudworth went out with one group of volunteers taking relief supplies by boat.
challenges of living 3,000 miles away from any other landmass with modest resources. but we will be able to give people much more answer in the future once our review is thoroughly done. do you know how you ll make sure that it doesn t happen again? well, my administration started just six months ago, so we ve just begun to govern. and among the many things we re doing is preparing for natural disasters. and usually that is hurricane related. that means preparedness along the shoreline, having the ability to get resources to our people. so we re early in our term and we ve just begun to prepare our state for the future. governor green, thank you. so that is then the twin challenge for authorities right now, recovery efforts, whilst also conducting investigations as well. but in terms of the response from this island, what we re seeing is so many volunteers getting involved. people have lost everything. but anyone who has anything coming to shelters, donating food, water supplies, baby
is that right? yes, it s been overwhelming to hear the stories and trying to do everything we can to help them. i saw you ve been really active in trying to help out, i mean, just how desperate is the need right now? what do folks need most? it s really right now we need a central location for communication. we re having a hard time getting the information across. one of the things that we re learning from this experience is that we re everything is very scattered and everyone is rising to help, and we re, you know, trying to network together to figure out what s needed. the number one supplies are baby supplies, diapers, wipes, also feminine hygiene products and propane gas and the number one they need on the west side right
forced to flee at a moment s notice had to leave everything behind, to the mercy of the flames. on saturday, hawaii s attorney general announced an investigation into why the island s warning siren did not sound at the height of the emergency. let s go live to our reporter in maui, helena humphreys. what is the situation right now where you are at the moment? weill. where you are at the moment? well, we have been where you are at the moment? well, we have been here where you are at the moment? well, we have been here since where you are at the moment? well, we have been here since the - where you are at the moment? -ii we have been here since the early morning at the shelter on maui and as you can see behind me, just more and more cars, forklift trucks, people either coming to help people looking for help. boxes are being lifted, people bringing water, food, baby supplies, anything that people might need. so that is the situation we are seeing here right now. if you take a look o
up on my social media if you want to support them but a woman named grace hertz is leading the effort on one boat and they ve been beach landing all these vital supplies. they say they need diesel fuel, premium fuel, baby supplies, burn medications, obviously, desperately needed out there so this is what s happening. she said they ve seen some looting at night. there s national guardsmen out there dealing with that. armed looters at night. i just also spoke with one of the county commissioners of south maui, a gentleman named tom cook, at another rallying spot for first responders and you can just see the emotion, the strain on these officials now as they re caught between anxious residents real eager to get home and cadaver teams still looking for people who are lost. this is tom cook. well, first let me just say our hearts are breaking for you. around the country, everybody is so concerned about maui right