numrows=2> >> to hawaii, my residents are starting the long road to recovery from this week's unprecedented wildfires. the death toll tonight stands at 80, it's expected to climb. officials say the fire that decimated the city of lahaina thursday destroyed around 2200 buildings. fema says around 4500 people in need of shelter. some residents are returning to where their homes once stood to find nothing left. nbc's miguel almaguer has that story. >> as the smoke and flames finally began to clear tonight here in lahaina, a new crisis unfolds. in this desolate landscape, the search for the missing and the dead. >> he mo kirk man has finally made it home. all he has found is heartbreak. >> oh my god. it's the most heartbreaking
starting the long road to recovery from this week's unprecedented wildfires. the death toll tonight stands at 80, it's expected to climb. officials say the fire that decimated the city of lahaina thursday destroyed around 2200 buildings. fema has around 4500 people in need of shelter. some residents are returning to where their homes once stood to find nothing left. nbc's miguel almaguer has that story. >> as the smoke and flames finally began to clear, tonight here in lahaina, a new crisis unfolds. in this desolate tortured landscape, the search for the missing and the dead. >> keimo kirkman has finally made it home. all he has found is heartbreak. >> oh my god. it's the most heartbreaking thing i've ever been through. >> we first met the kirkman's
70mph that night. we got word later that the fire was moving at 40mph. that's about 60 feet a second or about 20 meters a second. it was absolutely just heartbreaking to see that. as we were passing by the marina you could see there was still boats on fire. if you want a quick wonder of what the destruction could be, wooden slips at the docks were gone. so we're talking things that were floating on water that it was so hot that those lit on fire. as we passed through, flying by the entire length of lahaina, front street is abeam the water, it abuts the water. the entire street was down to the ground. having an intimate familiarity with that, i fly tours over there, i see this stuff every single day, i was just there on saturday, which was two days prior to the fire. we know all the things that are down there, it's a very small, quaint place.
the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. we already know this is the deadliest disaster in the state's history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina's historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it's too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them and the lives of those inside may be contained, but they're still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much. yeah _ they flocked to shelters seeking food and water. the need for assistance is great, but so too are the challenges
as you can see, structures are completely levelled, trees stripped — the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. hawaii's attorney general has begun a probe into how authorities responded to the fires, after some residents said they received no warning. our north america correspondent sophie long reports from maui. the historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. we already know this is the deadliest disaster in the state's history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina's historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it's too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched.
the historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. we already know this is the deadliest disaster in the state's history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina's historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it's too early to accurately assess the full extent and impact of this disaster. buildings burned to the ground have not yet been searched. the fires that claimed them and the lives of those inside may be contained, but they're still burning. thousands have been left homeless by the ferocious flames fanned by winds from an offshore hurricane. thank you very much. yeah _ they flocked to shelters seeking food and water.
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i mean, 85% of the place is down to the ground. there was a pit in your stomach, knowing that this is just the tip of the spear — losing buildings, losing property, the way that the winds were blowing 70mph that night. we got word later that the fire was moving at aomph, that's about 60ft a second or about 20m a second, so it was just heartbreaking to see that. as we were passing by the marina, you could see there were boats still on fire. if you want to have a quick wonder of what the destruction could be, the wooden slits at the docks were gone. so we're talking things that were floating on water, it was so hot that those were lit on fire. as we passed through, flying by the entire length of lahaina, front street is water, the entire street was down
the number of people killed by wildfires on the island of maui has now risen to 80. it's hawaii's deadliest ever natural disaster. this is drone footage from the all—but—destroyed town of lahaina. as you can see, structures are completely flattened, trees stripped, with the devastation reaching all the way to the shoreline. hawaii's attorney general has begun an investigation into how authorities responded to the fires, after some residents said they received no warning. 0ur north america correspondent sophie long reports from maui. the historic city of lahaina, once the capital of the hawaiian kingdom, has been reduced to ruins. almost everyone who lives here has lost everything. we already know this is the deadliest disaster in the state's history, and the number of those who died is still climbing. this was lahaina's historic seafront, now reduced to ashes. bustling streets and shops all razed to the ground. but it's too early to accurately
inhalation which can also prove deadly. in terms of lahaina, which is not that far from here, deadly. in terms of lahaina, which is not that farfrom here, residents yesterday started to go back in, most of them finding nothing at all. 80% of that town is gone. now we are understanding more roadblocks are not necessarily able to get back in and we are hearing from community members back here there could be some concerns about safety with such old historical structures razed to the ground. old historical structures razed to the ground-— old historical structures razed to the round, . ., ., , , the ground. what have people been tellin: the ground. what have people been telling about _ the ground. what have people been telling about the _ the ground. what have people been telling about the alert _ the ground. what have people been telling about the alert system - the ground. what have people been telling about the alert system in - telling about the alert system in place because there has been criticism some people did not get any warning at all and criticism of the authorities in general about how prepared they were for something like this? , , ,., , , ., ~ prepared they were for something like this? , , , , ., ~ ., like this? every person we speak to, after asking — like this? every person we speak to, after asking how _ like this? every person we speak to, after asking how they _ like this? every person we speak to, after asking how they are, _ like this? every person we speak to, after asking how they are, we - like this? every person we speak to, after asking how they are, we then l after asking how they are, we then say, how did you know how to get out? none of them so far have reported hearing sirens are receiving text messages, they say