In a war zone. Reporter helicopter Tour Operator richie olson flew over the smoldering towns. Hundreds of homes leveled to the ground. The historic section of the town is destroyed. Even the boats in the harbor were burned to the water. They are gone. This is truly an all hands on deck situation. Reporter officials fear the death toll will rise. The primary focus is to save lives and prevent human suffering and mitigate property loss. Reporter the fires are being fueled by low humidity, Drought Conditions and whipping winds from a hurricane 700 miles away. Now that President Biden has declared a major disaster, more federal help is on the way, but that is little soulless to those who have lost everything. Is nothing but smoke. Cinders. We have only the clothes we have got on and a dog and two kids. Here we are. Reporter shelters are packed with people who have nowhere else to go. This satellite image captured what lahaina looked like before the fire and after. A once Thriving Community
Dozens of People Killed in the wildfires on the island of maui. A look economy devastation from above and how california is helping. Its anything but Cruise Control for the future of Driverless Cars in San Francisco. What is at stake at a key meeting happening right now. What happened in vegas stays in vegas. The 49ers are here. Raiders Jimmy Garoppolo is here. To bring it to you, cbs news bay area is here, right now. Good afternoon. Im elizabeth cook. The wildfires on maui are the deadliest in the u. S. In years. At least 36 people have been killed and that number could rise as emergency crews get to areas they couldnt reach before. President joe biden has declared a state of disaster and governor gavin new some deployed 11 members of the urban search and rescue team to the island. Entire communities which have stood for generations are gonement hundreds have no home. Reporting billy v has the latest from hawaii. Reporter the fire that roared through mauis Historic Town has left devas
Furnace or drives the diesel engines along farflung rails of steel. And on the open road, well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this source of power slept peacefully in the Dark Recesses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million ga
Furnace or drives the diesel engines along farflung rails of steel. And on the open road, well, you know what makes your auto run. For millions of years, this source of power slept peacefully in the Dark Recesses of the earth until modern magic loosed the liquid energy from its subterranean prison. The quest for oil was not only confined to land. It extended offshore. There are oil reserves under the coastal waters of the united states, mainly off the coasts of california, alaska, texas, and louisiana. The gulf of mexico, home to a rich diversity of marine life, and it also produces almost a quarter of americas oil. Tapping these offshore oil reserves helps meet a significant part of u. S. Energy needs. But when things go wrong, theres a high price to pay. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil spill dumped two and a half million gallons of oil into the pacific, killing thousands of sea birds and marine mammals. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez Oil tanker ran aground in alaska, spilling 11 million ga