More than two thousand two hundred structures homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. Recovery crews are combing through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. The wild fires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century, and there is Growing Anger on maui is Growing Anger on maui, over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes. And in some cases, without adequate food and water. Sophie long reports from the island. This is what remains of lahaina. Cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. Homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. President biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say its not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. Im frustrated. People are. We re all togethe
utterly devastating. the death toll has climbed to 93. but the warnings which hearing is there going to have a climb further because 1000 people in this island simply having been heard from in this emergency shelter as a missing persons shelter and have a list of people unaccounted for and there are those that have found, those that have not yet found that accounts for 4000 people on the island and so, devastating numbers and the challenge at hand in his recovery effort is to identify the victims, more sniffer dogs have been brought in from the mainland and if the grim task of combing through the rubble and as the police chief put it, they can only go as fast as the stocks can go just 3% of the hardest areas had actually been, and the police chief said this fire was so ferocious that it left twisted metal
people without food. pressure builds on rishi sunak over small boats crossing the channel after six deaths. labour says people smugglers are running rings around government policy. and a star gazers delight the annual persee id meteor shower lights up skies across the world. lights up skies across the world. we start in hawaii, where the governor is warning that the death toll is likely to rise further following the wild fires on the island of maui. 93 people are now known to have died as the inferno swept through the historic town of lahayna. so far, only a fraction of the worst hit area has been searched for bodies.
have lost everything and take a look at these tenants a few minutes ago, more donations of command and everything from food to clean drinking water. people, the starkest images, people donating shoes because people have simply lost everything. they fled with nothing and now the properties of burnt to the ground. their questions being asked about the federal response to this was asked in a press appearance are you planning to planning to go to maui and his response was we are looking into it. it people here are without anything right now. he admitted people who say they re sleeping out in the open because there s not even enough room and the governor seen yesterday that a thousand rooms have been secured but we know that thousands on this island are now homeless. mast we know that thousands on this island are now homeless. most of the su ort island are now homeless. most of the support coming island are now homeless. most of the support coming through island are now homeless. most o
more than two thousand two hundred structures homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. recovery crews are combing through the charred ruins and hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. the wild fires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century, and there is growing anger on maui is growing anger on maui, over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes. and in some cases, without adequate food and water. sophie long reports from the island. this is what remains of lahaina. cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. president biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say it s not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get