Flames came dangerously close to his home, scorching nearly every building on his street. As of this hour hundreds are presumed missing bodies being pulled from the ocean after people had no choice but to jump in to escape the flames. Thousands are scrambling for safety. Max gordon is on the ground in maui. Max. You got it there. Its an Island Paradise that was turned into a hellscape the field behind Me Blackenned by the fire, the scent of smoke heavy in the air but good news this morning We Saw Rain Roll through. Much neededed needed for this scorched island. My gosh. Look at the harbor. Oh my gosh. Long time residents here shock at what they saw, people here in maui have dealt with so much loss because of these fires at least 36 people dead, its the deadliest u. S. Fire since the 2018 campfire. Officials here say the conditions have been dry and winds from passing Hurricane Dora fanned fires and caused them to spread quickly gusts up to 85 Miles Per Hour reported, grounding firefigh
His home, scorching nearly every building on his street. As of this hour hundreds are presumed missing bodies being pulled from the ocean after people had no choice but to jump in to escape the flames. Thousands are scrambling for safety. Max gordon is on the ground in maui. Max. You got it there. Its an Island Paradise that was turned into a hellscape the field behind Me Blackenned by the fire, the scent of smoke heavy in the air but good news this morning We Saw Rain Roll through. Much neededed needed for this scorched island. My gosh. Look at the harbor. Oh my gosh. Long time residents here shock at what they saw, people here in maui have dealt with so much loss because of these fires at least 36 people dead, its the deadliest u. S. Fire since the 2018 campfire. Officials here say the conditions have been dry and winds from passing Hurricane Dora fanned fires and caused them to spread quickly gusts up to 85 Miles Per Hour reported grounding firefighting aircraft. Communities on maui
down but around 20-25 miles per hour, across the area that certainly is improvement. one thing i want to show you we as of yesterday 6 percent of the entire state of hawaii was in drought. now the number has gone up to 14 percent and new monitor out but the worst is on mauai severe drought and the precipitation it s the one island here below average, so maybe a little bit of rain coming in over the next few days but they have a deficit in the rain and that s the problem. max, you re seeing something new. we have a chinook helicopter here carrying a bucket of water. this is one of the important tools firefighters use to dowse the flames and one of the reasons it s made difficult by
tools firefighters use to dowse the flames and one of the reasons it s made difficult by high wind. you can see it circling around. not sure where this helicopter has been making this bucket drop but this is the first time we have seen the chinook in action. the national guard has been the ground aiding in the search and rescue efforts and as you can see they re helping out with the firefighting efforts. jesse. dana perino has a question. i was wondering given what we know, this happened quickly yesterday and looked like it was far enough away people could take an assessment and decide