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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240704

Lets go live now to our reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, the governor of hawaii, josh green, has been speaking again today. What has he been saying . He has been giving up statement in that update he warned once again as he appears to be doing daily now that the death toll which is already significant is likely to rise. He has also been speaking about how it was that these wildfires were able to move so quickly and he said authorities now believe that one of the fires they believed to be extinguished in fact was not and when we saw high winds of a 70 mph, that allow them to take hold. He said at one moment they believe that these fires were moving at a frightening pace of one mile every minute, leaving residents of lahaina with very little time to escape. He has also spoken with the federal response he says the Us Health Department is now involved in more Tree Services and are receiving more us assistance to remove toxic waste in the area of lahaina. He has also been given update and a comment from the Point Of View as a physician, he is a Trade Physician, he is a Trade Physician as well as governor about what people are finding when they go into communities. Listen to what he said. Hi listen to what he said. Ill tell you listen to what he said. Ill tell you this listen to what he said. Ill tell you this as a physician, it is tell you this as a physician, it is a tell you this as a physician, it is a harrowing site. When those it is a harrowing site. When those providers, the police and this division do come across scenes this division do come across scenes in this division do come across scenes in houses or businesses, it is very scenes in houses or businesses, it is very difficult for them because it is very difficult for them because they know ultimately they will share with our people that therapy more fatalities i expect that therapy more fatalities i expect numbers to rise. | that therapy more fatalities i expect numbers to rise. I know ouve expect numbers to rise. I know youve also expect numbers to rise. I know youve also spoken expect numbers to rise. I know youve also spoken with youve also spoken with residence there. So many affected by the blaze. What have they been telling you . Every person you speak to hear on maori mark might know someone who is impacted or about themselves maui. We begin down here at the harbour today because many volunteers have, to get aid to lahaina with growing criticism about the speed and scale of the response they are receiving from federal authorities. Ive spoken to people who have lost everything and i met a man down here today, a young man called delaney, who held that his hands his hat and he said he lost everything in lahaina, and that was the only thing he could recoverfrom that was the only thing he could recover from the that was the only thing he could recoverfrom the rubble. I wasnt able to guard my truck. Iwasnt able to guard my truck. So i wasnt able to guard my truck, so grab anything from my house truck, so grab anything from my house i truck, so grab anything from my house. I was busy running up and house. I was busy running up and down house. I was busy running up and down the block telling everybody its time to go because i saw the smoke coming and i because i saw the smoke coming and i knew because i saw the smoke coming and i knew the wind was Strong Enough and i knew the wind was Strong Enough that it would likely take enough that it would likely take out the town. The hardest thing take out the town. The hardest thing about that for the owners of houses, luckily i am a renter, of houses, luckily i am a renter, but the owners of the houses renter, but the owners of the houses dont want to accept their houses dont want to accept their houses have burnt down so its hard their houses have burnt down so its hard for their houses have burnt down so its hard for people to get out of the its hard for people to get out of the house. Lahaina is a small of the house. Lahaina is a small town, everybody is strong so it small town, everybody is strong so it hard small town, everybody is strong so it hard to get somebody out of the so it hard to get somebody out of the house until the house will llum of the house until the house will burn down. This heart was the only will burn down. This heart was the only thing that made it of mind the only thing that made it of mind i the only thing that made it of mind. I recently started to ride mind. I recently started to ride balls as it was a big sign that ride balls as it was a big sign that i ride balls as it was a big sign that i should keep doing what i want that i should keep doing what i want to that i should keep doing what i want to do and keep pushing through want to do and keep pushing through no matter what. It was in my through no matter what. It was in my truck through no matter what. It was in my truck in my truck was not to the in my truck in my truck was not to the ground. To the ground. Ive seen you here with to the ground. Ive seen you here with your to the ground. Ive seen you here with your friends to the ground. Ive seen you here with your friends and i to the ground. Ive seen you i here with your friends and the truck and youve lost everything, yet here you are trying to get help to other people which is just absolutely remarkable. Is enough help getting into lahaina . Absolutely not. There should be organisations from All Over The World organisations from All Over The World coming in and that everybody is on it but like i said. Everybody is on it but like i said. We everybody is on it but like i said, we help now. Were the ones said, we help now. Were the ones that said, we help now. Were the ones that can do that, were the ones that can do that, were the ones ones that can do that, were the ones they can put forth the effort the ones they can put forth the effort and do the little we are for the effort and do the little we are for the community which we can try and for the community which we can try and take as much gas, food and water try and take as much gas, food and water in every day and thank and water in every day and thank you to all the hawaiian guys thank you to all the hawaiian guys that get us through the cops guys that get us through the cops because without them we wouldnt cops because without them we wouldnt be able to get through lahaina wouldnt be able to get through lahaina. Hawaii and maui is strong lahaina. Hawaii and maui is stronu. ~ � lahaina. Hawaii and maui is stronu. �. ,. , strong. Weve noticed that the wind where strong. Weve noticed that the wind where you strong. Weve noticed that the wind where you are strong. Weve noticed that the wind where you are has strong. Weve noticed that the wind where you are has been i wind where you are has been picking up my bed again. Is it possible that the weather could play a factor again on the island . ,. , island . There are these moments when the wind island . There are these moments when the wind picks island . There are these moments when the wind picks up island . There are these moments when the wind picks up and island . There are these moments when the wind picks up and of when the wind picks up and of course that is causing dynamite concerns the they could be the possibility of any of these blazes reigniting, flaring up again. We did feel very briefly today some raindrops which of course well see welcome relief to many people here especially when the island has seen such significant drought for many months, but i have to say that with the prospect of any rain particularly heavy rain, here on maori, it could potentially further collocate Recovery Efforts because were there to be significant rainfall in lahaina, that can essentially wash away the debris, the rubble, which is likely containing more Human Remains. Adding another layer of complication to the rescue efforts. Helena humphries on the ground for us in maui. Thank you very much. So as weve been hearing, theres desperate need foraid on maui. And some locals are asking, whats taking so long . Heres our north america correspondent, john sudworth. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from 0ahu . Pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right . Why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone . Where is the support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks from that fire and bringing them directly into the town. They didnt stand a chance. Inside, there is little left, but the remnants of shattered lives and livelihoods. A stark reminder of the deep humanitarian need here. As the aid is brought ashore, many of those helping out have also been affected by the fire. I was fighting for my life with my four year old boy in my hands. I was in the water for eight hours. There was a point that in my head i was thinking, thats it, you know. But my boy kept me going to survive. This footage shows the terror for those having to take shelter in the water that night. Scenes that once again prompt that same question. We were wondering, where is the help . When we want to get the help, we are waiting for it and we need it really bad. There are huge challenges for the authorities, not least searching for Human Remains while securing a site from the public and media. We know weve got to go quick and we have got to do it right. When we pick up the remains and they fall apart, and so when you have 200 people running through the scene yesterday and some of you, thats what youre stepping on. I dont know how much more you want me to describe it. Thats what youre stepping on. Give us a little bit of time to contain that. Please. Five days on, the true scale of hawaiis disaster is becoming clearer. John sudworth, bbc news, maui. As weve heard, this Natural Disaster is now the deadliest us fire in more than a century. The previous worst, the camp fire, happened in 2018, centred near a small city in Northern California called paradise. 85 people died. The similarities between that disaster and this one are stark both fires took place in remote communities, both were fast moving, leaving people little time to flee. Residents there are still rebuiling in paradise and now reliving their grief as they see whats happened in hawaii. Earlier i spoke to the mayor of paradise, california greg bolin. Thank you further being with us tonight. You must be following the tragedy in lahaina closely. Whats been your reaction and what are your feelings as the events play out in hawaii . 0ur events play out in hawaii . Our hearts break. It isjust Heart Wrenching to watch and so similar when we first saw the visual of what was going on, it took you right back to that time and they are going through exactly the stuff we went through and everybody i talk to, there is heartbreakfor them and offer prayers go to each and every one of them. I each and every one of them. I can only imagine what that must be like to have gone through that fire in the 18 analyses something so similar, the camp fire killed 35 people, many people in your city of Paradise Lost things similar to whats happening in lahaina. How do tragedies like this affect these kinds of communities . Benefactor in many different ways. You have emotions in every direction. Ito your reporting and it takes time for the resources to come. When you are out there with nothing, youve left your home and you have one gentleman had a heart, you have nothing. You dont have underwear, you dont have a toothbrush, you dont have all the essentials, so everything is needed at that point in time. It is very difficult. It takes time for the different organisations to get their stuff together and get their stuff together and get over there. I know they are coming, they came for us, and they were there for us, but it did take some time and it does take time to go through the rubble and find a dad. We really had to close off the area so people could have the time to really search and search thoroughly for people that perished in the fire, but thats very hard when youre at your home and you want to go back to see if theres anything left, anything varied, and its very difficult. Some people are finding that their homes are fired and they are having problems because why did my house not and why is it ok here i am living in a Disaster Zone now . I was living in paradise. They are living in paradise. Now does not look like paradise anymore, it does not look like hawaii anymore and the emotions go from to z, it is all over the board. Go from to 2, it is all over the board. Go from to 2, it is all over the board. ~. ,. ,. , the board. What was the moment like . I the board. What was the moment like . I know the board. What was the moment like . I know you the board. What was the moment like . I know you are the board. What was the moment like . I know you are living the board. What was the moment like . I know you are living in like . I know you are living in paradise in 2018 when the fire swept through your child. What was it like when he returned to find what was left . I was it like when he returned to find what was left . Find what was left . I had rotten find what was left . I had gotten reports, find what was left . I had gotten reports, i find what was left . I had gotten reports, i knew. Find what was left . I had i gotten reports, i knew our house was lost. It was very interesting, we went around and looked at other peoples homes so we could report to them whether they house medical not because a lot of people didnt know. I unfortunately heard that mine didnt make it but it was just getting dark, that mine didnt make it but it wasjust getting dark, the skies were dark anyway because the black smoke hung around for many, many days. As i got out of my truck and walked over, even though you know it, even though you know that it is gone, and your head, your heart has a different feeling like maybe there is something and when you see the total devastation that everything, we had a two story house and it was down to 16 18 inches of rubble, but all it was with a concrete ground. It is very emotional, its very tough, and all the things you want to pass onto your kids from the generations before you, you will not be able to pass the money involved. They are gone. So many things run through your mind at that time. It is so many things run through your mind at that time. Mind at that time. It is still obviously mind at that time. It is still obviously early mind at that time. It is still obviously early days mind at that time. It is still obviously early days in mind at that time. It is still. Obviously early days in lahaina mark with some of the fire still burning there but if you had a message to lahaina mark about the recovery and the rebuilding that will be taking place, what message would you send to residents there . You need to take send to residents there . You need to take care send to residents there . You need to take care of send to residents there . Ym. Need to take care of yourself and get rest. You are going through so many emotions, your mind is going crazy but if you dont take care of yourself people get very sick afterwards because of the anxiety and everything that happened. Somehow find rest for yourself and then youve got to, you need help. Everybody needs help in situations. Hopefully they can find friends, relatives or something they can stay with for a while or a place they can stay where people come and take care of them and help them. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Bringing you different stories from across the uk. From the plane, grey expansive wall. The gable end of this house on the a6 has been completely transformed. Now depicting a kingfisher, magnolia and a mill wheel, the design gives a nod to the towns Industrial Heritage with Owner Stealth Walsh hoping the mural will brighten up the town. I walsh hoping the Muralwill Brighten up the town. I think it will really brighten up the town. I think it will really if brighten up the town. I think it will really if People Brighten Up the town. I think it will really if people are it will really if people are sensible or and wonder and inspiration and as as they drive through town awe. The drive through town awe. The artist is sarah drive through town awe. The artist is sarah yates who painted peregrines on the museum in derby. Hopefully it will encourage museum in derby. Hopefully it will encourage Artists Museum in derby. Hopefully it will encourage artists to museum in derby. Hopefully it will encourage artists to be museum in derby. Hopefully it will encourage artists to be a l will encourage artists to be a bit more expressive in the community on this type of level. ,. , community on this type of level. ,. , level. Steph has funded part of the product level. Steph has funded part of the product level. Steph has funded part of the product project with the product project with donations from the community. Any donations to gofundme will be donated to Derbyshire Wildlife trust. Youre live with bbc news. The nation of ecuador is still in a State Of Shock after president ial candidate Fernando Villavicensio was killed, less than two weeks before elections were due to take place. 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