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Maui police arrested a Lahaina resident on Friday for alleged Violation of the Rules and Orders relating to the restricted Lahaina wildfire disaster area.
Concern within the agency, and the ask is going to congress for them to work on this as these natural disasters continue to happen. >> congress that is not currently in session for the month of august, and that supplemental request included ukraine, too. the pathway is up in the air. priscilla alvarez, thank you. maui's emergency management chief has resigned. this as outrage grows in the wake of the catastrophic wildfire that has killed at least 111 people. he was facing serious criticism for not activating warning sirens as this wildfire closed in on lahaina. also under scrutiny this morni...
President joe biden will travel to maui on monday, to survey the site of the deadliest wildfire in modern american history. the death toll rising tonight, to at least 110 people. i spoke with the governor of hawaii, just a little while ago, on the state of the response. >> 38% of the territory has been covered by the rescue team. >> how many people are still missing or unaccounted for right now? >> still difficult to say. i think it's probably still over 1000. right now, we're focused pretty completely on the disaster area.
The fire has gone. and being able to make things safe and secure as well as being very respectful. the hawaiian culture is very much dependant upon their cultural, historical places. the different aspects to the island that they have and to protect and preserve that. and, at the same time, there's over 190 search and rescue workers over there looking for anything that they can find to be able to make sure any remains, any people that they can find, are found. so i think everything is proceeding as it would, given all of the circumstances. and it still being a disaster area. i mean, there's sti...
Significantly, and now there are further fears the island is about to be hit by more storms. our correspondent sophie long reports from maui. survivors say the sound of the wind that day was like the roar of a jet plane. exploding cars like bombs going off. they describe how the smoke made them choke and vomit as they ran for their lives with their backs burning. oh, my gosh. just turn in here. this woman helped a stranded grandmother and young child as she fled with her husband and children. just going to get to the church. we have our backs to this building and we're looking at each other an...