There will be active recovery over the coming days and we of the bones of those who have been lost. So it will take time. To give perspective, it is going to take many years to rebuild lahaina. When you see the full extent of the destruction of lahaina it will shock you. It does appear like a bomb and fire went off, if i may. And all of those buildings, virtually, are going to have to be rebuilt. It will be a new lahaina. Lets recap the latest details from hawaii. At least 53 people are now known to have died in the fires, though weve heard the governor say that number will rise. Billions of dollars of property are also expected to be destroyed. Governor green says as many as 1,700 buildings have been destroyed and 11,000 people are still without power or water in west maui. The fires began on tuesday and Officials Say none of these fires are 100 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergen
Those who have been displaced select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Its select wasnt of some of the governor had to say. Governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking governor had to say. Its a heartbreaking day, governor had to say. Its a | heartbreaking day, without governor had to say. Its a i heartbreaking day, without a doubt. What we think that has been catastrophic but we tell you there is going to be a team effort to bring our state back. What we saw was the utter devastation of lahaina. We walked from end to end today as a team, mayor bessant for the county, Senator Schatz, federal level and myself, plus all of our teams and what we saw was likely the largest Natural Disaster in hawaii state history. You will recall in 1960 we had one year into statehood a tsunami that hit and took 61 lives on the big island. We are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see but we have extraordinary professionals working on the job. We
generated some very strong winds, gusting up to 67 mph. but with that storm now drifting away westwards, the winds are easing. it is going to stay quite breezy over the next few days but not windy as it has been. however, apart from just the odd passing shower, it is going to remain largely dry. doesn t have been displaced on maui, waiting to safely return to their homes and these are the images the bbc has seen of the images the bbc has seen of the maui war memorial stadium which has been housing scores of evacuees. long lines and people settling in on air mattresses and temporary bedding in a crowded gymnasium thatis bedding in a crowded gymnasium that is overflowing. live now to bbc digital reporter max mensah who is in hawaii. i
have been saved from the water. another a0 survivors have been found on shore and brought to safety by boat crews. the coast guard says search efforts have covered 689 square nautical miles which is just over 2000 square kilometres. thousands have been displaced on maui, waiting to safely return to their homes. these are images taken by our bbc digital reporter max matza of the maui war memorial stadium which has been housing scores of evacuees. long lines and people settling in on air mattresses and temporary bedding in a crowded gymnasium that s overflowing. earlier, i spoke to our bbc digital reporter max matza, from the scene. max, i understand that you arrived fairly recently. what are you seeing there? that s riuht. i are you seeing there? that s right- i came are you seeing there? that s right. i came into are you seeing there? that s right. i came into the - are you seeing there? that s right. i came into the airportj right. i came into the airport this morning, which is qu
and flash floods forecasters predicting the most rainfall in a century in the valencia region the torrential rain caused a major river to burst its banks and in the neighboring. region an elderly couple died after floodwaters flipped over their car. in the malaysian capital kuala lumpur is being blanketed by thick tall 6 small explained on smoke drifting from forest fires in neighboring indonesia several schools across malaysia have been forced to close due to hazardous air pollution index readings. hong-kong steep executive kerry has promised to prioritise housing to appease deep rooted discontent about the way the territory is governed as protesters geared up for fresh demonstrations used a facebook post to say her government would increase the supply of housing scores of people have been arrested in the protests that have been taking place in hong