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93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering why there was no help centre. Where are the resources . Why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a 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 the landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happ ....
And shelter for survivors. 93 people are now known to have died, but the governor of hawaii has warned people to expect that number to rise significantly, after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. These boats are 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 oahu . Why the limited resources or police on this island let alone . Where is support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have two. 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 ....
Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community. And what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see there the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. And these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flare ups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road here is stopped and asked questions about why they are going on. And many people are then forced to turn around in this lane here and essentially turned back, because right now ....