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more now from our north america correspondent sophie long who is in maui. the death toll now stands at 93 but we are told that that will rise. over the past five days we have heard countless harrowing tales from survivors about their escape and we have also watched frustration build with the authorities as people demand to know why they weren't given more warning and where they can't get back to their homes. but to day i went to speak to some members of a congregation of a lahaina church who were meeting some 20 miles away because their normal place of worship had been destroyed. the fire left more than a city devastated, and charred black buildings behind. existential questions hover above the emptiness. how can you rebuild from this? what will exist here in the future? a now churchless congregation gathers at a coffee shop
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concerns heading into cold and flu season and what we should be doing to prepare. what caused a united airlines flight to plunge towards the pacific ocean just after takeoff. remember this? what investigators found. it's quite up settling. just ahead. we begin with the death toll from the fires in maui. it continues to rise this morning. so far, 93 bodies have been pulled from the ashes. but officials warn that number is expected to grow in the coming days. the lahaina fire has now become the deadliest fire in the u.s. in the past 100 years. fema's chief visited maui on saturday to see the devastation firsthand, and she spoke with residents who lost everything. she also heard harrowing tales of how they survived when so many didn't. >> i heard their stories. i heard their harrowing stories of escape. evacuating, then evacuating again. a car that was caught on fire
restraining order push against him. then we eventually tracked down massie. >> and they realized right away he could not be the killer. >> he wasn't a neck brace. he had been in a bad accident and he had some paralysis in his arms. so we knew it couldn't be. him >> meaning this visitor, whoever he was, had left a fake name and phone number. who would do that? and then they found another neighbor who had talked to the guy, heard his story. they got a good enough look at him to help with a composite sketch. >> we are just on the 10:00 news. >> austin please ask for help in solving a murder. please want to question a man who is seen in the area a few days before that murder. the man was described as white, between the ages of 35 and 45, he's about six feet tall and neatly dressed. >> we were hoping to get tips. >> what do you know? before long women started calling. with tales about a man who wanted to buy a house. >> so, what were you hearing from people who may have had a
volunteers here on the island. they say people are coming to them with horrific tales of people surviving, but questions of their loved ones so they have not been able to contact due to restricted cell phone service here which are still down in parts of the island. people come and fill any police report here and those firms go to the office of the sheriff at the end of the day and people can scan a qr code to try to find out if they have any news about their loved ones. ultimately, these volunteers here tell me they are here from morning until night. 0ften here from morning until night. often it is about hugs, tears, comforting people, delivering some kind of psychological support. people are coming here having being rescued from the ocean, just having had to run from the flames. family members are coming down in the evenings playing music, trying to bring some hope for people who are here. if we may have a little further down, you can see a lot of chaos around me, thatis can see a lot of chaos around me, that is because a lot of people are trying to get to the dmv, the driving authority here to get their
breaking news tonight own the wildfires in maui. authorities have just raised the death toll to 53. while touring lahaina, josh green told cnn's wolf blitzer he expects it to exceed the 61 people killed in the state's deadliest natural disaster, a tsunami in 1960. our bill weir just arrived in maui and is among the first reporters to make it into lahaina. he is trying to set up live shot. communications are really tough. but we have bill on the phone right now. while we have you, bill, walk us through what you're seeing. >> well, john, i came here bracing for the worst. we'd seen those helicopter aerials the last couple of days and heard some tales of folks who have gotten out here. but it's worse than i imagined. it looks like a bomb went off in lahaina town. all the iconic buildings are either flattened or just
to go back to. >> pretty much everybody i know lost everything we have. >> reporter: many left with only their harrowing tales of survival. >> we just barely got out. they were ashes, embers, everything flying through the air. >> please care about this. i know a lot of us here about a place like maui, we think of luxury homes and beaches and surfing and celebrities. but as you saw right there, these are local residents. ordinary, hardworking americans, who have now lost absolutely everything. if you are in a position that you think you could potentially help, please consider donating to the maui strong fund, set up to assist the evolving needs of people there including shelter, food and basic financial assistance. or you can please visit high hawaii community foundation dot org, slash maui dash strong. the people there are suffering. i know it might be on the other