What went wrong in Maui? As 'cataclysmic' fires grew, many heard no warnings
Many residents in Maui said they were awakened by smoke and flames, not sirens, to evacuate during the deadly wildfires. Did something go wrong?
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Many residents in Maui said they were awakened by smoke and flames, not sirens, to evacuate during the deadly wildfires. Did something go wrong?
Buildings destroyed or damaged in that town. -- steve patterson is on maui. steve, you talked to people trying to get back into their communities. tell us, what are they saying. >> simone, as you can imagine, there's a lot of frustration. imagine having the three year home as the flames are encrypting. and you don't hear warning sirens. that is what i've heard from a lot of people, no sirens, no text messages, no notification whatsoever. now, the government says there were notifications sent out through text via radio, via different methods to get people notice. but a lot less spoke to said, t...
Hawaii Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) said Sunday the state’s warning sirens “likely did not go off,” as the Maui wildfire tore through parts of the island last week, marking the deadliest wildfire in modern United States history. “We know everybody who’s ever lived in Hawaii knows the warning sirens,” Tokuda told CBS’ Margaret Brennan on…
It was a perfect storm of catastrophic events, but that is not going to bring any lives back, that's not going to bring any homes back or businesses back. so bottom line, we have to be better next time and we have two... crosstalk there was a warning system in place that there was dozens and hundreds of these warning sirens across hawaii, but we have heard from reports and officials there that the sirens didn't go off. do you have any sense of what might have happened and whether residents were given enough time, enough warning to get to safety? every person living in hawaii, we are familiar w...
Maui officials did not activate warning sirens during deadly wildfires; relied on other methods of communication. | World News