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So i think we'll still find out the full extent of the damage over the many days, weeks and months to come. and in terms of how the fires were able to spread, are there factors specific to hawaii that made them spread so quickly and become so deadly? you know, hawaii is not traditionally perceived through the lens of visitors and others as an area that's prone to wildfires. i think we commonly think of hurricanes or sea level rise, even tsunamis, as a factor of a disaster threat and wildfire's just simply not on the radar. that said, we do know wildfire activity in hawaii has increased about f...

Death and destruction, but out of it came heroes and hope. sophie long, bbc news, maui. live now to dr douglas kelley — from the uk centre for ecology and hydrology — and who was the lead analyst for a un report last year, predicting a global increase in wildfire activity. welcome to the programme. we will talk about hawaii are specifically in a moment but if we could talk about that report first of all, you talked about this huge increase in the number of extreme fires. some of the number of extreme fires. some of the figures, up 30% by 2050 and then by the end of the century up 50%, talk...

July we have had a tropical storm and in august we had a hurricane which is pretty strong, so this is something that we always keep watching, this hurricane developed following el nino.- this hurricane developed following el nino. there was about 9096 _ following el nino. there was about 9096 less _ following el nino. there was about 9096 less rainfall i following el nino. there was about 9096 less rainfall in i about 90% less rainfall in hawaii recently than in central areas, there really dry conditions. what's behind that? to those numbers strike you as out of the ordinary yes, those numbers...

Changing, it is different from before, and we do see more and more wildfire activity, temperature rise, sea level rise, we have more hurricane activity, we have more droughts. so they are all adding together. we droughts. so they are all adding together. we have also seen these _ adding together. we have also seen these kind _ adding together. we have also seen these kind of— adding together. we have also seen these kind of devastating wildfires in other parts of the globe, hitting the western of the united states. how vulnerable was hawaii previously to wildfires? was it considered a risk z...

Very high to extreme fire danger is forecast through Aug. 11 for areas along the I-35 corridor between Dallas, Waco, Austin and San Antonio.