
Hawaii wildfire survivor recounts escape
Maui resident Katheleen Cardenas-Haro was stuck on an overpass with her husband and children while their town burned before them. She joined CBS News to describe her run for safety.
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Maui resident Katheleen Cardenas-Haro was stuck on an overpass with her husband and children while their town burned before them. She joined CBS News to describe her run for safety.
Hundreds of FEMA workers are on the ground in Hawaii searching for the missing and helping survivors. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more on the government response to the wildfires and President Biden and first lady Jill Biden's trip to Maui next week.
Gov. Josh Green said the state is working toward a moratorium on real estate sales "to make sure that no one is victimized."
Maui residents are beginning to return to their homes to see what, if anything, is left a week after deadly wildfires tore through the Hawaiian island. CBS News' Elizabeth Campbell has more from Maui.
President Biden announced he will soon visit Maui to see the destruction caused by the flames that decimated the Hawaiian island. Nancy Cordes reports from Washington.
A week after deadly wildfires tore through Lahaina, Maui's Emergency Management Agency is defending its decision not to activate warning sirens, saying doing so may have confused residents to move toward the oncoming danger. CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti challenged the decision at a press conference amid growing criticism from survivors.
As hundreds remain unaccounted for in the wake of Maui's devastating wildfires, friends and relatives cling to hope that their loved ones survived. But as more victims are identified, those hopes are fading with each day that passes. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
"I do not" regret not sounding the sirens, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya told CBS News' Jonathan Vigliotti at a news conference Wednesday in his first public comments since the wildfires broke out.
Only nine of the more than 110 confirmed victims of last week's wildfire in Hawaii have been identified and hundreds more are still missing. Lilia Luciano is in Maui with the latest on recovery efforts.
Officials in Hawaii are working to identify the victims of the Maui wildfires as the death toll climbs to more than 100. On Wednesday, the White House said President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the devastated Hawaiian island on Monday. CBS News' Lilia Luciano has more from Maui.
Thousands of people who evacuated from the fire in Lahaina are figuring out what's next as many homes in that community have been completely leveled. One couple, Tasha Anderson and Kevin Campbell, told CBS News about their dramatic escape, leaving behind the nursery they'd prepared for the child they expect any day now.
As the Maui wildfires were spreading, hotel manager Kawena Kahula desperately searched for her family.
Over 100 people are now confirmed dead on the Hawaiian island of Maui after last week's wildfires, with hundreds more still missing. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti is on Maui and talked with survivors about the lack of official assistance during and after the disaster.
With no cellphone reception, Kawena Kahula drove into Lahaina to find her son last week unaware of the danger that awaited her. She spoke with CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti about what happened next. Editor's Note: Kahula later told CBS News she reunited with her son and both are physically doing well.
President Biden will visit Hawaii with the first lady Monday and meet with volunteers, emergency workers and survivors of last week's wildfires on Maui. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest details.
More than 100 people are confirmed dead and hundreds more remain missing as recovery crews continue to sift through the ruins of last week's terrible wildfires in Hawaii. CBS News' Jessica Kartalija has the latest from Maui.
Outside of Lahaina, fires were still burning in Kula on Maui. Crews were still working to contain those blazes, which have destroyed at least 19 Upcountry homes. Lilia Luciano has the latest.
The Hawaii governor said people posing as real estate agents "who may have ill intent" have approached residents about selling damaged properties.
The Maui wildfires were the deadliest in a century, with 99 confirmed killed and hundreds more missing. Thousands also lost their homes and pieces of Hawaii's history are gone forever. Lana Zak has a closer look at the cost of the devastation.
Maui resident Pamela Reader escaped with her husband and two daughters but lost her house in last week's wildfire. She said one of her friends still cannot locate his parents. Reader joined CBS News to discuss how people on the island are doing.
The death toll from the Hawaii wildfire is expected to grow exponentially with the disaster already confirmed as the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. CBS News producer Elizabeth Campbell has more on the recovery efforts in Maui.
An estimated 3,000 animals were missing on the island, according to the Maui Humane Society.
Here are some organizations accepting donations to assist victims of the disastrous wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
"We had no updates from 1 p.m. on," Hawaii restaurateur Caleb Hopkins says of last week's wildfire in Maui. At 1, Hopkins says, he was told the fire on the island was 100% contained, but a few hours later he was racing for his life with his family. "We got away just in time," Hopkins told CBS News.
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