Catastrophic Wildfires, 100 Days of Striking & Rising Cost of Streaming- Thursday, August 10, 2023
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 10 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, August 10, 2023!
We're telling you about catastrophic wildfires burning through a historic tourist town in Hawaii. Both Hawaiians and travelers are now desperate to evacuate.
Also, we'll explain the FBI's tense confrontation with a man who threatened to assassinate President Biden.
Plus, you'll soon need new documentation to go to Europe; two more streaming services are hiking prices; and thousands of people are willing to make a life-changing sacrifice for free sub sandwiches.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's Thursday, August 10th, what to know about catastrophic wildfires burning through |
| 0:04.9 | a historic tourist town in Hawaii. Both Hawaiians and travelers are now desperate to evacuate. |
| 0:11.1 | Also, we'll explain the FBI's tense confrontation with a man who threatened to assassinate President |
| 0:16.8 | Biden. Plus, soon you'll need new documentation to go to Europe. Two more streaming services |
| 0:22.0 | are hiking prices, and thousands of people are willing to make a life-changing sacrifice |
| 0:27.1 | all for free sub sandwiches. Those stories are more coming up. |
| 0:33.1 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. All the days news in about 10 minutes. Fast, |
| 0:37.4 | fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Lacey Evans, filling in for Eric Amanda today. |
| 0:41.8 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:47.8 | We start today with a state of emergency in Hawaii. Wildfires are ravaging parts of Maui, |
| 0:53.2 | burning entire communities to the ground, leaving just ash and debris behind. Sadly, at least six |
| 0:59.2 | people have died in the fires, and several more are unaccounted for. Authorities are doing |
| 1:04.2 | search and rescue operations now on the island and in the Pacific Ocean, since some people fleeing |
| 1:09.9 | the flames actually jumped into the water to avoid being burned, including some young children. |
| 1:15.6 | Making search and rescue efforts even more complicated, the wildfires cut off power and |
| 1:20.2 | disrupted 911 and other communication services in parts of the island. Satellite phones have been |
| 1:25.7 | the only reliable way to get in touch with some areas, including hotels. Yesterday, officials told |
| 1:31.3 | visitors to leave Maui as soon as possible. There was a mass bus evacuation to get people to |
| 1:36.4 | the airport, and thousands of people are now staying there waiting for flights or in shelters, |
| 1:42.0 | while a lot of local people have lost everything. Officials say hundreds of buildings have burned |
| 1:46.9 | to the ground, mostly in the historic town of Lahaina, which is especially popular with tourists. |
| 1:52.3 | And Maui's hospital system is reportedly overwhelmed with burned patients and people suffering |
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