Hawaii fire death toll hits 53, expected to rise higher

"It was a really rapidly developing scene and pretty harrowing for the victims that had to jump into the water," she added."We still get dead bodies in the water floating and on the seawall," Lansford told CBS.

"In the days ahead, we will be stronger as a... community," he added,"as we rebuild with resilience and aloha."Thousands of people have already been evacuated from Maui, with 1,400 people waiting at the main airport in Kahului overnight, hoping to get out. Fires have also broken out on Hawaii's Big Island, but officials said they were under control on Thursday.

Thomas Smith, a professor with the London School of Economics, said that while wildfires are not uncommon in Hawaii, the blazes this year"are burning a greater area than usual, and the fire behaviour is extreme, with fast spread rates and large flames".

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