Hawaii congresswoman says state underestimated lethality of wildfires

Jill Tokuda says Hawaii did not learn lesson' from previous hurricane as death toll from devastating fires reaches 80

The Hawaii congresswoman Jill Tokuda told CNN on Saturday morning that she believes state officials underestimated the quickness and lethality of a wildfire that as of Saturday morning had killed at least 80 people there.

It's not like hurricane force winds are unknown to Hawaii, or dry brush, or red flag conditions," Tokuda said on CNN when asked to address the wildfires in her home state, which were exacerbated by winds associated with a category four Hurricane Dora as it passed far to the south-west.