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Hawaii residents are hoping their loved ones are alive as a wildfire disaster rages in Maui, claiming at least six lives and damaging 271 structures.

Locals say there were apocalyptic scenes overnight while by daylight, the true scope of the devastation was revealed.

Shopfronts were burnt out, homes destroyed and streets cluttered by warped pieces of metal.

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The bigger devastation was the loss of life as the mayor confirmed six people had died.

"This is a deeply somber day," Maui Mayor Richard Bissen said.

"The gravity of losing any life is tragic. As we grieve with their families, we offer prayers for comfort in this inconsolable time."

Officials fear the death toll could rise.

Resident Tiare Lawrence said it was lucky some of her family got out alive, but some remain unaccounted for.

"I still don't know where my little brother is," she said.

"I don't know where my stepdad is.

"Everyone I know in Lahaina, their homes have been burnt down.

Some aircraft resume flights, damage becomes clear

As winds diminished somewhat, some aircraft resumed flights, enabling pilots to view the full scope of the devastation.

Flyovers of the coastal town of Lahaina by US Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department showed the extent of the loss, said Mahina Martin, a spokesperson for Maui County.

Aerial video showed dozens of homes and businesses in Lahaina flattened, including on Front Street, a favourite spot for tourists to shop and dine.

Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront, boats in the harbour were scorched, and grey smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of charred trees.

"It's horrifying. I've flown here 52 years and I've never seen anything come close to that," said Richard Olsten, a helicopter pilot for a tour company.

"We had tears in our eyes, the other pilots on board and the mechanics, and me."

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Acting Governor Sylvia Luke said the flames "wiped out communities," and urged travellers to stay away.

"This is not a safe place to be," she said.

Maui officials urged visitors to leave Lahaina, and the island was organizing a "mass bus evacuation" Wednesday afternoon to take people directly to the airport, according to an update from the county.

The Australian Consul-General has released a list of shelters urging Australians on the ground in Maui to make their way to one of them if they can get there.

West Maui remained without cell or landline phone service or electricity, the county said.

Cause of wildfires unclear but climate change deemed contributing factor

Hawaii isn't the only US state grappling with devastating wildfires – a trend some experts had predicted for this season. Parts of Texas are under a critical fire risk Wednesday, a day after a brush fire engulfed an apartment building in the Austin area.

But the crisis unfolding in Maui is extraordinary, Hawaii's lieutenant governor said.

"The fact that we have wildfires in multiple areas as a result of indirectly from a hurricane is unprecedented," Luke said.

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The exact cause of the blaze couldn't be determined, but a number of factors, including high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation, likely contributed, said Major General Kenneth Hara, adjutant general for Hawaii State Department of Defense.

Experts also said climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather.

"Climate change in many parts of the world is increasing vegetation dryness, in large part because temperatures are hotter," Erica Fleishman said, director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University.

"Even if you have the same amount of precipitation, if you have higher temperatures, things dry out faster."

Lahaina resident Keʻeaumoku Kapu was tying down loose objects in the wind at the cultural centre he runs in Lahaina when his wife showed up Tuesday afternoon and told him they needed to evacuate.

"Right at that time, things got crazy, the wind started picking up," Kapu said, who added that they got out "in the nick of time."

Two blocks away they saw fire and billowing smoke. Kapu, his wife and a friend jumped into his pickup truck.

"By the time we turned around, our building was on fire," he said. "It was that quick."

Crews were battling three fires in Maui: in Lahaina, south Maui's Kihei area and the mountainous, inland communities known as Upcountry, said Mahina Martin, spokesperson for Maui County.

In the Upcountry community of Kula, at least two homes were destroyed Tuesday in a fire that engulfed about 4.5 square kilometres, Bissen Jr. said.

There have been no reports of injuries or homes lost to three wildfires burning on Hawaii's Big Island, Mayor Mitch Roth said Wednesday. Firefighters did extinguish a few roof fires.

The National Weather Service said Hurricane Dora, which was passing to the south of the island chain at a safe distance of 805 kilometres, was partly to blame for gusts above 97 km/h that knocked out power, rattled homes and grounded firefighting helicopters on Maui.

Dozens rescued and travellers stranded after evacuating

The Coast Guard on Tuesday rescued 14 people, including two children, who had fled into the ocean to escape the fire and smoky conditions, the county said in a statement.

Fires killed six people on Maui, but search and rescue operations continued and the number could rise, Bissen said.

Six patients were flown from Maui to the island of Oahu on Tuesday night, said Speedy Bailey, regional director for Hawaii Life Flight, an air-ambulance company.

Three of them had critical burns and were taken to Straub Medical Center's burn unit, he said.

The others were taken to other Honolulu hospitals. At least 20 patients were taken to Maui Memorial Medical Centre, he said.

There was no count available for the number of people who have evacuated, but officials said there were four shelters open housing 2100 people.

Kahului Airport, the main airport in Maui, was sheltering 2000 travellers whose flights were cancelled or who recently arrived on the island, the county said. Officials were preparing the Hawaii Convention Centre in Honolulu to take in up to 4,000 displaced tourists and locals.

"Local people have lost everything," said James Tokioka, director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. "They've lost their house, they've lost their animals."

A harrowing escape to a rainforest

Alan Dickar just learned one of his rental properties went up in flames when he saw an economic hub of Maui get swallowed by wildfire.

"Front Street exploded in flame," Dickar said.

Dickar, who has lived in the area for 24 years, said there was little time to flee.

"I grabbed some people I saw on the street who didn't seem to have a good plan. And I had told them, 'Get your stuff, get in my truck,'" he said.

"And there's only one road that leads out of Lahaina, so obviously it was backed up," Dickar said. "I dropped everybody else off and then I went to a place in another part of Maui that's far away. And as soon as I got there, that whole area had to evacuate because of a totally different fire. … Just as I arrived, that whole area got evacuated."

Dickar eventually fled to a remote part of Maui. "I figured that was enough, and I'm safe here at least from a fire evacuation because it's a rainforest," he said.

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A dozen people were rescued near Lahaina after "entering the ocean due to smoke and fire conditions," the Coast Guard and county officials said. "Individuals were transported by the Coast Guard to safe areas," Maui County officials said.

And it's not clear where the disaster will head next.

– With CNN, AP

All eyes in Australia will be on the Matildas when they take on France in their 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final.

A win in the do-or-die match will see Tony Gustavsson's side surge into their first-ever World Cup semi-final, while a loss will end their hopes of lifting the trophy on home soil.

This is all the information you need to know about the crucial fixture, including when it starts, where it's being played, and how you can watch it.

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When is the Matildas vs France Women's World Cup quarter-final?

The Matildas' quarter-final against France will kick-off at 5pm on Saturday, August 12 (AEST).

That means a start time of 4:30pm in South Australia and the Northern Territory, and 3pm in Western Australia.

The match should finish at around 7pm (AEST), unless it is drawn at full-time and extra time or penalties are required to decide a winner, in which case it will run until around 7:30pm.

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Where is it being played?

The match will be played at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.

Where can you watch it?

There are a range of live sites where fans can gather to watch the match with hundreds of other supporters on the big screen, including the official FIFA Fan Festivals in each of the tournament's Australian host cities.

In Sydney, the Fan Festival is at Tumbalong Park, while Melbourne's is at Federation Square, Brisbane's is at South Bank, Adelaide's at Festival Plaza and Perth's is held at Forrest Place.

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Elsewhere, local councils will hold live sites of their own, while the AFL has ticked off on showing the match on big screens at the MCG before the clash at the ground between Carlton and Melbourne so fans with tickets to the latter can still watch the quarter-final.

You can see a full list of places to view the Matildas vs France quarter-final below.

And you can watch the match on Optus Sport, which has the rights to every game of the 2023 tournament.

The woman whose remains were found wrapped and stuffed behind a block wall at a Brisbane apartment block in December has been identified as Tanya Lee Glover.

Police believe Glover, who was born on August 1, 1971, was about 38 years old at the time of her death, which is the subject of a homicide investigation.

Cleaners came across her remains behind a wall in the basement of the unit complex on Alderley Avenue in Alderley on December 7, 2022.

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At the time, Detective Superintendent Andrew Massingham said it was believed her remains had been hidden there for about seven years.

He has today said it is believed Glover was killed in around 2009 or 2010.

Police believe Glover moved to Queensland from New South Wales in 2006 and lived alone in the Fortitude Valley area until 2010.

She was vision and hearing impaired and "very much kept to herself", having had a quiet and subdued lifestyle, Superintendent Massingham told media.

She was not formally known to Queensland Police and no missing person reports were made about her.

"Painstaking searches across national databases since the 7th of December last year continued to draw a blank for an ID," he said, explaining that genealogical data had eventually led to police tracking her down.

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Superintendent Massingham said the "crucial" next step was finding out who had targeted the "vulnerable, single female", with the autopsy having revealed Glover's body suffered trauma.

"This is concerning and peculiar," he said.

Police want to speak to anyone who may have known Glover or had any interactions with her, particularly between 2006 and 2010.

Superintendent Massingham said police had informed Glover's parents of her death.

"They are traumatised as a result of the news," he said. "They fell out of contact with her sometime ago."

She is described as Caucasian in appearance, between 155 and 165cm tall, and having had dark brown hair.

Any person who has any information is requested to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or online.

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A teenager has been taken into custody after he admitted causing the deaths of five students, who were killed when his vehicle slammed into two trees.

Tyrell Edwards, 19, pleaded guilty to five counts of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death at Picton Local Court on Thursday after the high-speed tragedy at Buxton, southwest of Sydney, on September 6 last year.

The teen was behind the wheel of a silver Nissan Navara that crashed into two trees, killing five Picton High School students aged between 14 and 16 who were crammed into the vehicle.

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Lily Van De Putte and Gabby McLennan, both 14, Summer Williams and Tyrese Bechard, both 15, and Antonio Desisto, 16, all died in the crash.

Edwards suffered minor injuries.

"The aggravated dangerous driving was particularly egregious in that it was dangerous driving repeated over a period of time ultimately leading to the loss of control of the vehicle," Magistrate David Degnan said on Thursday.

He described the event as a "tragic incident", acknowledging the pain of family members in court.

"I'm cognisant of the fact there are many members of the victims' families and friends here at court. And I acknowledge the loss that they have suffered."

Five lesser charges of dangerous driving occasioning death were withdrawn.

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After the guilty pleas, Edward's solicitor Karen Watson unsuccessfully opposed an application by prosecutors to revoke her client's bail and send him into custody.

Watson argued Edwards needed to remain out of jail to undergo psychiatric treatment for PTSD and major depressive disorder caused after the crash.

Degnan found that this did not amount to special or exceptional circumstances which could allow Edwards to stay out on bail given that he would definitely face a full-time prison sentence.

The courtroom was then closed and family members of the victims asked to leave before Edwards himself was escorted to a waiting police vehicle.

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Outside court, Lily's father John told reporters he and the other parents could not move forwards with their lives and were living that tragic day over and over again.

"I wake up every morning thinking about her and go to sleep thinking about her. It's going to be in my mind every day," he said.

"It's something we will never get over."

Mr Van De Putte said traffic laws needed to be tougher and parents needed to speak to their kids about safety while behind the wheel.

The case has now been committed for sentence and will return to Campbelltown District Court on August 24.

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The federal government has started urgent talks with Malaysia today after it suspended Australian live cattle exports from several facilities over concerns about a lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreak.

Malaysia followed Indonesia in pausing exports from four Australian facilities as authorities wait on further testing of cattle.

Last week the Indonesian Agriculture and Quarantine Agency notified Australian authorities that lumpy skin disease was detected in 13 Australian cattle that were exported to Indonesia.

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Since the detection, Indonesia has suspended imports of cattle from four facilities.

Australia's Chief Veterinary Officer, Mark Schipp, said today officials were working to finalise the investigation into the health of the herds at the four facilities.

"Australia is urgently engaging with its Malaysian counterparts to confirm our robust animal health system, and to advise that LSD is not present in Australia," he said.

"I have made representations to my Malaysian counterpart, requesting the import restriction on live cattle and buffalo from Australia be lifted without delay."

Lumpy skin disease is a highly infectious viral disease that is transmitted by biting insects or parasites like flies, mosquitos and ticks.

It's carried by live animals and can result in animal welfare problems and "significant" production losses – it doesn't pose a risk to humans.

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Schipp said Australia has never had lumpy skin disease and remains free of the disease.

Officials had briefed the cattle industry and there was no cause for concern, he said.

Nationals leader David Littleproud told Today this morning he was confident Australia did not have any cases of the disease and cattle had probably caught it in Indonesia.

But he was worried about potential reputational damage to Australia cattle farmers.

"Our international reputation has been hard fought and we are disease-free (and) that disease-free status gives us a premium that needs to be protected," he said.

Dozens have been killed after wildfires tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui, driving people into the ocean.