THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. >>> THE TOP STORY, DEVASTATION AND HEARTBREAK IN HAWAII. THIS IS VIDEO FROM ABOVE. YOU CAN SEE THE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ON MAUI. WIND-WHIPPED FIRES TORE THROUGH THE POPULAR DESTINATION. SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS IS LAHAINA. THIS IS A POPULAR SHOPPING AREA. 270 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED IN LAHAINA ALONE. THERE'S HARROWING STORIES E EMERGING. SOME PEOPLE FORCED TO JUMP INTO THE OCEAN TO GET AWAY FROM THE FLAMES. MANY HAD TO ACT QUICKLY. >> THIS ISLAND IS 2,300 MILES AWAY FROM THE BAY AREA. BUT MANY HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN THEIR HEART. STEPHANIE MAGALLON IS AT S.F. INTERNATIONAL. MANY WERE ABLE TO FLEE THE ISLAND. >> Reporter: THERE WERE THREE FLIGHTS FROM MAUI THAT LANDED HERE. THE LATEST AN HOUR AGO. AND THE FAMILIES I SPOKE WITH SAID THE SITUATION IN HAWAII IS HEARTBREAKING. ONE WOMAN SAID, AFTER EVERYTHING SHE AND HER CHILDREN WENT THROUGH, IT'S A MIRACLE THEY ARE HERE TODAY. FAMILIES WERE FORCED TO FLEE BY ANY MEANS. IN SOME CASES, JUMPING INTO BOATS TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. THE SHAH FAMILY FROM LOS ALTOS, WAS STAYING IN LAHAINA, A TOWN REPORTEDLY DESTROYED. >> WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THEY WERE TRYING TO EVACUATE LAHAINA. AND PEOPLE STARTED TO GET IN PANIC MODE. >> OUTSIDE OF THE GROCERY STORE, THEY SAW THIS MASSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE AND WERE DIRECTED TO AN EVACUATION CENTER WITHOUT BELONGINGS. >> IT'S VERY HARD. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES, HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM LOVED ONES. >> Reporter: THEY WERE IN THE SHELTER FOR MOST OF THE EVENING. AS THE FIRE GREW, THEYLACKED RED WAS NO LONGER SAFE. >> WE SAW RED EMBERS COMING CLOSE. I ASKED THE OFFICER, IF IT WAS YOUR FAMILY, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? HE SAID, I WOULD GO NORTH. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY WENT TO KAPALUA, WITH NO LUGGAGE AND NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HOME THEY WERE STAYING AT. >> WE'RE THANKFUL. WE DON'T HAVE OUR STUFF. BUT WE'RE TOGETHER. >> Reporter: THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN HAWAII PROMPTED SEVERAL FROM THE BAY AREA TO CUT THEIR VACATION SHORT. THOUSANDS ARE SEARCHING FOR A WAY OUT. >> THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHT. THEY TOOK A FLIGHT TO SAN JOSE. THEY WERE REALLY FROM SACRAMENTO. >> Reporter: THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL TAKE TOURISTS TO THE KAPALUA AIRPORT, WHERE AIRLINES ARE HELPING PEOPLE EVACUATE. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID SAY EARLIER THERE WERE SEVERAL FLIGHTS LEAVING MAUI. ALL TOURISTS HAVE TO DO IS CONTACT THE AIRLINES DIRECTLY. JUST HAVE TO CONTACT THE
