07 October 2024,   02:51
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The death toll from Maui’s wildfires has risen to at least 93

The death toll from Maui’s wildfires has risen to at least 93, the county said in a news release. Officials have only identified 2 of the people confirmed deceased in the aftermath of the blazes, which are now the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii since it became a state in 1959.

Lahaina was hit hardest by the wildfires, and Hawaii Governor Josh Green estimated that 80% of the town has been destroyed.

Local crews were working with cadaver dog teams flown in by FEMA to find more missing people in neighborhoods that have been reduced to fields of ash. Maui police chief John Pelletier said crews have covered just 3% of the destruction: “We’ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least five square miles, and it is full of our loved ones”.

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