![]() In one bit of positive news, officials on Sunday discovered 60 people taking refuge at a private home that had been isolated because without telephone communication or electricity. Officials declined to estimate how many remained unaccounted for but promised they were meticulously verifying the status of all. Meanwhile, the search for missing loved ones persisted. More than 3,200 residents of Hawaii have registered to receive federal assistance, and that number is expected to rise, Jeremy Greenberg, FEMA's director of response operations, told reporters. Read Here: US President Joe Biden's ‘no comment’ on Maui tragedy during holiday angers netizens Nearly 2,000 housing units, including 400 hotel rooms, 1,400 Airbnb units and 160 private homes were being made available, Hawaii Governor Josh Green told the news conference. Help is arriving for those left homeless. One person was arrested for trespassing, Pelletier said. They also feared human remains may be trampled on. Maui County briefly relaxed rules allowing Lahaina residents back to their homes but suspended that on Monday after curiosity seekers abused the system, clogging streets used by rescue workers, officials said. Officials have cautioned that identifying victims would be a grim and difficult task, because the fire burned so intensely that even metal structures melted. ![]() A team that started with one cadaver dog now has 20. Pelletier said officials hoped to get through 85% to 90% of the disaster zone by this weekend. It's our loved ones," Pelletier said, relating the instructions that a director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave rescue workers in a briefing. "It's not just ash on your clothing when you take it off. Read Here: Dwayne Johnson 'heartbroken' by Maui wildfires Recognizing the anxiety of survivors still looking for their loved ones, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier told a news conference that local, state and federal rescue workers were proceeding as fast as possible but that there was a "reverence" that encumbered the task. wildfire in more than 100 years destroyed or damaged more than 2,200 buildings, 86% of them residential, causing an estimated $5.5 billion in damage. ![]() (AP)įueled by winds gusting up to 80 mph (128 kph), an inferno burning at temperatures that the governor said reached 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (538 degrees C) raced from the dry grasslands outside town into the historic resort town of Lahaina last Tuesday, turning block after block into ash. Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25% of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim on Monday, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for nearly a week after the disaster. ![]()
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