2023-08-16 09:30:00
Local authorities have raised to 106 the number of people who have died in the fires that have been registered on the island of Maui (Hawaii), although there are still hundreds of missing people.
The data has been updated by the Maui Police Department, where several fires have devastated part of the island in the last week and to where the United States Government has deployed a forensic team to reinforce and advance in the work of identifying the victims caused by the fuego.
Biden will travel to Hawaii “as soon as possible” to assess the damage from the fires
The official number of deaths, according to the latest count by the local authorities, has risen to 106, but it is very likely that the number will increase as all the areas that have not yet been able to be scrutinized by the rescue and emergency services are registered. .
There are still hundreds of people missing, and in many areas of the island there is no electricity or mobile coverage to contact themso family and friends have mobilized on social networks asking for help to try to find them.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, announced this Tuesday that he will travel to Hawaii “as soon as possible” to assess the damage caused by the fires on the island of Maui, already listed as the deadliest in the United States in the last century.
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