2023-08-14 17:56:31
At least 96 people died in the fires that ravaged Maui, an island in the Hawaiian archipelago, according to a new report announced by the authorities on the evening of Sunday August 13. “We are prepared for many tragic stories”Governor Josh Green told CBS Mornings. “They’ll probably find ten to twenty people a day, until they’re done. And it will probably take ten days. »
On Tuesday, August 8, the fire destroyed almost every building in the centuries-old town of Lahaina. The flames were 85% contained in the town and 60% inland.
On Saturday, rescue teams had covered only 3% of the search area. Twenty dogs and dozens of people make their way through the burnt-out neighborhoods, searching cars and charred homes for the dead. It is already the deadliest wildfire in the United States for more than a century.
Destroyed houses in the historic district of Lahaina (Hawaii), August 10, 2023. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP A couple walk in front of buildings destroyed by fires along Front Street in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, August 10, 2023. PHILIP CHEUNG/NYT-REDUX-REA Lahaina, Hawaii, August 11, 2023. AP Add to your selections Add to your selections Wrecked cars on the road in Lahaina, Hawaii, August 11, 2023. HAWAI’I DLNR / VIA REUTERS A Maui County firefighter puts out a fire near homes during the Maui Wildfires in Kula, Hawaii on August 13, 2023. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP In the community of Kula, in the interior region of the island of Maui, Hawaii, Friday, August 11, 2023. AP A fire truck drives through a neighborhood destroyed by fire, August 11, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / AFP Volunteers load supplies onto a boat for West Maui (Hawaii) at the Kihei landing stage, Sunday August 13, 2023. STEPHEN LAM / AP Volunteers prepare free meals for families affected by the wildfires , at the University of Hawaii in Kahului, central Maui, on August 13, 2023. YUKI IWAMURA / AFP Volunteers carry supplies to distribute them to victims of the fires in West Maui in Wailuku, Hawaii, on August 12 2023. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP Survivors and worshipers pray during a Sunday worship service hosted by Pastor Brown of Grace Baptist Church of Lahaina, at the Maui Coffee Attic in Wailuku, central Maui, Hawaii, on August 13, 2023. YUKI IWAMURA / AFP Attendees of a church service embrace at the King’s Cathedral in Kahului, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, Sunday August 13, 2023. The church has been turned into an emergency shelter . STEPHEN LAM / AP Members of the US National Guard stand on a closed road in Lahaina, west Maui, Hawaii, August 12, 2023. YUKI IWAMURA / AFP A woman cradles her cat after finding it in the rubble of the fire in the town of Lahaina, in West Maui, Hawaii, on August 11, 2023. MOSES SLOVATIZKI / AFP Passengers in the Kahului airport terminal wait for delayed or canceled flights to leave Hawaii , August 9, 2023. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP
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