Hawaii Governor Inexperienced defined right this moment in a CNN interview that the official demise charge is at the moment 99, however made it clear, it should go up considerably.

In line with FEMA, solely 3% of the devastated areas in West Maui had been searched by cadaver canines, and greater than 1300 individuals are nonetheless unaccounted for.

Canines are unable to go looking as a result of excessive warmth in West Maui, at the moment about 90 F or 32 C.

Since some communication continues to be down, and plenty of might have misplaced their telephones, the governor is cautious about speculations about how many individuals might have been killed due to the fires in Lahaina.