Hawaii
A total of 114 people have been confirmed dead, but only 27 of them have been identified, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said Monday.
For foreign workers, Lahaina was an oasis before they lost everything in a devastating wildfire that razed the town and killed over 100 people.
Experts are warning residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap water, after the fires damaged hundreds of drinking water pipes.
“We don’t want him to be lost,” one woman said of her missing son. “If we don’t get his body back, he’ll just be lost.”
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Maui's Emergency Services Chief Resigns After Facing Criticism For Not Activating Sirens During Fire
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen accepted the resignation of Herman Andaya, the County of Maui announced on Facebook.
"The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded,” emergency administrator Herman Andaya explained.
President Joe Biden will also travel to the island, where the historic town of Lahaina was razed by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century.
As Maui residents reel from disaster, some tourists appear to remain unbothered.
The death toll from the devastating fire in Lahaina stands at 99 as search teams continue to carefully search the razed centuries-old town.
“We have seen dogs that have essentially had their paws all the way burnt down to the bone from running from the fire," said Katie Shannon of the Maui Humane Society in Hawaii.