This tragedy is already considered the deadliest natural disaster in recent Hawaiian history and the spate of fires that have claimed the most lives in the United States in more than a century.
The authorities of the Hawaiian island of Maui They increased the official balance of deceased to 96 this Tuesday by the fires that have devastated part of the archipelago in recent days, without it being clear how many people are still missing and how far the number of victims will rise.
The priority is now focused on keep looking for the missingwho still number in the hundreds even though there is no electricity or mobile coverage to contact them in many areas, and their families and friends have mobilized on social networks asking for help to find them.
Of the three major fires on Maui, one has been 100 percent under control for days, while the other two are at 60 and 80 percent, the county said. Some areas are still blocked and Police Chief John Pelletier estimated over the weekend that only 3 percent of burned areas had been searched.
Parallel to the extinction and tracking work, the accountability requirementswith some voices calling why the warning system didn’t work in time or that the electrical wiring had something to do with the start of the fires, fanned by hurricane-force winds.
This tragedy has already been considered the deadliest natural disaster in recent Hawaiian history and the wave of fires that has claimed the most lives in the United States in more than a century: In 1918, a series of fires in Minnesota and Wisconsin killed 453 people.
Source: EITB
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