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The extent of the devastation caused by the Maui wildfires became more apparent this Saturday when authorities warned that the number dead, which is 80likely to increase, and
The extent of the devastation caused by the Maui wildfires became more apparent this Saturday when authorities warned that the number dead, which is 80likely to increase, and squads of search dogs searched the charred ruins of Lahaina for more victims.
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the cost of restoring the historic resort town is estimated at 5 thousand 500 million dollars, after a hungry the flames engulfed more than a thousand buildings and razed almost the entire city to the ground.
Authorities have vowed to test state emergency alert systems after some residents questioned if more could have been done to warn people before the fire reached their homes.
mermaids are placed on the island -Designed to warn of impending natural disasters- they never soundedand widespread power and mobile phone outages have made other forms of notification difficult.
State Attorney General Ann Lopez said she would review decision making before and during the fire, and Gov. Josh Green said CNN which authorized an emergency response review.
Local authorities described a number of nightmarish factors, such as failures in the communication network, strong gusts of wind from a sea hurricane and another wildfire dozens of kilometers away, making real-time coordination with emergency management agencies that normally issue warnings and evacuation orders nearly impossible.
The death toll turned the hell that started on Tuesday into largest natural disaster in Hawaiian historysurpassing the 1961 tsunami that killed 61 people the year after Hawaii became a US state.
Authorities began allowing West Maui residents to return on Friday, although the Lahaina fire area remained barricaded.
Authorities warned that toxic fumes could be emitted from the burning areas and said search work was ongoing.
“Getting there will be sad,” Za Dacruz, 33, said as she was stuck in traffic on Friday to try to get back to Lahaina. “We just want everyone to be alive, everyone to be safe, that’s all we’re trying to do. And the rest? We’ll go from there.”
Hundreds of people are still missing, although the exact number is unknown.
At the Kahului Families Relief Center, Jun LaQuesta said she tried find nine relatives about which nothing has been known since Tuesday.
“When I see the city of Lahaina itself, I cannot describe the feelings that come over me,” said LaQuesta, who then headed to the church shelter to continue his search.
The disaster began shortly after midnight on Tuesday when a forest fire broke out in the town of Kula, about 35 miles from Lahaina.
About five hours later, electricity went out in Lahaina.
In Facebook updates that morning county Maui He said the 3-acre wildfire started in Lahaina at 6:30 am but was brought under control by 10 am.
Subsequent updates have focused on fire from kulawhich resulted in the burning of hundreds of hectares and the evacuation of some local residents.
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But around 3:30 p.m., according to the county, fire from lahaina.
Some residents began to evacuate the area, and residents of the western part of the city, including hotel guests, were ordered to take shelter in place.
In the hours that followed, the county posted evacuation orders on Facebook, although it was not clear if residents received them as People fled from the rapidly advancing fire.
Some witnesses stated that they received little to no warning and described the horror they experienced when the flames destroyed the city around him seemed to take a few minutes. (Reuters)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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