Those who escaped were thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn't make it. 'We need to identify your loved ones,” Pelletier said. Pelletier encouraged people with missing family members to go to a family assistance center to take a DNA test.

The Upcountry fire affected 544 structures, most of them homes, Green said.Īs many as 4,500 people are in need of shelter, county officials said on Facebook, citing figures from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pacific Disaster Center. Across the island, damage was estimated at close to $6 billion. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.”Īt least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, nearly all of them residential.

'We can only wait and support those who are living.

Josh Green said as he toured the devastation on historic Front Street. “It will certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced,” Gov. During the search efforts, the barks of cadaver dogs alerting their handlers to potential remains echoed over the hot, colorless landscape.

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