With the death toll from the Maui wildfires at 93 and expected to rise, search crews continued to scour the scorched ruins Sunday and officials pleaded for patience as they struggle to recover human remains.
Just two of the victims so far confirmed killed in an inferno Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said “melted metal” had been identified by Saturday night. Search teams had covered only 3 percent of the disaster zone, in part because surviving structures are unstable and dogs sniffing out the area need breaks, Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation.
The pace of the search contributed to frustration among Maui residents already angered by local authorities’ failure to activate warning sirens as the blaze sped toward Lahaina last week and a sense that official relief efforts have been sluggish. Across West Maui,Other questions remain, such as what sparked the wildfires and why warnings and mitigation steps — such asAdvertisementestimates that 0.5 percent of Hawaii’s total land area burns each year — none have burned so much so quickly.
Officials have pushed back on criticisms of being unprepared, characterizing the response as deliberate in a hazardous environment. FEMA said Sunday it had deployed more than 250 of its employees, including 45 disaster survivor assistance staffers who are visiting shelters to help residents apply for financial aid.The National Guard, which said it had activated 134 troops to assist with the response, expects an additional 200 staff members to arrive in the coming days, FEMA said Sunday.
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