{"id":1999365,"date":"2023-08-13T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-in-deadliest-wildfire-in-over-100-years\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T17:51:11","slug":"hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-in-deadliest-wildfire-in-over-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-in-deadliest-wildfire-in-over-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii fire claims 93 lives, deadliest in a century."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-in-deadliest-wildfire-in-over-100-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Death Toll\u200c Rises in Hawaii\u200b Wildfires<\/h2>\n<p>The \u200cdevastating wildfires in Hawaii continue to claim lives, with Governor\u200b Josh \u200cGreen (D-HI) warning \u2064that more remains are expected to be\u200d discovered in Maui. The death toll currently stands \u2063at 93, making these wildfires the deadliest the\u2064 state has seen in over a century.<\/p>\n<h3>Identification\u2063 Challenges and Delicate Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Out of the 93 victims, only two have been\u2062 identified so far, with their names yet to be disclosed. During a news conference, Maui \u200bPolice\u200d Chief John Pelletier revealed that only 3% of the search and \u2063recovery area has been covered. The \u2063remains found are in such delicate condition that they fall apart upon retrieval, making\u2063 the process even more challenging.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We pick up the remains, and they fall apart,&#8221; Pelletier said.\u2064 &#8220;So we have 200 people running through\u200d the scene \u200byesterday, and \u2063some of\u2064 you, that\u2019s what \u200byou\u2019re stepping on; I\u2062 don&#8217;t know how else you&#8217;d like me to describe\u200d it\u2062 &#8230; Give us a little bit\u2063 of time.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Community Ravaged<\/h3>\n<p>The\u200c town of Lahaina has been devastated by\u2062 the \u200bwildfires, leaving residents heartbroken as their community lies \u200bin ruins. \u200bThe iconic\u2063 banyan tree, planted in 1873, \u200chas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salena-zito-who-in-america-is-bowling-alone\/\" title=\"Salena Zito: Who in America Is Bowling Alone?\">suffered significant damage<\/a>, but there is hope that it may survive.<\/p>\n<h3>Failed\u2062 Warning Systems<\/h3>\n<p>Shockingly, none \u2063of the \u200d80 warning sirens placed around the island were activated\u2064 during the destructive Lahaina\u200b fire. \u200dHawaii&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tornadoes-ravage-mississippi-leaving-at-least-23-dead\/\" title=\"Tornadoes ravage Mississippi leaving at least 23 dead\">emergency management agency confirmed<\/a> the failure, prompting \u200binvestigations into why\u200b the \u200bsirens did \u200cnot sound the alarm earlier. Governor Green expressed frustration over \u200dthe destruction of telecommunications, which hindered effective communication among residents.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll know soon whether or not they&#8217;re good enough to get those sirens going,&#8221; Green said. &#8220;But there was massive destruction of\u200c telecommunications. Otherwise, we ourselves would have communicated with each other like we always do \u200cwithin seconds on \u200dour\u200b cellphones.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Unprecedented Damage<\/h3>\n<p>The extent of the \u2064devastation is staggering, with an estimated 2,207 structures destroyed\u200c or damaged in\u2062 Lahaina. The majority \u200bof these structures were residential, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-reaches-93-in-deadliest-wildfire-in-over-100-years\/\" title=\"Hawaii fire claims 93 lives, deadliest in a century.\">leaving\u200c countless families\u2063 displaced<\/a>. The total damage is estimated to be close to $6 billion, making this the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-death-toll-rises-to-67-as-firefighting-efforts-continue\/\" title=\"Hawaii fire death toll climbs to 67, firefighting ongoing.\">largest natural disaster<\/a> in Hawaii&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click \u200dhere to read more from \u200cThe Washington\u2064 Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll in Hawaii&#8217;s wildfires keeps rising. Gov. Josh Green (D-HI) predicts more remains will be found on Maui during search and recovery efforts. Maui County reported 93 deaths from the wildfires that started on Aug. 8. The fatalities continue to increase, making it a devastating situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1999366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1999365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1999365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1999365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1999366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1999365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1999365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1999365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}