{"id":2001205,"date":"2023-08-15T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-governor-says-its-hard-to-predict-exact-casualties-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:19:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:19:26","slug":"hawaii-fire-governor-says-its-hard-to-predict-exact-casualties-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-governor-says-its-hard-to-predict-exact-casualties-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii fire: Governor unable to predict exact casualties as death toll rises."},"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\">24<\/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-governor-says-its-hard-to-predict-exact-casualties-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise%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=2001205&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 Devastating Wildfires in Hawaii<\/h2>\n<p>The governor of Hawaii\u200c has expressed the difficulty\u2062 in determining the number of people still unaccounted for following the state&#8217;s wildfires. Many individuals had to evacuate in a hurry, leaving\u200b their \u200bbelongings\u2062 behind, including \u2064their\u200d phones which were incinerated in the fires.<\/p>\n<p>With the\u2062 official death toll reaching 99, \u200dGovernor Josh \u2064Green (D-HI) fears that this number could double in the coming days due\u200d to the challenges in contacting\u200d people affected by\u200d the wildfires.<\/p>\n<h3>Identifying the Victims<\/h3>\n<p>According to Green, authorities are set to release the names of those who lost their lives in the fire. To\u2062 aid \u2062in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-authorities-discover-human-remains-amid-search-for-woman-missing-since-the-summer\/\" title=\"Calif. authorities discover human remains amid search for woman missing since the summer\">identification process<\/a>, they are requesting DNA samples from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">family members<\/a> of \u2062the missing. Shockingly, only three of the 99 victims have been identified through fingerprints.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of\u2063 the deceased were found in the open, in vehicles, or in the water \u200cin the Lahaina\u200d area \u2063of western \u200bMaui. These wildfires are \u2062now considered the deadliest \u200din the \u2062United States in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/safeguarding-american-exceptionalism-is-the-way-to-a-better-world\/\" title=\"Safeguarding American Exceptionalism Is The Way To A Better World\">past century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Communities Coming Together<\/h3>\n<p>The wildfires have caused \u200bimmense devastation to\u200c various\u2063 towns and forests on the Hawaiian Islands, particularly the historical town of Lahaina. Approximately 2,207 structures \u2064have been destroyed or damaged, with residential buildings being the most\u2064 affected.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the destruction, the \u2064island community has shown incredible unity. They have provided housing for those\u2064 displaced\u200b by the\u2064 fires, offering 400 hotel rooms and 1,400 Airbnb units. Additionally, 160 individuals have opened their \u2064homes, resulting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawaii-fire-governor-says-its-hard-to-predict-exact-casualties-as-death-toll-continues-to-rise\/\" title=\"Hawaii fire: Governor unable to predict exact casualties as death toll rises.\">220 \u200bfamilies finding temporary\u2064 shelter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As of late Monday night, Maui County\u200b reported\u200b that 85% of the Lahaina fire is contained,\u200d with additional fires in upcountry and Kula being 60% contained.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-running-out-of-dead-body-storage-due-to-fentanyl-ods\/\" title=\"Seattle Running Out of Dead Body Storage Due to Fentanyl ODs\">death toll continues<\/a> to rise, only a\u2064 quarter of the fire zone has been searched \u2064for victims as of Monday. However, \u2062Maui Police Chief\u2062 John Pelletier remains hopeful\u200d that 85%-90% of the\u2062 fire zone will be \u200dsearched by the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hawaii governor expressed difficulty in determining the number of missing individuals due to the wildfires. Abandoned phones were destroyed during the evacuation. With the death toll at 99, Gov. 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