{"id":2007827,"date":"2023-08-22T08:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-children-likely-among-the-850-people-still-missing-in-maui-wildfires-governor\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T08:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:20:53","slug":"many-children-likely-among-the-850-people-still-missing-in-maui-wildfires-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-children-likely-among-the-850-people-still-missing-in-maui-wildfires-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor suspects numerous kids among 850 missing in Maui wildfires."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmany-children-likely-among-the-850-people-still-missing-in-maui-wildfires-governor%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=2007827&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Heartbreaking \u2063news\u200b emerges\u200b from the Hawaiian island of\u200b Maui, where deadly \u2064wildfires have left 850 people missing, including \u2064many\u200c children, according to\u2062 Hawaii Gov. \u200bJosh Green.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on \u2063CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; Gov. Green expressed his concerns about the missing individuals, stating \u2064that\u200d over \u20631,000 people have yet to be accounted for. \u200bMaui County Mayor Richard Bissen also confirmed\u200d that 850 \u200bpeople are still missing as search\u200b and \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-navy-detected-the-titanic-submersibles-implosion-5-days-ago-but-it-was-kept-quiet-report\/\" title=\"Navy detected Titanic submersible's implosion 5 days ago, but kept it quiet: Report.\">rescue operations continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-to-visit-maui-amid-calls-for-accountability-over-hawaiis-deadly-fires-5477440\">Biden to Visit\u2062 Maui Amid Calls for Accountability\u2063 Over \u2064Hawaii&#8217;s Deadly Fires<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-to-visit-maui-amid-calls-for-accountability-over-hawaiis-deadly-fires-5477440\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/maui-fire-may-have-been-caused-by-power-grid-malfunctions-report-5477264\">Maui\u2064 Fire May Have Been\u200b Caused by Power Grid Malfunctions: \u2062Report<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/20\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/maui-fire-may-have-been-caused-by-power-grid-malfunctions-report-5477264\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. Green\u2062 expressed his concern \u200dthat \u2064many of the\u2062 missing individuals are likely children, as they were at home due to\u2062 school closures when the fires struck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is \u2064the largest\u200b catastrophe and disaster that&#8217;s ever hit Maui, probably\u200c that&#8217;s\u200b ever hit Hawaii outside of wartime events,&#8221; Gov. Green said. &#8220;Right\u200c now, our priority is to ensure everyone is sheltered and to secure federal resources\u200b to \u200cmake life livable\u2062 for the survivors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently,\u200b six hotels on the island \u200dare providing shelter \u200bfor families \u2063who survived the wildfires.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gov. \u200cGreen also mentioned that\u2062 efforts are \u2063being made to facilitate the return of surviving children to school. Distance learning options are available, and transportation arrangements, such \u200bas vans, have been authorized to help families reach \u2062neighboring schools.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Burned cars \u200dand homes in \u200ba neighborhood that was destroyed by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii,\u2063 are seen in \u200ban aerial view on Aug.\u200d 17, 2023. (Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Schooling Challenges<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;We also are doing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">distance learning<\/a>. A lot of that \u2062was implemented during the COVID \u2064pandemic,&#8221; Gov.\u2064 Green explained. &#8220;King Kamehameha Elementary School in Lahaina is burned to the ground. I mean, it&#8217;s totally\u200b gone. It used to host 650 children. Some of those children have passed.\u2062 Others will, of course, go to neighboring schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. \u2063Green emphasized that Lahaina is\u200c a rural \u200darea with schools located far apart. To address this,\u2062 alternative transportation methods, such as vans, \u2064have been authorized \u2062to\u2062 help families travel\u2064 longer distances to school.<\/p>\n<p>The devastating wildfires, which started on Aug. 8, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flood-threat-continues-across-the-southern-u-s\/\" title=\"Flood threat continues across the southern U.S.\">caused extensive damage<\/a>, with at least 2,207 buildings affected, according to \u200cpreliminary reports from the University\u2062 of Hawaii&#8217;s Pacific \u200cDisaster Center. Residential structures account for approximately 86%\u2063 of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>About \u20634,500 \u2062people are\u2063 currently in sheltered \u2064accommodations after being displaced by the fires.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of \u200cthe \u2062fires is still unknown, but the\u2063 dry \u200cconditions and strong winds from Hurricane Dora have \u2063contributed to their rapid spread. This disaster is\u2064 the deadliest natural event in Hawaii since \u200ba 1960 tsunami claimed\u200b the lives of \u200c61 people on the Big Island.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President\u200d Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits\u200b an area devastated by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 21, 2023. (Mandel Ngan\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Biden, First Lady\u200c Visit Maui<\/h2>\n<p>In a video\u200d message shared on Facebook, Mayor Bissen confirmed that the fires have claimed the lives of 114 people, with 27 individuals identified and 11 families notified of \u2062their loss. However, these numbers may change as search and rescue operations continue.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Green expressed concerns about the difficulty of recovering remains due to the intensity of \u2062the \u2063fire. He mentioned\u200d that some individuals may be lost forever, and efforts are underway to assess the missing persons with \u2062the\u200c assistance of the FBI and \u200dother agencies.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden\u2064 arrived in Maui\u2063 to meet with\u2064 survivors and first\u200b responders and witness the extent of the\u2064 destruction in Lahaina. During his visit, President Biden appointed Bob Fenton as the chief federal response coordinator to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-children-likely-among-the-850-people-still-missing-in-maui-wildfires-governor\/\" title=\"Governor suspects numerous kids among 850 missing in Maui wildfires.\">oversee long-term recovery efforts<\/a> in Maui.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jill and I are here to grieve with you but also want you to know the entire country is here for you. That\u2019s not hyperbole. We \u2063mean that. The entire country is here \u200bfor you,&#8221; President \u2063Biden assured the survivors in his address.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just surveyed\u200b the damage. I want you\u200c to know: whatever it\u200d takes, as long as it takes &#8230; we\u2019re going to get it done for you, but get it done the way you want it,&#8221;\u200c he\u2064 added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, numerous children are probably among the 850 missing individuals on Maui after the recent fatal wildfires. During an interview on &#8220;Face The Nation,&#8221; he stated that over 1,000 people remain untraceable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2007828,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2007827","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\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}