{"id":2019980,"date":"2023-09-02T00:30:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T04:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-missing-in-maui-expected-to-drop-below-100\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T00:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T04:34:26","slug":"number-of-missing-in-maui-expected-to-drop-below-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-missing-in-maui-expected-to-drop-below-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui&#8217;s missing count to decrease below 100."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fnumber-of-missing-in-maui-expected-to-drop-below-100%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=2019980&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>Hawaii Wildfire Update: Number \u200cof Missing Individuals Expected to\u2063 Drop<\/h2>\n<p>Hawaii Gov. Josh\u2062 Green announced on Thursday that \u2062the number of individuals reported \u200bmissing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/western-governors-ask-biden-for-more-resources-amid-intense-fast-growing-wildfires\/\" title=\"Western governors ask Biden for more resources amid intense, fast growing wildfires\">devastating wildfire<\/a> \u200don Maui is anticipated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-amazing-side-effects-of-eating-raspberries\/\" title=\"Some Amazing Side Effects of Eating Raspberries\">decrease significantly<\/a>. Initially, nearly 400 people were unaccounted for, but according to \u200cMr. Green, that number is expected\u2064 to drop to less than 100.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re still seeing the\u2064 number of\u200b unaccounted-for individuals drop,&#8221; Mr. Green\u200b shared in a video \u200bupdate on X,\u2064 formerly known as Twitter. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to get a big update \u200dtomorrow. Pending \u2063that update, we think\u200c the\u2063 number has dropped down into the double digits, so thank God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/hawaii-investigates-unsolicited-offers-to-buy-maui-land-5484888\">Hawaii Investigates Unsolicited Offers to Buy\u200d Maui Land<\/a> &#8211; 9\/1\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/biden-pledges-federal-support-for-hawaii-and-florida-calling-events-part-of-a-climate-crisis-5483839\">Biden Pledges Federal Support for Hawaii and Florida, Calling Events Part of a &#8216;Climate Crisis&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; 8\/30\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The wildfire, which engulfed Lahaina on August 8, tragically \u200dclaimed\u200c the lives of at least 115 individuals, making it the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-turn-out-at-sunday-church-services-to-mourn-mauis-wildfire-victims\/\" title=\"Thousands gather at Sunday church services to mourn victims of Maui's devastating wildfire.\">deadliest \u2062wildfire<\/a> in the United States in a century.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, \u200bover \u200b1,000 people were reported as unaccounted for, but authorities were able to narrow down the\u200b list to 388 individuals who were genuinely missing. After publishing these names, \u2063more than\u200d 200 people \u200dcame forward with valuable information about the listed individuals.<\/p>\n<p>In his video \u200cupdate on \u2063Friday, Mr. Green did not mention the \u2064current number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-call-for-sba-accountability-on-disaster-response-to-maui-fires\/\" title=\"GOP demands SBA answer for Maui fire response\">missing\u2064 individuals<\/a>. \u200cHowever, his \u2063whiteboard displayed an expected estimate of 50 people unaccounted for, with the words &#8220;pending\u2064 9\/1\/23.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image-link\" alt=\"A Mercy\u200d Worldwide volunteer makes damage assessment\u200c of a charred apartment complex in\u2063 the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii,\u200b on Aug. 12, 2023.\"><figcaption>A \u2064Mercy Worldwide volunteer makes damage assessment of\u2063 a charred apartment\u200b complex in the aftermath\u2064 of\u2063 a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii, \u2063on Aug. \u206212, 2023.\u200c (Yuki Iwamura\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Green also revealed\u2063 that FEMA has received over \u200b12,000 applications for assistance. The Red Cross \u2062has \u2063sent 472 officials and numerous volunteers from across the United States to provide aid. Currently, 5,016 people are being housed in hotel \u2062rooms, while another 1,100 are staying in Airbnb accommodations until\u2062 the cleanup \u2064of toxic debris\u2062 and the rebuilding process can begin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be the process \u2062where we get people \u200binto\u200b Airbnb&#8217;s for up \u200dto 18 months,&#8221; \u2063Mr. Green explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s \u2062going to be our plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-missing-in-maui-expected-to-drop-below-100\/\" title=\"Maui's missing count to decrease below 100.\">devastating wildfire destroyed approximately 1<\/a>,800 to 1,900 homes along its path of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the\u2062 recovery efforts, Mr. Green&#8217;s administration will \u200cinvestigate unsolicited offers for property in Lahaina. These offers violate \u200ban emergency order signed by \u200dthe governor\u2063 on August 19, which aims to prevent the \u200btransfer of land in the \u2063historic coastal\u200b enclave to external buyers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to keep this\u200c land in the\u2062 hands of local people and give them a chance to decide whether they&#8217;d like to rebuild,&#8221; Mr. Green emphasized.\u2064 The concern is that residents\u200b may be forced to sell, \u200cpotentially leading to the loss of Lahaina&#8217;s unique cultural heritage and traditions. \u2064This trend would\u2064 further contribute \u2064to the ongoing outmigration\u200c of Hawaii&#8217;s residents to more affordable regions.<\/p>\n<p>Lahaina, a town with a population of 12,000, was home to many individuals working in the hospitality sector, serving hotels and restaurants in the nearby Kaanapali and Lahaina areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii Gov. Josh Green expects the missing individuals in the Maui wildfire to decrease from almost 400 to under 100. He mentioned in a video on X (formerly Twitter) that the count of unaccounted-for people continues to decline. Green remains optimistic about finding everyone affected by the devastating fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":2019981,"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-2019980","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\/2019980","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\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}