{"id":2026365,"date":"2023-09-08T20:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-number-of-residents-unaccounted-for-drops-below-expectations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:35:42","slug":"maui-fires-number-of-residents-unaccounted-for-drops-below-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-number-of-residents-unaccounted-for-drops-below-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Maui fires: Fewer missing residents than expected."},"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\">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%2Fmaui-fires-number-of-residents-unaccounted-for-drops-below-expectations%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=2026365&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>Gov. Josh Green Provides Update\u200c on Missing Persons in Maui<\/h2>\n<p>Exciting news coming out of Maui! \u2062Gov. Josh Green (D-HI) took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to \u200dshare\u200d an update on the\u2062 number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-dead-10-injured-after-tornado-hits-n-c\/\" title=\"3 dead, 10 injured after tornado hits N.C.\">missing persons<\/a> in the area. \u200bAnd guess what? The numbers are much lower than initially anticipated!<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Maui Police Department has been investigating 41 cases \u2062of missing people, and \u200cafter thorough verification, the number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-fires-number-of-residents-unaccounted-for-drops-below-expectations\/\" title=\"Maui fires: Fewer missing residents than expected.\">confirmed missing persons \u200cstands<\/a> at 66. This is \u2063a significant decrease from the\u2064 earlier estimate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Long-Term\u200b Solution\u200c Promised for Those Displaced by\u200d Wildfires<\/h3>\n<p>It has been\u2063 one\u200d month \u200csince the\u200c devastating wildfires began on the island, leaving over 7,000 people without homes. However, Gov. Green has promised a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexual-consent-app-idea-draws-criticism-in-australia\/\" title=\"Sexual Consent App Idea Draws Criticism In Australia\">long-term solution<\/a> \u200bto provide housing\u2063 for the next 18 months. In the meantime, over 15,000 FEMA applications have been sent from Maui, showing the resilience\u200c and determination of \u200cthe community.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you all for hanging in there,&#8221; expressed Gov. Green in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-caviezel-thanks-supporters-for-not-letting-the-media-silence-sound-of-freedom\/\" title=\"Jim Caviezel expresses gratitude to supporters for refusing to let the media silence the powerful message of 'Sound of Freedom'.\">heartfelt video message<\/a>. &#8220;Our hearts go out to those \u200bwho are lost, but we are committed\u2062 to\u200c rebuilding and reopening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Efforts to Identify Victims and Seek Help from Locals<\/h3>\n<p>Maui&#8217;s death toll currently\u200c stands\u200c at 115, with 40 victims identified so \u2062far.\u200b The county is actively seeking \u200cassistance from locals to confirm the identities of those still missing. Together, the community is working tirelessly to bring closure to affected \u200dfamilies.<\/p>\n<h3>Updates \u2063on Fire Containment<\/h3>\n<p>On the fire front, there is some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-reddit-shuts-down-wallstreetbets-subgroup-blames-racism-and-hate-speech-after-rookie-investors-in-general-public-make-money-causing-hedge-funds-to-go-bust\/\" title=\"STUNNING: Reddit Shuts Down WallStreetBets Subgroup \u2014 Blames Racism and Hate Speech \u2014 After Rookie Investors in General Public Make Money Causing Hedge Funds to Go Bust\">positive news<\/a>. The Lahaina fire is now 100% contained, the \u200bKula fire is \u2062at 95% containment, and the Olinda fire remains at \u200c90% containment.\u2062 While \u200cover 3,000\u200c acres\u200c have been burned due to the \u200bmultiple fires, two of\u2062 them have been completely extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great to see progress being made in \u2063Maui, and we will continue to keep \u200byou updated on the latest\u200c developments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) \u200crecently visited the island, following President Joe Biden&#8217;s visit. The support and attention from \u2062national \u200bleaders highlight the importance of the recovery efforts in \u2064Maui.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lower than expected, providing some relief to the community. Governor Green shared the update on X, stating that there were only 66 verified missing persons in Maui. The Maui Police Department was already looking into 41 cases, but the overall number is considerably lower than anticipated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2026366,"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-2026365","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\/2026365","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=2026365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}