{"id":2026732,"date":"2023-09-09T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-number-of-people-missing-following-devastating-maui-wildfires-has-dropped-to-66-governor-says\/"},"modified":"2023-09-09T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T16:10:11","slug":"the-number-of-people-missing-following-devastating-maui-wildfires-has-dropped-to-66-governor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-number-of-people-missing-following-devastating-maui-wildfires-has-dropped-to-66-governor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"66 people missing after Maui wildfires, says governor."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fthe-number-of-people-missing-following-devastating-maui-wildfires-has-dropped-to-66-governor-says%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=2026732&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 Governor Provides Update on Recovery Efforts After Historic Wildfire<\/h2>\n<p>In the aftermath of \u200bthe devastating wildfire that\u200c swept through the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii Governor Josh Green shared some \u200dpromising news. The number of missing individuals has\u2064 dropped to 66, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-number-of-people-missing-following-devastating-maui-wildfires-has-dropped-to-66-governor-says\/\" title=\"66 people missing after Maui wildfires, says governor.\">confirmed death\u200c toll remains<\/a> at 115. Governor Green also announced that residents will soon be able to visit their properties under the supervision of authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-the-verge-of-being-unstoppable-democratic-governors-association-abandons-florida-2022-to-desantis-report-says\/\" title=\"\u2018On The Verge Of Being Unstoppable\u2019: Democratic Governors Association Abandons Florida 2022 To DeSantis, Report Says\">significant financial aid<\/a>, amounting to\u200c tens of millions of dollars, will \u2064be provided to affected families and businesses as they work towards recovery. Starting\u2064 from October 8, travel restrictions will be lifted, allowing\u200d West Maui to reopen to visitors. Governor Green emphasized the importance of supporting Maui&#8217;s economy\u2064 to facilitate a faster healing process for the community.<\/p>\n<h3>Support and\u200c Assistance \u2063Pour In<\/h3>\n<p>Donations \u200cfrom around the world have\u200b poured in to organizations such \u200das the American Red Cross, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and the Maui\u2064 United Way. Governor \u200cGreen has \u2062also authorized $100 million from the federal Temporary \u2064Assistance for Needy Families program to amplify the impact of these generous contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the government has allocated $25 million to help businesses survive, providing grants ranging from $10,000 to $20,000.<\/p>\n<h3>The Devastation and Recovery Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>The wildfire, which began on August 8, quickly engulfed the hills \u200cabove Lahaina, spreading\u200c rapidly and destroying over 2,000 structures, including\u2062 homes, apartments, art galleries, and restaurants. The estimated damage caused by the blaze \u2062amounts to a staggering $5.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>While the\u200b number of missing individuals has significantly \u200ddecreased from the previous week&#8217;s count of 385, Governor Green expects some \u2064overlap between the\u200d missing\u200b list and the remains that have\u2064 already been recovered.\u2063 Therefore, he does \u2064not anticipate a considerable rise in the death toll.<\/p>\n<p>Supervised visits for residents to return and view their \u200cproperties will be scheduled in\u2062 the coming weeks. However, caution must be exercised due to\u200c the toxic ash \u200dleft behind by the \u200cfire.<\/p>\n<h3>Seeking Answers and Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Hawaii Attorney General\u200b Anne Lopez has vowed to use her \u200bsubpoena powers, if necessary,\u2064 to ensure cooperation from state and county\u2064 employees as her office \u200binvestigates the wildfire. The goal is to establish\u2063 safeguards for the \u2063future and prevent a similar tragedy from occurring again.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Green\u200d also\u2063 mentioned\u2064 that some state employees have been asked to testify at congressional\u2062 hearings in Washington, D.C., regarding the wildfire. \u200dTheir participation is crucial in\u2062 uncovering the\u2062 truth \u2063and preventing future disasters.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maui-wildfires-now-deadliest-us-fire-in-past-century-at-least-93-killed\/\" title=\"Maui Wildfires: 93 Dead, Deadliest US Fire in a Century\">recovery efforts\u200c continue<\/a>, Governor Green and Maui County officials are committed to\u200d addressing any criticisms and learning from\u200c this tragedy to better prepare for\u2064 the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced that a month after the devastating wildfire in Lahaina, the number of missing individuals has decreased to 66. The death toll remains at 115, and authorities plan to accompany residents on property visits. The cost of the damage is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2026733,"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-2026732","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\/2026732","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2026733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}