Maui wildfires map : Where are the fires in Hawaii?
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Smoke and flames rise in Lahaina, Maui County “It’s going to be a very, very difficult mission,” US Department of Health and Human Services deputy assistant secretary Jonathan Greene said. “And patience will be incredibly important because of the number of victims.” State senator Brian Schatz said the historic town of Lahaina, which dates back to the 1700s, is almost totally burnt to the ground, with the blaze leaving behind smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings once stood. “There is very little left there,” Hawaii governor Josh Green said in a video message on Sunday as he thanked Joe Biden and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its emergency relief efforts. This GOES-18 fire temperature composite satellite image shows hot land surface temperatures in red on the Hawaii Islands Lahaina resident Mason Jarvi, who escaped from the town, said the fires were like the “apocalypse”, adding: "We just had the worst disaster I’ve ever seen.
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