The death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 99. Here's what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century | CNN
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Crews in west Maui are doing the devastating work of sifting through the ashes of incinerated homes and beloved landmarks as the death toll from the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years is still rising.

As of Monday afternoon, officials confirmed 99 people have died, up from the previous count of 96. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told CNN Monday the death toll would likely increase “very significantly” and could double over the next 10 days.

    • HobbitFoot
      3•2 years ago

      So basically the system didn’t have backups to protect against this type of disaster and the government wasn’t expecting something like this to happen.

      • @doppelgangmember
        3•2 years ago

        Some people try to say the sirens are for tsunamis/hurricanes and using them would potentially have made people panic and run in-land.

        I also heard because of all the invasive agriculture that made the fires much worse due to old growth that used to previously feed cattle.

        But do your own research to verify those. I dont live in Hawaii

  • @[email protected]
    5•2 years ago

    I lived on Hawaii for a time. It is absolutely BAFFLING to me how our disaster warning system, one of the most badass on the fucking globe, could have failed in this spectacular a fashion.