Around 85 percent of the area impacted has been searched, but searching the remaining 15 percent of the land “could take weeks,” Gov. Josh Green said.
Search and rescue team members work in a residential area devastated by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2023. | Jae C. Hong/AP PhotoThere are still more than 1,000 people unaccounted for in the wake of the deadly wildfires that raged across a historic Maui town earlier this month, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Sunday.
Searching the remaining 15% of the land “could take weeks,” and identifying and recovering the remains of those killed may be impossible.
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