LAHAINA: President Joe Biden told survivors of a horrific blaze in Hawaii the government would not abandon them as he toured the scene of the worst wi...
US President Joe Biden speaks during a community engagement event at the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii on August 21, 2023. AFPPIX: President Joe Biden told survivors of a horrific blaze in Hawaii the government would not abandon them as he toured the scene of the worst wildfire the US has seen in over a century.
Biden is fighting a rearguard action against criticism his government was too slow to respond to the disaster, with locals angry at what some of them see as a plodding official response. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walked through the ravaged remains of Lahaina with Hawaii's governor Josh Green and his wife, nearly two weeks after ferocious, wind-whipped blazes sent residents jumping into the ocean to escape the flames.
She said more than 1,000 federal responders were now in Hawaii -- and added that none of them would have to be moved to the US Southwest, which is contending with the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary. While search teams have covered 85 percent of the search zone, the remaining 15 percent could take weeks, Governor Josh Green said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” The fire’s extreme heat meant it might be impossible to recover some remains.
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