Maui wildfires deadliest in century as death toll hits 93
in more than a century, with the total likely to rise as cadaver dogs sift through the ruins of Lahaina.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green warned at a press conference on Saturday afternoon the death toll would continue to increase as more victims were discovered. Dogs trained to detect bodies have covered only 3 per cent of the search area, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier said. Sirens stationed around the island - intended to warn of impending natural disasters - never sounded, and widespread power and cellular outages hampered other forms of alerts.
"Over time, we'll be able to figure out if we could have better-protected people," said Green. He said the multiple fires and dangerous winds created extraordinarily difficult conditions.made the inferno, which erupted on Tuesday, Hawaii's worst natural disaster, surpassing a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960, a year after Hawaii became a US state.
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