In an exercise in damage control after expressing his indifference, the US President offered platitudes to the survivors of the deadliest wildfire in more than 100 years.
FEMA teams have checked in at three five-star hotels, Fairmont Kea Lani, Four Seasons, and the Grand Wailea Astoria, in Maui, as they carry out search and recovery efforts in Lahaina.
The family and friends of Kenyero Fuentes, a teenage boy killed in the Lahaina wildfires, held a party on Sunday for what would have been his 15th birthday.