The first couple of days, but then some of my friends had come in and started saying like, you know, whos still missing . Like soandso and so and so and so and so and i think thats what it started, kind of like clicking in my head a little bit as relief efforts pick up steam on maui, wildfire victims work tonight to come to grips with the devastation all around them. Good evening on this saturday. I am cristina rendon. We are learning tonight of another nine deaths tied to mauis wildfire year. That brings the death toll on the island to 89. Still Emergency Managers expect that number will rise. Its unclear how morgues will be able to accommodate the number of victims considering there is just one hospital and three mortuaries. Relief efforts are intensifying on the island and as volunteers distribute supplies to those in need. Were beginning to get a better assessment of the overall damage. Hawaii governor josh green says 2200 structures were destroyed or damaged and many of those are
It was a heart-breaking sight, as Steff and Kimo James Kirkman drove home to Lahaina. They had been in the Bay Area when the wildfires tore through Maui Tuesday and once they got back to their hometown, they were devastated to see their community in ashes.