sirens could be activated before the fires swept through lahaina. it s not about at this point trying to point fingers. it s about what went wrong and how do we fix it so that more lives in the future aren t needlessly lost. reporter: tonight, authorities hoping to prevent the next tragedy as the sorrow from this one may never ease. miguel, you mentioned they ve updated the number of missing to 850. tell me whathet status of the search is right now. reporter: well, lester, right now we know search teams have scoured about 85% of that area. they still have more work to do. they hope to wrap that up over the next couple of days. but unfortunately, they do fear the death toll will climb. ster? miguel, thank you. also tonight, the storm once known as hilary continues to spread rain across parts of the west leaving millions under flood watches after making history as a damaging tropical storm in a part of the country where tropical storms are a rare event. erin mclaughlin is in