Hundreds of people still missing as authorities continue to search devastated island
Officials vowed to examine the state's emergency notification systems after some residents questioned whether more could have been done to warn them before the fire overtook their homes. Some were forced to wade into the Pacific Ocean to escape.never soundedThe state’s attorney general, Anne Lopez, said she was launching a review of the decision-making before and during the fire, while Mr Green told CNN he had authorised a review of the emergency response.
People survey the ruins of Lahaina in Maui, Hawaii, two days after it devastated by wildfire. Photograph: Philip Cheung/New York Times Deanne Criswell, the FEMA director, said the agency had 150 people on the ground and that additional search teams and dogs would be arriving within a day or two. “When I see Lahaina town itself, I cannot describe the feelings I get,” said Mr Lacuesta, who was headed to a church shelter next to continue his search.
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