Last victim of Maui wildfires identified months after disaster
The final victim of the Hawaii wildfires has been identified as 70-year-old Lahaina resident Lydia Coloma.
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The final victim of the Hawaii wildfires has been identified as 70-year-old Lahaina resident Lydia Coloma.
Maui's economy relies on tourism, but some residents say that they haven't recovered enough from August's deadly wildfires.
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He did not immediately elaborate on why the death toll had been projected by Maui County officials at 115 for several weeks.
Within a day of the list's release, more than 100 of those on the list or their relatives came forward to say they're safe, the FBI said Friday.
Witness accounts and video indicated that sparks from power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in the winds, which were driven by a passing hurricane.
An FBI official said that the number of people "reported unaccounted for" is somewhere between 1,000 and 1,100.
The house "looks like it was photoshopped," the homeowner said, amid the piles of ash that surround it on Lahaina's famous Front Street after the Aug. 8 wildfire swept through.
"They lost everything, homes jobs cars everything."
At least 115 people were confirmed dead, Maui County said Monday.
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When asked Wednesday by reporters if he regretted not activating warning sirens when the wildfires broke out Aug. 8, Herman Andaya responded, "I do not."
For Native Hawaiians Pomai and Barry Uyehara the images of the devastation in Maui are heartbreaking.
Matthew McConaughey is filling a plane with emergency supplies and sending it to Hawaii for wildfire victims and survivors
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Deputies were serving a warrant on Twin Oaks Drive near Denton Highway, just north of North Loop 820.
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