President Biden says a major disaster declaration has been approved for the devastating wildfires on Hawaii's island of Maui that have claimed at least 36 lives and destroyed more than 270 structures.
. The wildfire killed at least 36 people and damaged or destroyed more than 270 structures, officials said Wednesday.
President Biden approved on Thursday a federal disaster declaration for Maui. The move makes federal funding available to people on the island affected by the fires. Smoke and flames rise in Lahaina, Hawaii, August 8, 2023, in this still image from video obtained from social media.The wildfires took the island of Maui by surprise, leaving behind burned-out cars on once busy streets and smoking piles of rubble where historic buildings had stood.
"All of my neighborhood is completely destroyed, my grandparents' house completely destroyed, my mother's house, my brother's house," Kaleiopu said."Everyone that I know, I've seen their houses just burned down to piles of ash. There's nothing recognizable in the rubble, and I wouldn't know what I was looking at if I were to make it back home, or at least to where home used to be.
He said the decimation on Maui is a"nationwide issue at this point. ... We need help. A lot of help. We got to get people down here. We need funds allocated for fixing our home. We are out here working." More than 2,100 people spent Tuesday night in evacuation centers. Officials were preparing the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu to take in thousands of displaced tourists and locals.
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