Officials said relief is needed immediately, and more will be required later as the islands recover from the impacts.
Wildfire destruction in Lahaina, as seen during the governor's tour of the town on Thursday, August 10.
The Red Cross is currently on the ground providing aid and resources to those who live and work on Maui, or who were vacationing there when the fires broke out. Since the fires began, the Red Cross said they have provided more than 2,100 overnight shelter stays. The shelter in Oahu was opened to assist displaced Maui residents and the thousands of tourists evacuated from Maui.In addition to providing evacuees with a place to stay, the Red Cross and its partners are also providing food and emotional support. When it is safe to do so, the Red Cross said its teams will help with damage assessment and begin distributing relief supplies.
A flyover of historic Lahaina showed entire neighborhoods that had been a vibrant vision of color and island life reduced to gray ash. "Lahaina, with a few rare exceptions, has been burned down," Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told the Associated Press. More than 1,000 structures were destroyed by fires that were still burning, he said.Adam Weintraub, the communications director at Hawaii Emergency Management Agency joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the fire.
The death toll in Hawaii rose to at least 55 and is likely rise as search and rescue operations continue, Green added, and officials expect it will become the state’s deadliest natural disaster since a 1961 tsunami killed 61 people on the Big Island.
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