Here's the latest on the devastating Hawaii wildfires.
Dozens of people have died and officials have warned the death toll could rise as emergency authorities continue to combat wildfires engulfing Maui and other counties in Hawaii.
“This will bring Hawaii together, but prepare yourself for the emotional turmoil because if I feel it — and I have the experience as an emergency guy who saw tragedy in the course of 25 years in the hospital — it will be shocking to a lot of other people,” he said. "We've had many dwellings, businesses, structures that have been burnt — many of them to the ground," Maui Mayor Richard T. Bissen said on Aug. 9, adding that thousands are now in shelters.on Aug. 9 that"hundreds of local families" have been displaced in the"terrible disaster," which was fueled by winds from Hurricane Dora and underlying drought conditions.
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