Biden slammed for offering ‘insulting’ $700 payments to Maui wildfire victimspoptart wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 12:39 pm The Hawaii death toll is rising.
At least 93 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials said, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century and with the toll expected to rise.
“It’s an impossible day,” the state governor, Josh Green, told reporters on Saturday after viewing the devastation. Earlier, he said operations were now centred on “the loss of life”.
The fire would “certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced”, he said. “We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them healthcare, and then turn to rebuilding.”
At a press conference later he repeated his warning that the death toll would rise...
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Hundreds of people unaccounted for, thousands homeless, and 7+ billion dollars in damage, and Bidet rolls up and says each household (not surviving person) can hang tight, because $700 is on the way.
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