MAALAEA, Hawaii --- The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday, August 11, as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina. Hawaiian officials also sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort town with little warning. The fires became the deadliest natural disaster in the state's history, surpassing that of a tsunami that killed 61 people on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1960, a year after Hawaii joined the United States. Officials have warned that search teams with cadaver dogs could still find more dead from the fire that torched 1,000 buildings and left thousands homeless, likely requiring many years and ...
Keep on reading: Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings
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