Hawaii death toll tops 93 as it becomes deadliest wildfire in US modern history

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Hawaii death toll tops 93 as it becomes deadliest wildfire in US modern history
independent.co.uk

The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.

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Deadliest wildfire so far...

Just want to clarify that I reading this right. They've now counted as many as 93 killed, and search crews have only covered 3% of the search area?!

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That's awful. I saw the death toll rising, which is terrible in of itself. But to hear what it's climbed to and they've only covered 3%...that's devistating news!!

And that says something, because the paradise fire wasn't that long ago...

Given they were warned this would happen and did nothing to prevent it, and when it did happen they didn't competently warn anyone, I hope they take seriously the task of gearing up for this happening again.

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Imagine your survival being dependent on letting zuck or elon have full access to you phone.

It seems like where that's all aiming. As far as the governments are concerned, that's a feature, not a bug.

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