Hawaii’s Attorney General will review Maui’s wildfire response following questions over preparedness, the island’s warning systems, and what officials knew about catastrophic fire risk.
with nearly every building in the town of 13,000 destroyed. Gov. Josh Green said there’s at least $5.6 billion in damage.
Many survivors of the Maui fires said they never received alerts or warnings about the impending danger. It’s strikingly similar to what happened amid recent California wildfires including the 2017 Wine Country fires and the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85 people.But problems surrounding communications in the Bay Area are not limited to wildfires.Death toll climbs to 96 in Maui wildfires as Hawaii's governor warns more people could be found dead
Instead, the city is relying on residents to opt into mobile alerts or receive wireless warnings based on a person’s location.
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