The number of victims from the fire in Hawaii reaches 89. $5.5 billion needed to rebuild Maui
At least 89 people have died in the fire that engulfed the historic city of Lahaina in Hawaii.
This is what Governor Josh Green has declared.
"The fire was certainly the worst natural disaster Hawaii has ever faced," he said.
He repeated his warning that the death toll would rise.
Dogs trained to detect bodies have covered only 3% of the search area, Maui County Sheriff John Pelletier said.
The newly released toll surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise.
A century ago, the Cloquet Fire of 1918 destroyed thousands of homes and killed 453 people in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The cost to rebuild Lahaina was estimated at $5.5 billion, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Officials have provided 1,000 hotel rooms for people who lost their homes and are renovating rental properties to serve as free housing for families.
More than 1,400 people were taken to emergency shelters.
Deanne Criswell, FEMA's director, said the agency had 150 people on the ground and that additional search teams and dogs would arrive in a day or two.