Disasters

Maui fire deaths surge to 53 and likely to go higher, governor says. Over 1,000 structures burned

aerial view of an island with smoke above
An aerial view shows destroyed homes and buildings that burned to the ground around the harbor and Front Street in the historic Lahaina Town in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Friday.
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