A Maui County official defended the decision not to use Hawaii’s state-of-the-art siren alert system as a wildfire roared toward Lahaina.
Author: John Bacon and N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY
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Over 2,700 structures were destroyed in Lahaina and an estimated value of $5.6 billion “has gone away,” Gov. Josh Green said.
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Teams marked the remnants of homes with an orange “X” to signify they had been searched − and “HR” at sites where human remains had been found.