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Maui Death Toll Tops 100 as Investigators Work to ID Victims
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0:25Now PlayingNearly a third of the scorched seaside town of Lahaina had been searched for human remains by Tuesday, while the death toll has topped 100. But only five victims have been identified, and authorities face the grim task of matching others using DNA samples.
Forty-one relatives of the missing have given DNA samples to aid the identification effort and officials are encouraging others to follow suit, according to an update from Maui County. That work comes as casualties have risen to 106, from 101 previously, according to Maui County. Two of the five people identified have been notified to their next of kin, the County website said.
Meanwhile, Hawaii and federal authorities are trying to shelter people displaced by last week’s wildfire, which destroyed most of the town of 13,000. Green said earlier that the state had secured more than 500 hotel rooms emptied of tourists last week, plus 435 vacation rentals. Airbnb, he said, would supply another 1,000 units.
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