The number of deaths from fires in hawaii went up this friday to 67turning the disaster into deadliest in state history, according to CNN. In a message on the Maui County website, the area most devastated by the fires, the authorities confirmed the new figure and warned that the fire that ravages the town of Lahaina has not yet been contained.

The new death toll puts the disaster ahead of the tsunami that in 1960 killed 61 people in the town of Hilo, although it is still far from the 1946 tsunami, which left 158 ​​dead before the territory became a state in the United States, CNN recalled.

In an interview on this station on Friday afternoon, the Governor of Hawaii, Josh Greenconceded that it may still be more than a week before local authorities can comb through the charred remains of historic Lahaina to get an idea of ​​the total number of victims.

This Friday more than 11,000 people are still without electricity in the state, according to PowerOutage.us, so communications with much of the island remain complex.

Biden declares disaster

On Thursday US President Joe Biden declared the disaster situation in hawaii and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in areas affected by wildfires that began Tuesday.

Biden also ordered US National Guard and US Third Fleet personnel in Hawaii to do everything they can to help local authorities. The images show completely destroyed areas and the Civil Air Patrol explained that almost 300 structures had been impacted by the fire.

The strong drought that has affected the islands in recent months, as well as the strong winds from Hurricane Dora, have caused the flames to spread at a much higher speed, according to local authorities, also making extinguishing work difficult.