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Escalates. some say there was not enough warning given about the blaze. nbc correspondent steve patterson has more from maui. >> yeah mehdi good evening from maui, as the search for the missing goes more desperate by the hours, a lot of the focus is on recovery. cadaver dogs only scouring about 3% of the total disaster area and the death toll now expected to rise with how bad that area which. burning well, you have a humanitarian crisis as well. 4500 people displaced, some living in their cars, some had to jump into the ocean to escape. others finding a way to shelters, but all of them frustra...

Disaster area searched so far. just think about that. they have so much more to search. you are looking at video of what is left behind. this morning the governor says fema crews are discovering other tragedies in ongoing fashion. extra search and rescue crews are on the way along with 20 cadaver dogs. they are asking family members to provide dna to identify people who died. >> there are new questions about how this happened and the response to it. power company now facing a lawsuit for not cutting electricity when forecasters warned about wind gusts. the "new york times" reporting that firef...

Deadliest wildfire the u.s. has seen in 100 years. the death toll is likely to rise, with just 3% of the disaster area searched. today "the new york times" is reporting firefighters were confronted by hydrants running dry. this adds to the list of failures including a lack of mobile alerts and sirens that never went off. we're also getting more perspective of the terror that people faced, some of them jumping in the water to flee flames. let's turn now to cnn's bill weir, who's live for us on maui. bill, most schools on the island are reopening today. what other signs of progress are you seein...

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>> indiana jones and the dial of destiny premiere in l.an't we this week. i don't want to give away the plot, but the ancient relic, he's lookin ancieg for ts time is horrifying. good news for the oakland a's. nevada jus approvet approved $30 million to build a new stadium in las vegas. cept fan it will be just like the regular stadium, except fans will be able to buye ab inside and outside, which is great. that section of i-95 in philly that collapsed will reopen within two weeks, which means pennsylvania can now focus efforts on rebuilding another total disaster area. it was revealed recentl...