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Maui police have now officially identified 50 people who died in the deadliest wildfire in the past century in the United States.
Maui Wildfire Disaster updates for Aug. 30 are posted HERE. Maui police plan to release an updated list on Friday, of unaccounted for individuals from the Lahaina wildfire disaster. Multiple lists were merged into a pool of more than 1,000 names earlier in the investigation. That was narrowed to 388 last week to focus on individuals where a first and last name was available as well as a verified contact number for the person who reported them missing.
A bipartisan congressional delegation met Green on a tour of communities impacted by the fires in Lahaina and Upcountry.
Two more people who died in the Lahaina fire have now been identified. The death toll remains at 115.
About 99% of the area devastated by the Aug. 8 wildfires has been searched for human remains with only the waters and coastline left to be looked through.