More than a thousand people still missing in Maui fire in Hawaii, billions of dollars in damage
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-08-24 20:32
As of the evening of the 22nd local time, the number of victims of the Maui fire in the United States was 115, of which 43 victims were identified, and another 1,000 to 1,100 people were missing. The Hawaii state government stated that due to the small number of DNA samples they have collected so far, the identification of the remains has encountered greater obstacles.
The fire also burned a large number of local houses and businesses, causing huge property losses. RMS, a risk modeling and solutions provider under Moody’s, said on the 22nd that the property damage caused by the fire to Maui may be between 4 billion and 6 billion US dollars. According to the company, this data only reflects the loss of local physical assets caused by the fire, and does not include the impact of the fire on local GDP, government expenditures in response to the fire, and social costs. According to data from the disaster and risk modeling company Karen Clark, more than 3,000 buildings were destroyed in the town of Lahaina, which was the hardest hit by the fire, and the insured property loss alone has reached about 3.2 billion U.S. dollars. , is likely to bring a housing crisis to local residents.
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2023-08-24 12:32:00
