Hawaii death toll tops 93 as it becomes deadliest wildfire in US modern history
The blazes on the island are now the country’s worst in terms of casualties for over a century, while authorities have warned that the effort to find and identify the dead is still in its early stages, as crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3 per cent of the search area.
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Deadliest wildfire so far...
Just want to clarify that I reading this right. They've now counted as many as 93 killed, and search crews have only covered 3% of the search area?!
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That's awful. I saw the death toll rising, which is terrible in of itself. But to hear what it's climbed to and they've only covered 3%...that's devistating news!!
And that says something, because the paradise fire wasn't that long ago...
Given they were warned this would happen and did nothing to prevent it, and when it did happen they didn't competently warn anyone, I hope they take seriously the task of gearing up for this happening again.
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It seems like where that's all aiming. As far as the governments are concerned, that's a feature, not a bug.
You don't know what you are talking about.
It's not a competition.
The oppression and tragedy Olympics is probably the most tasteless thing you can fight about on the internet.
Because the media is creating it to be a cataclysm. Who cares..
It's the deadliest wildfire in US history. It is no less tragic or newsworthy because other disasters have killed more.
Ah there's the whataboutisms. 🥇Here take your prize for being the most empathic person ever because you thought of something worse, congratulations!
There being bigger tragedies doesn't lessen others. Especially not to the people involved.
That earthquake is nothing compared to world war 2 but that doesn't really mean anything does it.