Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via GettyThe death toll from devastating wildfires that swept across Hawaii this week has increased to 55, Maui County officials confirmed late Thursday, as residents asked why the state’s emergency warning system failed to alert them as the flames approached.The Maui fire is already the second deadliest wildfire in U.S. history and the worst natural disaster to hit Hawaii since a 1960 tsunami that claimed 61 lives. Officials warned the death toll will keep rising. More than 1,000 people remain unaccounted for, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Thursday, and widespread electric and service outages have left all of western Maui in the dark and out of communication.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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