危险的毛伊岛上的野火正在迅速蔓延由于干旱造成的非常干燥的环境，加上强大的信风正挤压着夏威夷。
据官员称，至少有53人死于毛伊岛的野火，历史城镇拉海纳的大部分已被“摧毁”。官员们说，全岛已宣布进入紧急状态，同时不鼓励所有非必要的前往这个热门度假目的地的旅行。
夏威夷大岛也受到了野火的影响。
这些风是由北面的一个强高压系统和南面的一个强低压系统——飓风多拉——造成的。
毛伊岛野火“可能是该州历史上最大的自然灾害”:州长
摧毁毛伊岛的野火“可能是夏威夷州历史上最大的自然灾害，”州长乔什·格林在周四晚上的新闻发布会上说。
格林继续称野火是“灾难性的”,并表示该州正在寻求2000个酒店房间来帮助毛伊岛的流离失所者。
州长说“我们将继续”看到生命的损失。官员在当天早些时候表示，至少有53人死于野火。
格林还呼吁居民提供帮助，他说:“如果你家里有额外的空间，如果你有能力接纳来自西毛伊岛的人，请这样做。”
在当天早些时候调查了损失后，格林估计重建拉海纳需要数十亿美元和许多年的时间，他估计有超过1000座建筑被毁。
毛伊岛县警察局长约翰·佩尔蒂埃表示，官员们仍不清楚到底有多少人失踪。
努力应对的社区
作为Wailuku中村停尸房的丧葬承办人，卡罗尔邱晨对处理死亡并不陌生，但通常情况下，这是其他人的损失。现在，损失以一种难以想象的痛苦方式击中了要害。她说她仍然很震惊，无法联系到在拉海纳的家人。
“我们仍在努力振作起来。还是很新鲜的。还有很多事情要做，”她在电话中告诉ABC新闻。
自从毛伊岛野火以来，她说她接到的电话不是为那些失去亲人的人安排葬礼，而是人们打电话来看她是否有他们失踪亲人的信息。她没有。
“我们真的没有答案，这使得它更难，”邱晨说。“这有点让人不知所措，但我知道接下来还会有更多。”
“我不知道该怎么解释，我们想做这么多，但你不能，因为你卡住了。这从未发生过，”她说。
即使死亡人数继续上升，邱晨说她仍然会接受已经发生的事情。
“我只是想——我很震惊。我只是不愿意相信会发生这种事，”她说。“而且今天下雨了。昨天雨在哪里?前一天在哪里?”
海岸警卫队称在毛伊岛已经救出57人
美国海岸警卫队周四表示，在对毛伊岛拉海纳野火的反应中，他们已经救出了57人。
报道称，17人从水中获救，另外40人被毛伊岛海岸警卫队发现上岸。
“海岸警卫队没有关于水中失踪人员的报告，但是海岸警卫队机组人员和水面资产继续搜救行动，”该机构说.
死亡人数增至53人
官员们周四表示，毛伊岛火灾的死亡人数已上升至53人。
毛伊县表示，截至当地时间下午1点10分，“随着消防工作的继续，今天在活跃的拉海纳大火中又确认了17人死亡”。"这使得死亡人数达到53人。"
没有其他细节。
Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead
Dangerouswildfires are spreading rapidly on Mauidue to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii.
At least 53 people have died from the wildfires on Maui and much of the historic town of Lahaina has been "destroyed," according to officials. A state of emergency has been declared for the whole island, while all nonessential travel to the popular vacation destination is being discouraged, officials said.
The Big Island of Hawaii has also been affected by wildfires.
The winds are being caused by a strong high pressure system to the north and a strong low pressure system -- Hurricane Dora -- well to the south.
Maui wildfires 'likely the largest natural disaster in state’s history': Governor
The wildfires that have devastated Maui are "likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii’s state history,” Gov. Josh Green said during a press briefing Thursday evening.
Green went on to call the wildfires “catastrophic” and said the state is seeking 2,000 hotel rooms to help the displaced people of Maui.
The governor said “we will continue” seeing loss of life. At least 53 people have died from the wildfires, officials said earlier in the day.
Green also called on residents to help, saying: “If you have additional space in your home, if you have the capacity to take someone in from West Maui, please do.”
After surveying the damage earlier in the day, Green estimated it will take billions of dollars and many years to rebuild Lahaina, and he estimates well over 1,000 buildings were destroyed.
Officials still don’t know exactly how many people are missing, according to Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier.
A community struggling to cope
As a funeral director at the Nakamura Mortuary in Wailuku, Carol Chaney is no stranger to dealing with death -- but usually, it's other people's losses. Now, loss has hit home in an unimaginably painful way. She says she's still in shock and can’t reach family members in Lahaina.
"We're still trying to gather ourselves. It's still very fresh. There's still a lot to be done," she told ABC News over the phone.
Since the Maui wildfires, the calls she says she's received aren't to make funeral arrangements for those lost -- it's people calling to see if she has information on their missing loved ones. She doesn't.
"We really have no answers for them which makes it even harder," Chaney said. "It is getting a little overwhelming, but I know there's more that's coming."
"I don't know how to explain it, we want to do so much, but you can't because you're stuck. This has never happened," she said.
Even as the death toll continues to rise, Chaney said she's still coming to terms with what has happened.
"I'm kind of just trying to -- I'm in shock. I just don't want to believe that this happened," she said. "And today it's raining. Where was the rain yesterday? Where was it the day before?"
Coast Guard says it's rescued 57 people in Maui
The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it has rescued 57 people amid its response to the Lahaina wildfires in Maui.
Seventeen people were saved from the water, while another 40 were found ashore by Coast Guard Station Maui boat crews, it said.
"The Coast Guard has no reports of missing persons in the water, however Coast Guard aircrews and surface assets continue search and rescue operations," the agencysaid.
Death toll increases to 53
The death toll from the Maui fires has increased to 53, officials said Thursday.
"As firefighting efforts continue, 17 additional fatalities have been confirmed today amid the active Lahaina fire" as of 1:10 p.m. local time, Maui County said. "This brings the death toll to 53 people."
No other details were available.
