据美联社报道，当地时间10日，美国夏威夷毛伊岛的山火仍在持续，目前已造成至少53人死亡，毛伊岛历史小镇拉海纳几乎被全部烧毁。
"This time, it's very likely that our death totals will significantly exceed that, I'm afraid," he said.
当地时间2023年8月8日，美国夏威夷，拉海纳历史悠久的Waiola教堂和附近的拉海纳Hongwanji教堂被大火吞没。图源：视觉中国
Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the fire started Tuesday and took Maui by surprise, racing through parched growth covering the island and then feasting on homes and anything else that lay in its path.
当地时间2023年8月10日，美国夏威夷群岛拉海纳，野火残骸。图源：视觉中国
"It looks like a bomb went off in Lahaina town," Bill Weir, CNN's chief climate correspondent, reported from the scorched Maui town on Thursday. "All the iconic buildings are either flattened or just scorched skeletons of their former self."
