It's our loved ones," Pelletier said, relating the instructions that a director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave rescue workers in a briefing.
Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsEven as Hawaii officials promised more help for the displaced, some Lahaina residents were taking matters into their own hands.
Officials declined to estimate how many remained unaccounted for but promised they were meticulously verifying the status of all.
The database includes names collected from "missing persons" notices posted at shelters as well as information submitted by loved ones.
Reuters GraphicsBar chart shows visitor spending share of GDP to Maui and Hawaii which are much higher than that for the entire U.S.
Persons:
Jorge Garcia KAHULUI, John Pelletier, It's, " Pelletier, Patience, Kanamu, Balindin, Pelletier, Shelee Kimura, ”, Kimura, Josh Green, Jeremy Greenberg, Chris Young, Green, Jorge Garcia, Mike Blake, Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Andrew Hay, Brad Brooks, Sharon Bernstein, Dan Whitcomb, Frank McGurty, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
REUTERS, Maui County Police, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Hawaiian Electric, Federal Emergency Management, Cross, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S, Maui County, buffeted, “, California