Evening Update: Hawaii’s governor warns that scores more people could be found dead following wildfires on Maui


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Hawaii’s governor warned that scores more people could be found dead following the Maui wildfires as search crews go street by street through neighbourhoods where the flames galloped as fast as a mile a minute. Such crews had covered just 3 per cent of the search area as of Saturday, according to Maui Police Chief John Pelletier. As cellphone service has slowly been restored, the number of people missing dropped to about 1,300 from over 2,000, Governor Josh Green said. The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are...