Biden Heads to Maui With Over 1,000 Missing Two Weeks After Fire

  • President criticized as Maui death toll mounted after Aug. 8
  • Recovery moving in right direction, will take time: FEMA head
Mayfield on Biden Surveying Damage in Maui, Flooding in SoCal
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President Joe Biden aims to showcase federal government support for Maui residents when he visits the fire-stricken island Monday amid criticism of his response to the historic disaster.

The president and First Lady Jill Biden plan to take a helicopter tour of areas destroyed by the deadliest US wildfires in more than a century and walk the streets of Lahaina, the seaside town that bore the brunt of the devastation, according to a White House official.