Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder, with 111 people confirmed dead in the

ongoing search for the missing the burn zone on Maui remains closed, even to many residents

of the historic community of Lahaina, which was incinerated.

NPR's Gabriel Spitzer is on Maui and explains why.

One of the reasons why getting people back into Lahaina has gone so slowly.

One factor in this is just how hot the fire burned.

Hawaii's governor said it reached a thousand degrees.

So something that's that hot is not going to burn just wood, but also things like asphalt

and insulation and plumbing and that's in addition to all this plastic and rubber and carpet.

Maui emergency officials are defending their response to last week's fire and Hawaii's

Attorney General says an outside organization will conduct an impartial independent review

of the government's response.

Fire crews are working to prevent flames from reaching Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's

Northwest Territories.

At last, check that fire was within 10 miles of the city's northern edge.

Residents are fleeing by car and airlifts have begun.

Canada has seen a record number of wildfires this year.

Marine scientists say a troubling phenomenon known as coral bleaching, as damaging recent

Florida, could spread worldwide.

Jenny Stolettovich, a member of station WLRN reports a global warming as a factor.

Coral bleaching occurs when corals spit out the algae they need to survive and turn white.

It's caused by warmer than usual water temperatures and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

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