An aerial view of a wildfire in Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, Aug. 8, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Clint Hansen of Maui Real Estate Radio/TMX via Reuters.

An aerial view of Lahaina after wildfires burned through the town on the Hawaiian island of Maui, on August 10, 2023. At least 36 people have died after a fast-moving wildfire turned Lahaina to ashes.

An aerial view shows damage along the coast of Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 9, 2023. Richard Olsten/Air Maui Helicopters via Reuters ...

An aerial view shows damage along the coast of Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, August 9, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from social media video.

An aerial view shows the historic banyan tree, along with destroyed homes, boats and buildings in the historic Lahaina town in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui on Thursday.

At least 36 people were killed after fires broke out in Hawaii’s Maui County, officials said on Wednesday, August 9.The fast-moving blazes, worsened by winds from Hurricane Dora, ripped through the ...

Mr. Biden began his visit to Maui with an aerial tour, a common way for presidents to view the magnitude of disaster zones without hampering the response on the ground.