, has told the BBC that extra support being sent included urban search and rescue, and fire suppression teams. "The absolute number one priority is survivor safety," he said. Mr Greenberg added that while close to 1,000 people are still yet to be contacted, some of these may be safe but out of reach for a number of reasons. Meanwhile, sniffer dogs trained to detect bodies have been looking for signs of corpses under the rubble in Lahaina. There have also been reports of bodies being found around the local harbour, where people have been pulled out alive. Helicopter pilot Richard Olsten has flown over Maui and told the BBC that even most of the boats in the harbour were burnt and had sunk. "The historic buildings, the church, the missionary building and so forth - all gone," he said. "The main tourist area where all the shops and restaurants are, the historic front street - everything burnt to the ground." It is thought that more than 2,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the fires broke out earlier this week. The majority of these were homes in the Lahaina area. Hawaii Governor Josh Green said the fires were the "largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history". The cost of rebuilding Maui has been estimated at $5.5bn (£4.3bn), according to the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and FEMA, which is coordinating the relief effort to Hawaii from Washington. "We're s){kind=link}
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Watch: Extensive devastation left by Maui wildfires
Additional expert support has been deployed to Hawaii, where forensic work is continuing to find victims of the devastating wildfires.
At least 80 people are known to have died but there are fears this number will rise further, with hundreds still unaccounted for.
Many more remain in emergency shelters after fleeing from the flames.