More than 100 people have been confirmed dead - and hundreds more remain missing - in the early aftermath of several devastating wildfires that broke out in Maui around Aug. 8.

Porto Velho, Brazil-A popular hymn describes the sky above this Brazilian city of more than 400,000 people as forever blue. But this week, Porto Velho, along with much of the Amazon basin, has been shrouded in gray smoke as forest fires continue to rage across the region.

KIHEI, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Officials on Maui remain on high alert Friday as a raging wildfire believed to be the largest in the county's history continues to burn out of control in Central Maui. In a press conference on Friday morning, Maui Mayor Mike Victorino said the fire was about 20% contained and scorched more than 9,000 acres of fallow former sugar cane lands and brush.