Maui wildfires updates: President Biden, first lady get firsthand look at damage

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, who has toured the devastation on Maui, told ABC News' "GMA3" that "it really just seems so much more worse once you see it in person."

She called it a "really complicated search and recovery mission," adding, "It's going to be a complicated debris removal mission once we account for everybody that's missing."

Criswell said FEMA is working closely with state partners and the American Red Cross to find shelter for displaced residents.

"We're already working on what the long-term housing is going to look like," she said Thursday. "We convened yesterday at the White House with all of the deputy secretaries from the Cabinet-level agencies to talk about resources that we can bring in."

"We're putting every resource available and creative solutions to come up with ways that we can help Maui and help the government of Hawaii," Criswell continued. "When I talked to the governor, he already had started a housing assessment based on the limited housing that they have. This is going to be a really great starting off point for us to help implement some of the vision he had and use that planning to help with the long-term recovery housing issues."

At least 111 people have died since the wildfires broke out on Maui on Aug. 8, the Maui Police Department confirmed with a “heavy heart” on Wednesday night.

Three more individuals have been identified, bringing the total to nine. The families of five of the victims have been notified, but the families of four of the identified victims have not been located or notified.

“MPD and assisting partners have been working tirelessly to ensure that proper protocols are followed while notifying the families of the victims involved,” the police department shared in a post on the Maui County website Wednesday. “Our priority is to handle this situation with the utmost sensitivity and respect for those who are grieving.”

With fires still burning, at Wednesday afternoon’s news conference, Maui County Fire Chief Brad Ventura and teams spread thin, he asked the public to “remain vigilant” if the winds pick up.

At the same news conference, Maui Mayor Richard Bisson shared an update on how community members are coming together to help each other.

"We've had 682 volunteers – community volunteers; not Red Cross, not FEMA, but our own citizens who have been working at War Memorial Gymnasium shelter,” he said.

– ABC News’ Marilyn Heck

The death toll from the fires is now at 110, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told reporters at a news conference Wednesday.

The governor said more personnel and resources, including 10 extra cadaver dogs, have been deployed to the affected areas. Roughly 38% of the impact zone has been searched, he said.

Green said roughly 2,000 Maui Electric Company customers are still without power and cautioned that it could take a long time for restoration.

-ABC News' Jenna Harrison

Portable morgue units are helping identify victims of the wildfire and process their remains, FEMA officials told reporters Wednesday.

The first units arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday and consist of exam tables, X-ray units and lab equipment.

The death toll remains at 106 people, with 35% of the disaster zone searched, Maui County and state officials said in an update.

As of 11:30 a.m. local time Wednesday, 35 autopsies had been completed and seven victims identified -- up from five on Tuesday -- county officials said.

-ABC News' Anne Flaherty and Jennifer Watts