As many as 850 people are still missing and 114 are dead following apocalyptic wildfires in Maui, as president Joe Biden is scheduled to arrive in devastated Hawaii after locals slammed him for taking too long to visit.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen gave the update on a video posted to Facebook, saying the FBI, which is assisting with search efforts, combined various lists of missing people to arrive at the total number.

'It is my sad duty to report that 114 individuals have been confirmed deceased,' the mayor said on a video posted to Facebook. 'There are currently 850 names on the list of missing persons.'

'We are both saddened and relieved about these numbers,' Bissen said.

Bissen pointed out the number of people initially first feared dead was more than 2,000 but decreased once cellphone communications were restored. He added that 27 deceased individuals have been identified and 11 families have been notified.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said 850 people are still missing after apocalyptic wildfires

Biden is pictured waving on Monday as he departs for Maui from Reno, Nevada

Ella Sable Tacderan asked: 'We are part of the united States, Why are we getting put in the back pocket?'

The mayor's update comes as Biden is set to visit the island following criticism that it took him too long to do so.

Ella Sable Tacderan, who is currently sheltering 23 relatives at her home, said 'the community has been a big part of my family's survival', referring to the heroic work of locals to support each other in the wake of the devastation.

In the CNN interview, she added: 'Aren't we Americans too? We are part of the United States, but why are we getting put in the back pocket? Why are we being ignored?'

She said families were being turned away for aid because applications have not been approved or are still pending.

Meanwhile Maui resident Mike Cicchino told NewsNation the president's response to the crisis leaves much to be desired.

'We're not very political people, we don't really go one way or the other, but Biden has really failed us.

'When one of the worst disasters in U.S. history happens, he hasn't been out here and it's been two weeks as of Tuesday - what kind of president does that?'

A law enforcement officer who goes by Blake on TikTok also slammed the president, wondering: 'What the f*** are we doing in Maui? Biden hasn't even went there yet.

'You give all this money and time and efforts to Ukraine but you won't even do it for Americans? Come on.'

Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit with those who lost homes and loved ones during the disaster and be briefed by public officials

Biden's 'no comment' response while spending time at his Delaware beach house prompted outrage from even some of his Democratic allies.

'I campaigned for you,' said former Hawaii legislator Kaniela Ing on Monday on X. 'Now, when I lose dozens of my friends, family, and neighbors. This?'

Instagram influencer Rogan O'Handley wrote on Twitter, now known as 'X,' that the more we learn about Hawaii, 'the more we learn why Joe Biden has consistently responded with 'no comment.'

'There is something REAL fishy going on here,' he continued.

'Hey, maybe if we change the name of Maui to Ukraine, maybe they will pay attention to us,' said former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, arguing a one-time $700 payment pales in comparison to the tens of billions the U.S. has spent defending Ukraine against Russia.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit with those who lost homes and loved ones during the disaster and be briefed by public officials.

The White house said he has continued to receive briefings over the weekend, after Biden issued a series of public statements on the disaster following his early stumbles.

'The biggest thing that the president needs to see is just the actual impact. It really feels different when you're on the ground and can see the total devastation of Lahaina, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanna Criswell told CBS News.

'He'll talk to some of the families that have been impacted by this and hear their stories.'

The wildfire that broke out August 8 in the town of Lahaina is now the deadliest in more than a century, and the fifth-deadliest on record for the U.S.

Meanwhile, locals have told DailyMail.com the actual death toll is at least 480 and that morgues have run out of body bags.

Many of the bodies have been left unrecognizable by the fire with authorities asking friends and family of the more than 1,000 people still missing to submit their DNA so the remains of their loved ones can be identified.

Recovery teams can be seen sifting through scorched debris throughout Lahaina

Bissen pointed out the initial number of people initially first feared dead was more than 2,000 but decreased once cellphone communications were restored

A general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina

The soaring death toll means authorities have also had to bring in mobile morgues with five refrigerated trucks parked outside the Maui Police Department morgue office to store the remains of fire victims.

DailyMail.com photos taken on Wednesday showed hundreds of cars and vehicles still unsearched – with just a handful marked with an orange X to show they'd been looked at.

For Allisen Medina, 24, who has lived in Maui for five years and has spent the past two weeks making perilous trips into Lahaina to help burned out residents, that is still too slow.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, she said: 'People have been doing their own recovery.

'I know there are at least 480 dead here in Maui and I don't understand why they're [the authorities] not saying that. Maybe it's to do with DNA or something.

The wildfire that broke out August 8 in the town of Lahaina is now the deadliest in more than a century, and the fifth-deadliest on record for the U.S.

Aerial view of a body bag being loaded into a refrigerated truck at the MPD Morgue Office

'I do know they ran out of body bags by the first or second night and had to ship some in from the mainland.'

Allisen says the slow recovery process has led to family members being left to find the charred corpses of their loved ones themselves, including a friend of hers who lost four family members.

The president has faced accusations of a lackluster response to the tragedy. He was also criticized after appearing to forget the name of Maui during recent remarks about the fires, referring to it as 'the one where you see on television all of the time'.

When first asked about the blaze, the president told a reporter 'no comment' as he lounged on the beach near his Delaware vacation home.

Before Biden announced his visit, Republicans compared his lack of a visit to East Palestine, Ohio - where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals, displacing 100s. Biden had promised to visit the Ohio town but never did.

'President Biden completely ignored the people of East Palestine. Now, he's giving the people of Maui the same treatment,' Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, wrote on X.

Following the criticism, President Biden promised to offer assistance to Maui for 'as long as it takes' ahead of his trip to the island.

'The entire nation is with you as you recover, rebuild and grieve,' Biden said in a recorded message given Thursday to Good Morning America.

Some 2,200 buildings have been decimated by the blaze

Member of the National Guard walks through a charred neighborhood in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 16

Burnt out cars are seen on Wahikuli Terrace in Lahaina on Tuesday

Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz, from Hawaii, said that as of Sunday about 85 percent of the affected area had been searched and nearly 2,000 people remained without power and 10,000 were without telecom connectivity. Water in parts of west Maui is not safe to drink.

While immediate aid such as water, food and blankets has been readily distributed to residents, Schatz said that cellphones, identification and other documents that people would need to help them enroll in longer-term aid programs were burned in the fires, adding more challenges to the application process.

More than 1,000 federal officials remain on the ground in Hawaii to respond to the wildfires, according to the White House. The administration has doled out more than $8 million in aid to affected families.

Schatz, who will be with Biden as the president travels to his home state on Monday, stressed that officials were 'still responding to the disaster' and 'We are not yet in a recovery phase.'

'As bad as this looks, it´s actually worse,' he said in a phone interview on Sunday.

'What you can´t see is the damage to utility infrastructure. What you can´t see is the thousands of kids who are trying to figure out how to go to school this fall. What you can´t see is the first responders who went into the flames without regard for their own safety and had their own homes burned down.'