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Aug 10, 2023 · At least 271 structures have been damaged, destroyed or otherwise impacted in the western Maui town of Lahaina after a devastating wildfire, Maui County officials said.
The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 Friday as firefighters battled persistent fires in Lahaina, Pulehu/Kihei and Upcountry Maui, according to the latest update from Maui...
Aug 12, 2023 · The deadly Lahaina fire that swept into the West Maui town of the same name, causing widespread damage, is 85 percent contained, Maui County said today. There are two other wildfires on the...
Aug 10, 2023 · “As firefighting efforts continue, 2 additional fatalities have been confirmed today amid the active Lahaina fire. This brings the death toll to 55 people,” the release said.
Aug 9, 2023 · At least 36 people have been killed in “unprecedented” wildfires that are raging across Hawaii’s Big Island and Maui, officials said Wednesday. Much of Lahaina, a touristic and economic hub of...
The number of deaths means the fire, which devastated the town of Lahaina, is the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history, surpassing the 2018 Camp Fire in California, which killed 85....
Aug 13, 2023 · Lahaina fire: The fire that has devastated Lahaina is 85% contained and is estimated to stretch across 2,170 acres. The search and recovery effort is ongoing.
Aug 11, 2023 · The wildfires that leveled the town of Lahaina on Maui wiped out shops, restaurants and a hotel built more than century ago, burning across some of the most spectacular and wealthiest...
Aug 10, 2023 · Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.
Apr 18, 2024 · HONOLULU (AP) — More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. But two reports released this week are filling in some of the blanks.
Aug 14, 2023 · Hawaiian officials are braced for a significant rise in the death toll from the fast-spreading wildfires, which caused devastation on the island of Maui and destroyed most of the historic town of...
Dec 12, 2023 · The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that killed at least 100 people, reopened Monday to residents and business owners holding day passes.
Jun 28, 2024 · The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has completed its origin and cause report on the wildfires that destroyed much of Lahaina and killed 102 people, but the public...
The wildfire that devastated Maui's historic seaside town of Lahaina is 80% contained, the county government said today. The Lahaina fire is one of six raging on Maui and the Big...
Aug 22, 2023 · The deadly wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, officials said. The blazes spread rapidly due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful winds.
Aug 16, 2023 · LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawaii officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui, as the death rose above 100 and teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.
Aug 15, 2023 · The blaze that devastated the historic town of Lahaina is now the deadliest US wildfire in over 100 years, officials said. Officials will begin releasing the names of the deceased Tuesday, Maui...
Feb 26, 2024 · When the smoke cleared from the Aug. 8 wildfire in Lahaina, most of the seaside town’s famed Front Street was destroyed. Gone were art galleries, boutique shops, Mick Fleetwood’s restaurant, an...
Jul 11, 2024 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:07. A brush fire in Hawaii fanned by high winds raced through more than 500 acres within hours, forcing closure of Maui's Haleakala National Park on Thursday while residents of ...
Aug 16, 2023 · More areas of Maui’s deadly wildfire were searched today, with 32% of the disaster zone having been covered, Maui County said in an update. Previously, 25% had been searched.
4 days ago · The Maui News KAHULUI — Governor Josh Green announced on Tuesday that the first four tenants have moved into newly completed units in the La‘iku temporary housing project along Lahainaluna Road.
Aug 12, 2023 · The Lahaina fire that has claimed the lives of at least 80 people is 85% contained, the County of Maui said on Friday. Additionally, the Pulehu fire, southeast of Lahaina near Kihei, is 80% ...
Feb 8, 2024 · LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — It’s been six months since a wildfire leveled most of Lahaina, a centuries-old town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Authorities say 100 people were killed and three are still missing from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Aug 15, 2023 · The number of confirmed dead following devastating wildfires on Maui rose Monday to 99, but searchers and cadaver dogs have covered only around a quarter of the town of Lahaina, officials said.
3 days ago · Lahaina keiki spin a wheel to win prizes on the back of Trinette Furtado's truck — the Ice Cream Aunties' delivery vehicle. “Ice cream! Come get your ice cream! Huuiiii!”. That’s the call of the Ice Cream Aunties in Lahaina. Trinette Furtado sits on the back of her truck, announcing free treats on a megaphone as she does her weekly ...
Jul 17, 2024 · Maui County’s legal quest to quickly take a 20-acre parcel of privately owned land by eminent domain for the public use of building a permanent dump site for the Lahaina fire debris suffered a ...
LAHAINA, MAUI — Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced that the first four tenants have moved into newly completed units in the La‘ikū temporary housing project along Lahainaluna Road.. Construction of this housing reflects a partnership between Governor Green’s Administration including the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (DOE ...
Aug 11, 2023 · At least 2,207 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Lahaina fire in western Maui, according to an updated damage assessment from the Pacific Disaster Center and FEMA.
