Local officials in Hawaii plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County's notoriously slow processing of building permits to help the town of Lahaina to recover from last year's deadly wildfire. Keanu Lau Hee, the county's deputy managing director, told a community meeting in ...
The FBI and the Maui County Medical Examiner and Coroner office are working together to identify the recovered remains. “There are currently 850 names on the list of missing persons,” Bissen said, adding that the number represented a positive change from the original list containing more tha...
Maui Countytweetedthat multiple roads were closed with a warning: "Do NOT go to Lahaina town." Traffic has been very heavy as people try to evacuate and officials asked people who weren't in an evacuation area to shelter in place to avoid adding to the traffic, County of Maui spokesp...
At about noon, the County of Kauai said there were no threats to roads or homes. But after that, everything changed. 8:00 pm Monday: It was reported that the fire expanded explosively from just dozens of acres reported mid-day, to 1,000 acres as of 6:30 pm. There have been no...
Maui Wildfire Update In August 2023, Maui suffered a deadly fire that wiped out the town of Lahaina and prompted evacuation of tourists. Lahaina remains closed off until further notice while recovery operations are still underway. The post-wildfire restoration might take a decade. ...
All single-story, residential properties in the disaster area had been searched, and teams were transitioning to searching multi-story residential and commercial properties, Maui County officials said in an update late Monday. Police Chief John Pelletier said Tuesday that his team faces difficulties ...
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I’ve got several more days here in Bend, before I fly down to Marin County to rejoin my friend Linda. I plan on doing more hiking, regardless of rain or snow. Thanks for your very supportive note Mark. Aloha, Glenn November 11th, 2024 at 6:32 pm rege Says: Take two, ten minu...
The Hawaii Fire Department has lifted mandatory evacuations for Kohala By the Sea, Kohala Waterfront, Kohala Estates, and Kohala Ranch between Kamakani Loop and Kohala Mountain Road, Highway 250, because of the progress. The Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said in an update this evening that...
"Kula Fire Update No. 2 at 10:50 a.m.: Firefighter crews remain on scene of a brush fire that was reported at 12:22 a.m. today near Olinda Road in Kula and led to evacuations of residents in the Kula 200 and Hanamu Road areas," the county said. ...