Before and after pictures show wildfire damage in Lahaina Satellite images taken show an overview of Lahaina in June, before the wildfires ravaged the town, and on Aug. 9, after the fires tore through. A satellite image shows an overview of Lahaina, Maui County, in Hawaii, June 25, 2023....
InAugust 2023 a series of wildfires burned on Maui. Hardest hit was Lahaina, with much of the town being reduced to ashes and ruins. Wildfires also burned on other areas of the island, including the Pulehu/Kihei fire in the central valley and the Upcountry/Kula fire along the slopes of ...
Side-by-side images of Lahaina, taken before the blaze and on Wednesday after it tore through, showed the once lush area badly burned, with the harbor and building rooftops along the shoreline appearing visibly charred. This combination of satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows an ...
The Lahaina Banyan Tree survived Maui’s fires because the fire burned hottest over the top of the tree.The flames underneath the enormous arms of the tree didn’t do as much damage as they could have. Almost everything around the tree did not survive the devastating fire, though most of ...
Two people were rescued and a third swam to safety after a California pier under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean as the state’s central coast was pounded by heavy surf from a major storm expected to bring hurricane-force winds to the seas...
“we thought urban fires had gone away, that san francisco in 1906 was the last. and now they’ve come back,” says fire historian stephen pyne. “it’s like watching polio come back . we fixed this. but you have to maintain the hygiene—you have to keep up the vaccinations.” and...
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The firehas also taken a mental tollon the community. Before the fire, about 12,000 people resided in Lahaina. Of those, 10% have sought help for mental health, according to the Hawaii State Department of Health.
Lau Hee said the county also wants to help property owners rebuild after workers finishcleaning toxic debrisand utility infrastructure is in place. She said the county hopes properties will be cleared by early next year. "Our goal is to create opportunities for you folks to start rebuilding on...
said. "The company has protocols that may be used when high winds are expected, including not enabling the automatic reclosure of circuits that may open during a weather event. This was done before the onset of high winds. ... At this early stage, no cause for the fire has been ...