Maui fire commanders discussed the forecast, but “no evidence of pre-event preparedness plans by the MFD were produced,” the report said. The police and fire departments never established a unified incident command post or action plan, and as a result it was more difficult to know who was ...
After moving three times in the months after the fire, he now lives nearly an hour across the island at another temple, Kahului Hongwanji Mission, serving again as resident minister. He performs much of the same work he did at the Hongwanji Mission in ...
Before the fire, tour companies would often take snorkelers to see coral reefs off the town. Since the fire, tours have been frequenting West Maui reefs to the north or south instead. The department said it was particularly interested in test results for metals because...
The results found 29% of fire-affected households now live in poverty. That’s more than twice the percentage before the fires and three times higher than the Maui County average. Fewer survivors are working and those who have jobs are working fewer hours. Only 3...
One year after the fire, here’s what to know about the banyan tree and the efforts to restore it. Why is Lahaina’s banyan tree significant? The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but is not a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands. India shipped the tree as a gift to...
many thousands of acres have happened with some regularity in recent years. Fires on this side of the island can literally completely close off access to West Maui, sometimes for days. If you look, you will find charred tree remains from past fires. Never smoke or build a fire on this ...
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Before the fire, fans at the stadium could see the lights twinkling from the neighborhoods down below. Now, once the sun goes down, there is darkness. As Mary-Ann Kobatake arrived at the stadium to cheer on h...
Like the town itself, its very survival is now in question, its limbs scorched by a devastating fire that has wiped away generations of history. The great banyan tree along Lahaina Town's Front Street was scorched in the August wildfire that wiped away generations of Maui history.Rick Bowmer...
“Now with all these things happening, you don’t know if the fish is good to eat,” Ah Hee said. Advertisement Scientists say there has never been another instance of a large urban fire burning next to a coral reef anywhere in the world, and they ar...