Aug 16, 2023 Governor: Crews searching for Maui fire victims could find another "10 to 20 people" a day At least 99 people were confirmed dead as of Monday evening. Aug 14, 2023 Show More CBS News Miami — Watch Live 24/7 Latest News Construction impact drivers on SR 836 try...
Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find October 3, 2024 The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized broken utility lines that caused sparks to ignite unmaintained dry vegetation, the Maui Fire...
The hall and neighboring Lahaina Hongwanji Mission temple were among multiple structures that caught fire in West Maui as a fast-moving blaze forced widespread evacuations, shut down roads and schools and prompted officials to advise the public to avoid Lahaina town — all while more than 1,000...
“This now has superseded (California’s) Camp Fire from 2018,” Merrell said during a news conference Saturday. The Camp Fire that ravaged Butte County in Northern California in November 2018 killed 85 people, burning a total of 153,336 acres and destroying more than 18,000 structures. ...
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Climate change not only increases the fire risk by driving up temperatures, but also makes stronger hurricanes more likely. In turn, those storms could fuel stronger wind events like the one behind the Maui fires. That's on top of other threats made worse by climate changes. ...
There are now 55 confirmed fatalities from the Lahaina fire, Maui County officials said in a news release Thursday night local time. “As firefighting efforts continue, 2 additional fatalities have been confirmed today amid the active Lahaina fire. This brings the death toll to 55 people,” th...
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“We are heartsick that we’ve had such loss,” Gov. Josh Green said during a news conference Tuesday. Green had said earlier Tuesday during an appearance on Hawaii News Now that children are among the victims of the fires. The fire is the deadliest in the U.S. in the past century. ...
"They were basically self-evacuating with fairly little notice," he said, referring to residents of the neighborhood where the fire initially struck. County Mayor Richard Bissen told NBC's "Today" show on Friday that he did not know whether sirens went off but said the fire moved extraordinar...