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In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui.The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two people missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast.
Maui County officials announce that more than 93 people have died in the wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, making it the deadliest American wildfire since 1918, surpassing the death toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in California. [13] Hawaii Governor Josh Green says that the Banyan tree in Lahaina was damaged by the wildfires, but has survived. [14]
Wildfires in Maui, Hawaii have devastated over 270 structures and many resident’s homes. As firefighters work to contain the fires and conduct recovery efforts, people are being asked to donate ...
The death toll in Maui, Hawaii, has reached 93 as the devastating wildfires become the deadliest in US modern history.. After visiting the “ground zero” of the destruction in Lahania, Hawaii ...
Conchita Sagudang, 75, of Lahaina, died in the wildfires, officials in Maui County confirmed in a press release on 20 August. Sagudang died alongside her son, Danilo Sagudang, her sister wrote in ...
English: Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook perform aerial water bucket drops on the Island of Maui to assist the fight of wildfires, Maui, Hawaii, August 09, 2023. The two air crews performed 58 total bucket drops in 5 hours in up country Maui totaling over one hundred thousand gallons dropped on the fires.
The near miss in 2018 claimed no lives, but the three separate wildfires collectively scorched more than 2,800 acres, devoured at least 21 structures, including 13 homes, and destroyed 30 vehicles ...
The Maui wildfire, which devastated the town of Lahaina, has now become the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history with the death toll rising to 106. Maui fire becomes the deadliest wildfire in ...