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After the fire swept through Lahaina on August 8, Maui County blocked public access to all of West Maui with checkpoints on Route 30/340 (Honoapiʻilani Highway, the only highway in and out of the area). Over the next three days, the blockade created a desperate situation for residents of still-intact communities who ran low on medicine, food ...
Search and rescue efforts in Maui Wednesday were made even more complicated after the wildfires cut off power and disrupted 911 and other communication services in parts of the island, Hawaii Lt ...
Five years later, Ruidas and Lahaina Strong again emerged as leaders, pushing officials to control tourism and try to find enough housing for local residents after the 2023 fire destroyed ...
The fire on Aug. 8, 2023, claimed at least 102 lives and destroyed more than 2,000 structures in the historic town of Lahaina, making it one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history. The blaze ...
The images taken after the fire show a gray, barren landscape, sometimes with lingering smoke clouds billowing from rubble. ... Bissen, who grew up in Maui, said he was familiar with what Lahaina ...
The August fire, which began near downed utility poles amid drought conditions and gusting winds, blackened 6,721 acres in Lahaina and the up-country area near Kula. It didn't reach Maui's east ...
Investigators also determined that the fire in Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, was caused by a single fire that started shortly after 6:30 a.m. and reignited later in the day after firefighters left the ...
Lahaina on August 9, 2018, exactly 5 years before the fire; (view of businesses on Front Street) Lahaina on August 9, 2023; (view of Lahaina Banyan Court Park smouldering after the wildfire) Over August 8–9, 2023, much of Lahaina was destroyed by a wildfire amid dry and windy conditions exacerbated by Hurricane Dora. [47]