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Mar. 4—A state social services agency is working to produce what could be the first temporary housing community developed for Maui fire survivors, a 450-unit project where initial occupancy is ...
However, with only 15% of Lahaina's population age 65 and older, according to census data, compared with 20% for Hawaii as a whole, the large share of older residents who died in the fire could be ...
A 150-year-old banyan tree stands along Lahaina's historic Front Street in February 2018. It was charred in the fire. (Jennifer McDermott / Associated Press)
The fire charred a 5-square-mile (13-square-km) area of town in hours and has brought with it the logistical challenges of recovery, taking a toll on many of Lahaina's 13,000 year-round residents ...
For the Lahaina fire alone, the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated that over 2,200 buildings had been destroyed, [5] [14] [15] overwhelmingly residential [16] [17] and including many historic landmarks in Lahaina. [18] [19] The damage caused by the fire has been estimated at nearly $6 billion.
Lahaina, a historic town that once was the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, has been largely reduced to ash as wildfires continued to rip through the state Wednesday.
Rescuers searched Thursday through the leveled, ashen homes and businesses of Lahaina, Hawaii, which dates to the 1700s and is The post Hawaii wildfires burn through a historic town on Maui and ...
Lāhainā Harbor was a port of choice for whaling vessels from around the world between 1820 and 1860. King Kamehameha III established a first lighthouse there in 1840, which was Hawaiʻi's first.