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Hawaiian officials are braced for a significant rise in the death toll from the fast-spreading wildfires, which caused devastation on the island of Maui and destroyed most of the historic town of...
The Aug. 8, 2023, wildfire was the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. Here’s what to know: How did people escape? Many didn’t know the fire was threatening their seaside town. Powerful winds knocked out electricity, depriving people of internet, television and radio.
The official death toll has reached 99 in the wildfires on Maui and is expected to increase “significantly” in the coming days, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said on CNN.
The wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 36 lives, making it the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years. (Aug. 10) Read More.
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.
Quickly spreading wildfires ignited into what Gov. Josh Green described as likely the “largest natural disaster in Hawaii's state history.” Several fires hit Maui hard, leaving over 2,200...
In announcing the death toll in Maui's devastating fires has risen from 80 to 89 in the span of a day, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said on Saturday that the number would continue to rise.
Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui have killed at least 114 people, forced tens of thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate the island and devastated the historic resort city of Lahaina.
The wildfires ripping through Maui will likely be the largest natural disaster the state of Hawaii has ever seen, Gov. Josh Green said Thursday, as the blazes have killed dozens, displaced...
Updated 1:36 PM PST, August 10, 2023. Follow live updates about wildfires that have devastated parts of Maui in Hawaii, killing more than 100 people and destroying the historic town of Lahaina. The wildfires are the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.