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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. The proliferation of the wildfires was ...
August 8 – The town of Lāhainā on Maui is destroyed in the 2023 Hawaii wildfires. [2] August 9 –. Parts of western and upcountry Maui island in Hawaii, United States, are evacuated as wildfires cause power outages and disruption to emergency services in western Maui and other parts of Hawaii including Oahu and the Big Island, with at ...
Nov. 1—The Honolulu Fire Department, on Tuesday at 7 :13 a.m., resumed efforts to suppress a wildland fire that ignited in mountainous terrain above Mililani Mauka. ... November 1, 2023 at 12:02 ...
This photo provided by County of Maui shows fire and smoke filling the sky from wildfires on the intersection at Hokiokio Place and Lahaina Bypass in Maui, Hawaii on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 (Zeke ...
November 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM. ... The fact that this fire was on Oahu’s wetter, windward side is a “red flag to all of us that there is change afoot,” said Sam ’Ohu Gon III, senior ...
Lahaina, Hawaii. Lahaina Banyan Tree. Categories: Fires in Hawaii. 2023 in Hawaii. 2023 wildfires in the United States. 2023 fires in Oceania. 2023 disasters in Oceania. Natural disasters in Hawaii.
Nearly 85% of U.S. wildfires are caused by humans, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Natural causes include lightning and volcanic activity. The Hawaiian Islands have six active volcanoes ...
2023 wildfire season; Date(s) January–December 2023: Season; ← 2022. 2024 →. The 2023 wildfire season involves wildfires on multiple continents.