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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.
This GOES-18 fire temperature composite satellite image taken 6:30 p.m. EDT. on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 and released by NOAA, shows hot land surface temperatures in red on the Hawaii Islands.
August 10, 2023 at 5:55 AM. ... Several large fires on Maui and the Big Island, partly fuelled by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, ... Hawaii on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 (Zeke Kalua/County of Maui ...
August 10 – 2023 Hawaii wildfires: The death toll from the wildfires in Hawaii increases to 36, all from the city of Lahaina. [5] August 11 – Authorities in Hawaii, call the Lahaina fire the "worst natural disaster in the state's history", as the death toll increases to 80 people, and 11,000 homes and businesses continue to be without ...
Burned out cars sit after a wildfire raged through Lahaina, Hawaii, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 (AP) United Airlines only operating flights out of Maui to assist in evacuations 06:00 , Ariana Baio
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 Big Island of Hawaii is also battling wildfires, which have caused no fatalities. ... August 14, 2023 at 1:16 PM. ... Hawaii's fires also constitute the most lethal disaster to hit the islands ...
At the 2020 census (before the 2023 wildfire), Lahaina had a resident population of 12,702. The CDP spans the coast along Hawaii Route 30 from a tunnel at the south end, through Olowalu, and to the CDPs of Kaanapali and Napili-Honokowai to the north. On August 8–9, 2023, a series of wildfires destroyed approximately 80% of Lahaina. [2]