Aug 13 Tourists urged to avoid Maui as hotels prepare to take in fire evacuees, first responders By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Audrey McAvoy, Christopher Weber, Associated Press Hawaii officials urged tourists to avoid traveling to Maui as many hotels prepared to house evacuees and first responders on the island that faces a long recovery from the wildfire that demolished a historic town and killed more than 90 people. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 2:51 News Wrap: Hawaii governor surveys Maui fire damage, warns death toll will grow In our news wrap Sunday, the Maui wildfire is now the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century as search efforts continue and the death toll keeps rising, at least 21 people died in a mudslide and flash… Continue watching
Aug 13 Lahaina fire becomes deadliest in the U.S. in over 100 years as death toll rises to 93 By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Beatrice Dupuy, Associated Press As the death toll from a wildfire that razed a historic Maui town climbed to 93, authorities warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was still in its early stages. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 3:45 News Wrap: Federal teams arrive to help search efforts after deadly Maui fires In our news wrap Saturday, the death toll in the Maui wildfires rose to 80 and is expected to grow as damaged buildings are searched, heavy rains forced over 80,000 people to evacuate in southwestern China, 6 people died when… Continue watching
Aug 12 As death toll of Maui wildfires rises to 80, a timeline of failed communications emerges By Rebecca Boone, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames and instead relied on a series of sometimes confusing social media posts… Continue reading
Aug 12 Analysis: Burning of Lahaina's sacred sites is a major loss for Native Hawaiians. But their history will live on By Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation Lahaina has been revered by its Indigenous peoples as a sacred place for generations. It is believed to be the home of Kihawahine, a woman who transformed into a goddess. Continue reading
Aug 11 Lahaina residents met with devastation as they return to Maui town's charred remains By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Ty O'Neil, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Residents of Lahaina were being allowed back home on Friday for the first time since wildfires that have killed at least 67 people turned large swaths of the centuries-old town into a hellscape of ashen rubble. Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 8:58 Why people in Maui were caught off guard by the deadly wildfires By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart, Solveig Rennan, Courtney Norris, Dorothy Hastings At least 55 people are now confirmed dead after fast-moving wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui this week. Those who did manage to survive now face the daunting task of piecing their lives back together. Stephanie Sy reports on… Continue watching
Aug 11 How to help survivors of the deadly wildfires in Maui By News Desk and Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press Experts recommend donating to nonprofits based on Hawaii that have provided rapid response services in the past, and organizations with deep local ties and knowledge of the affected communities. Continue reading
Aug 11 Maui wildfire burns 150-year-old banyan tree, threatening survival By Bobby Caina Calvan, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press A giant 150-year-old banyan tree is among many landmarks in Lahaina which have been damaged. The sprawling tree that was the oceanside community's heart is now uncertain. The tree's limbs were scorched by a devastating fire that wiped away generations… Continue reading