Aug 30 Crews in Maui wrap up search for victims in deadly Hawaiin wildfire, with unknown number still missing By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press Officials suggested that responders likely have already recovered any remains that are recognizable as such, and they are shifting the response to focus on removing hazardous waste and making the area safe for residents to begin returning. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 4:46 News Wrap: Florida prepares as Idalia expected to strike Gulf Coast as major hurricane In our news wrap Monday, dozens of counties in Florida declared emergencies as Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and strike the state, crews are still struggling to contain a record number of wildfires in drought-stricken… Continue watching
Aug 27 Crews put out brush fire that prompted temporary evacuation order on Maui By Associated Press The fire prompted Maui authorities to temporarily evacuate residents Saturday from a neighborhood of Lahaina, just a few miles from the site recently ravaged by blazes, before firefighters brought it under control. Continue reading
Aug 27 Bare electrical wire, leaning utility poles seen as possible cause of deadly Maui fires By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker, Associated Press In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows — those wires… Continue reading
Aug 26 After Maui officials named 388 people missing after wildfires, many called to say they’re OK By Rebecca Boone, Beatrice Dupuy, Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Within a day of Maui County releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, more than 100 of them or their relatives came forward to say they're safe, the FBI said Friday. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 9:20 Native Hawaiians worry they will be forgotten as Maui recovers from devastating wildfires By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart, Shoshana Dubnow, Courtney Norris The grim and grueling search operation across Maui's fire-ravaged communities has now entered a new phase. The confirmed death toll stands at 115 people, but hundreds more are still missing. Stephanie Sy reports on the search and Geoff Bennett discusses… Continue watching
Aug 25 Hawaii releases the names of 388 people still missing after deadly wildfire By Associated Press Maui County has released the names of 388 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Continue reading
Aug 23 With thousands still missing after deadly fires, Hawaii officials urge families to give DNA samples By Audrey McAvoy, Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Some 1,000 to 1,100 names remain on a tentative, unconfirmed list of people unaccounted for after wildfires destroyed the historic seaside community of Lahaina on Maui. Continue reading
Aug 22 More than 800 missing in Maui wildfires as officials continue search By Audrey McAvoy, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press, Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America To find people, the organization cross-checks names with emergency shelter registration lists, calls hospitals to see if the person was admitted as a patient and combs through social media, among other steps. Continue reading
Aug 21 WATCH: Biden says government will help Maui ‘for as long as it takes’ in fire recovery By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press Biden told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation "grieves with you" and promised that the federal government will help Hawaii "for as long as it takes" to recover from the deadliest wildfire in the United States in more than… Continue reading