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Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state. Unlike the current Red Flag Warning system, which relies on weather from a ...
Furthermore, maps from NASA show at least three fires ... which makes grass and other vegetation more likely to ignite. Maui Fire officials issued a statement on Aug. 8, listing "erratic wind ...
I’m praying.” The hall and neighboring Lahaina Hongwanji Mission temple were among multiple structures that caught fire in West Maui as a fast-moving blaze forced widespread evacuations ...
A structure fire on Kupulau Drive in the Maui Meadows subdivision on Tuesday night has been ruled accidental, according to ...
The Maui Emergency Management Agency will launch a new evacuation planning and notification system, Genasys Protect, on May 1 ...
Shortly after the Maui fires, JCCH partnered with a group in Japan headed by one of their survivors to launch TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui. They took cohorts of Lahainaluna High Schoo ...
Four hundred pages of weather reports, topography maps, interviews and social ... who is a former fire marshal and employee for Maui’s Emergency Management Agency. She knows the inner workings ...
A free community training in Maui is aiming to empower renters displaced by the Lahaina wildfires with the knowledge they need to navigate housing challenges. Maui Housing ...
MAUI, Hawai’i (KITV) — Some Maui fire fighters were found to have elevated levels of chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases after the island’s 2023 fires, a new study from the Centers ...
Hawaii Supreme Court justices posed many exacting, and sometimes skeptical, questions Thursday to attorneys in a case pertaining to the validity of a $4 billion deal to settle Maui wildfire ...
WAILEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- The Maui Fire Department (MFD) responded to a garage fire on Kupulau Drive in Wailea. Upon arrival, crews found the fire spreading to the adjoining residence.
A Maui County emergency official also defended the decision not to sound sirens, saying it could have led residents "into the fire" Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest at PEOPLE.