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Maui wildfire survivors will get an additional year of housing help from FEMA

2:09am October 16, 2024

Survivors of last year's deadly wildfire that decimated a historic Maui town will receive an additional year of housing assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Search and rescue team members work in a residential area devastated by a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 18, 2023.

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A new report on the Maui wildfires cites communications breakdowns

6:03pm April 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released Wednesday.

A whale watch tour embarks on a voyage with tourists visiting the island of Maui in January.

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Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island

7:53pm February 08, 2024

As Maui observes the six month mark since the deadly wildfires, business leaders are sounding the alarm about the state of the tourism-dependent economy.

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A man walks through wildfire wreckage Aug. 11, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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DNA tests lower the death toll in Maui fire to 97

8:53am September 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Officials previously said at least 115 people had died in the fire, but further testing showed they had multiple DNA samples from some of the victims. The number of those who are missing fell to 31.

The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide.

Arts

Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change

5:25pm September 12, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The impacts of climate change including related disasters, such as wildfires and sea level rise, are increasingly raising a question about how best to save cultural heritage.

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Modular container homes are set up in Kahului, Hawaii. A pop-up village of the buildings is in the process of being created by a local organization, the Family Life Center.

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Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home

7:00am September 09, 2023

by Bill Chappell

In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.

The extreme wildfire that hit Lahaina burned all the way to the coast. As the cleanup continues, rainstorms could wash toxic runoff into the ocean.

Environment

Another struggle after the Maui fires: keeping toxic runoff out of the ocean

1:55pm August 29, 2023

by Lauren Sommer

There's little that separates the ocean from the 2,200 burned buildings in Lahaina. Officials are working to block runoff that could harm the coral reefs offshore.

Pro surfers organized a Saturday morning surf session to help kids do something they love at Ho'okipa Beach on the island's north shore. It's about an hour's drive from Lahaina.

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Maui's surf pros paddle out with kids from Lahaina for a healing surf session

5:00am August 28, 2023

Families displaced by wildfire get a welcome reprieve as a surf session for kids and families gave them a chance for a normal Saturday.

Activist Kekai Keahi says Native Hawaiian trauma over losing land goes back generations to when the U.S. overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Lahaina was expensive before the fire. Some worry rebuilding will price them out

5:00am August 26, 2023

by Jennifer Ludden

Since the fire residents have gotten multiple calls from realtors offering to buy their land. Activists want a role in planning, to keep developers from pushing out those who call Lahaina home.

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A poster seeking help finding a man not seen after the Lahaina fire is taped to a store window. The official figure of people listed as "not accounted for" has changed drastically this week.

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388: The number of people unaccounted for in Maui fire falls by more than half

10:59am August 25, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The latest revision came after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.