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Hawaii

Published
September 13, 2024

Report finds ‘no evidence’ Hawaii officials prepared for wildfire that killed 102

That lack of planning hindered efforts to evacuate the historic town of Lahaina before it burned in a conflagration that claimed 102 lives, the report said.
Published
September 7, 2024

Maui’s toxic debris could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up?

The debris and ash that remained after a deadly wildfire last year decimated Lahaina now sits in a temporary dump site. But some are worried the site may not truly be temporary.
Published
September 5, 2024

Maui wildfire survivors say insurers are failing to clean up toxic damage to their homes

Dangerous fire residue contaminated nearly everything in homes that didn't burn.
Published
July 29, 2024

Hawaii man killed self after police took DNA sample in woman’s 1991 killing, lawyers say

Innocence Project attorneys allege that police intentionally botched the investigation into the man who died last week by not taking him into custody.
Published
June 3, 2024

Hawaii’s Kilauea erupts again in a remote area. It’s one of the most active volcanoes in the world

The eruption is about 1 mile south of the Kilauea caldera, in an area within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park that last erupted in December 1974.

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Published
November 8, 2023

Hawaii governor announces $150 million fund for Maui wildfire victims modeled after 9/11 fund

Beneficiaries will receive payments of more than $1 million as early as next year, the governor's office said in a news release.
Published
September 24, 2023

Residents prepare to return to sites of homes demolished in Lahaina wildfire 7 weeks ago

Authorities will begin allowing the first residents and property owners to return to their properties in the burn zone, many for the first time since it was demolished by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.
Published
August 29, 2023

Unclear how many lost lives in Hawaii as authorities near the end of their search

Three weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, it is unclear how many people perished and how many are still missing.
Published
August 27, 2023

Insight: One thing we know about the Maui wildfires: Those most responsible won’t pay a cent

And it’s you and I and the struggling citizens of Maui who are left to pick up the ever-mounting bill for climate disasters. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Published
August 16, 2023

Schools reopening, traffic moving again in signs of recovery from Maui fires that killed 110

Communication on Maui remained difficult Wednesday. Some people walked periodically to a seawall, where phone connections were strongest, to make calls.