Maui's economy needs tourists. Can we visit in good conscience?
Hawaii's governor and mayor invited tourists back to the west side of Maui months after the Aug. 8 fire killed at least 100 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings.
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The summer that caught up to climate fiction
We no longer need authors or scientists to imagine it; real-world experience does the trick for anyone who’s paying close attention.
For Maui, returning home means confronting toxic risks
A growing body of research shows that wildfires leave a trail of dangerous chemicals behind.
Authorities admit they may never know how many died in Lahaina fire
Crews in Hawaii have all but finished searching for victims of the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, authorities said on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, and it is unclear how many people perished.
Falsehoods and climate denial conspiracy theories ignite amid Canada's wildfires
Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't enough to convince them.
Locals sounded the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
It was Tuesday, Aug. 8, and in the town of Lahaina in West Maui, people were screaming and running as the sky rained embers.
‘Where are they?’ With government aid spotty, locals funnel supplies to Maui fire survivors
Across Maui, community hubs like these have cropped up with dizzying speed in the days since wildfires swept through the island on Aug. 8, killing at least 99, destroying more than 2,200 buildings and displacing thousands.
Hawaii officials ask for DNA samples from families who have missing
Authorities in Hawaii pleaded with relatives of those missing after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century to come forward and give DNA samples, saying the low number provided so far threatens to hinder efforts to identify any remains discovered in the ashes.
Up to 800 people unaccounted for in Maui fire
Trying to find this many missing people presents huge challenges for officials who are trying to determine how many of those perished and how many may have made it to safety but haven't checked in.
The Bidens head to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors and first responders
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Maui on Monday to comfort survivors of the devastating wildfires that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island earlier this month, as his administration responds to the devastation whose full scope is still unknown.
Survivors of Maui fires face power cuts and poor cell service as death toll climbs
Survivors of deadly wildfires on Maui contended with intermittent power and unreliable cell service as they sought help rebuilding their lives. Experts, meanwhile, labored to find the dead and identify them.
Death toll from Maui wildfires reaches 99 and governor warns there could be scores more
The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century
Hawaii mourns dead in wake of ferocious wildfires
As Hawaii residents mourned those killed in ferocious wildfires, officials warned that the full human and environmental toll was not yet known and the recovery only just beginning.
Maui residents had little warning before fire consumed Lahaina
Maui residents who made desperate escapes from oncoming flames, some on foot, asked why Hawaii’s famous emergency warning system didn’t alert them as fires raced toward their homes.
Death toll from Maui town burned to the ground rises to 67
Fuelled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the fire started Tuesday and took the island by surprise, racing through parched growth and neighbourhoods in the historic town of Lahaina, a tourist destination that dates to the 1700s and is the biggest community on the island's west side.