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In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two persons missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast. The proliferation of the wildfires was ...
The Big Island of Hawaii is also battling wildfires, which have caused no fatalities. ... The largest fire in Lahaina is 85% contained and has burned 2,170 acres (880 hectares), Maui County said. ...
Direction. Length and surface. 9/27. 1,126 metres (3,694 ft) Asphalt. Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) is a US military training base located on the high plateau between Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the Hualālai volcanic mountains of the island of Hawaiʻi. It includes a small military airstrip known as Bradshaw Army Airfield .
(Corrects last paragraph in Aug. 10 item to locate Maui north and west of the Big Island instead of east) By Jonathan Oatis (Reuters) -Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui island and Big Island have killed ...
Kīlauea. Puʻu ʻŌʻō. The 2018 lower Puna eruption was a volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone that began on May 3, 2018. It is related to the larger eruption of Kīlauea that began on January 3, 1983, though some volcanologists and USGS scientists have discussed whether to classify it as a new ...
A third fire raging in the inland mountainous region of Kula is yet to be contained. ... and 911 services are out indefinitely in the west of the island. Hawaii’s National Guard has been ...
October 2014: Hurricane Ana skirted just south of the Hawaiian islands, passing 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Kauai as a category 1 hurricane. Damage was limited to a few downed trees. August 2015: Hurricane Hilda passed within 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Island of Hawaiʻi as a tropical depression.
How did the Hawaii wildfires start? Maui Fire Department says ‘no active threat’ at this time despite burning fires. 16:00, Ariana Baio. Although the wildfires in Olinda, Kula, Lahaina and ...