The Hawaii National Guard has activated hundreds of its members to help respond to fires. Guard members will offer support to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and local law enforcement
A prominent disaster and risk modeling company says the Lahaina fire caused about $3.2 billion in insured property losses. The Hawaii National Guard has activated hundreds of its members to
Hawaii officials are working painstakingly to identify the 99 people confirmed killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui. They expect to release the first names Tuesday, even as teams intensify the
A prominent disaster and risk modeling company says the Lahaina fire caused about $3.2 billion in insured property losses. The Hawaii National Guard has activated hundreds of its members to help respond to fires. Guard members will offer support to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and local law enforcement agencies. President Joe Biden says he and first lady Jill Biden will survey the Maui wildfire damage as soon as they can. Biden said Tuesday that he doesn’t want his presence to interrupt recovery and cleanup efforts. Gov. Josh Green said Tuesday during an appearance on Hawaii News Now that children are among the victims of the fires. Green said he hopes to get everyone out of shelters and into hotels or Airbnb rooms by the end of the week.
Worries that firefighters can't access an adequate supply of water to combat flames in Hawaii are rekindling a longstanding fight over stream diversions in Maui. The Hawaii Attorney General's office is pointing a finger at a recent court ruling that required more water be kept in local streams amid drought and competing demands for use. The dispute connects the current blazes to an earlier court battle that pit Hawaiian activists against landowners after decades of diverting water to sugar cane fields. The Sierra Club said Monday that the attorney general’s office had exaggerated the effect of water diversion caps on firefighting.