Theresa Cook Death Reason? 72-year-old identified as first tourist victim of Maui Wildfires Theresa Cook was identified as the first tourist victim of the Maui Wildfires
Maui Wildfire Disaster updates for Aug. 24 are posted HERE. Today, crews are conducting an underwater search of a four mile stretch of shoreline from Puamana Beach Park to Wahikuli Wayside Park, looking for human remains associated with the Aug. 8 wildfire in Lahaina. Six more people have been identified out of the 115 confirmed dead; and more than 1,000 remain unaccounted for. The state Department of Education has identified temporary school sites in Central and South Maui for displaced students who had been enrolled at one of four public schools in Lahaina.
The decades-long campaign to limit their use in California has repeatedly stumbled, even as others take the plunge: The European Union has banned neonics and states including New Jersey, Maine and Nevada have limited their use.