Maui wildfires deadliest in a century as death toll hits 89
Kahului, Hawaii Reuters The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 89 on Saturday, making it the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century – and the total is likely to rise in coming days as search teams with cadaver dogs continue sifting through the ruins of Lahaina. The scale of the damage came […]
Maui wildfire death toll hits 80 as questions raised over warnings
Maalaea, Hawaii, USReuters The death toll from the Maui wildfires rose to 80 on Friday as search teams combed through the smoldering ruins of Lahaina, and Hawaiian officials sought to determine how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort town with little warning. The fires became the deadliest natural disaster in the state’s […]
Explainer – How did the Hawaii wildfires start? What to know about the Maui and Big Island blazes
Reuters Wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui island and Big Island have killed at least 55 people, forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate, and devastated the historic resort city of Lahaina. Here are some key questions and answers about the disaster. A view of the charred remains after wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, […]
Maui wildfire death toll rises to 67, leaves painful questions in its wake
Maalaea, Hawaii Reuters Hawaiian officials on Friday were still trying to determine what caused a deadly wildfire to sweep through Lahaina on Maui island with terrifying speed, killing at least 67 and decimating the historic resort town with little warning to residents. The death toll was expected to rise as search teams combed through the […]
Maui wildfires kill six as “apocalypse” strikes Hawaiian paradise
Kahului, Hawaii, USReuters Wildfires fanned by winds of a distant hurricane killed at least six people and devastated much of Hawaii’s Maui island on Wednesday, forcing thousands to evacuate as some people fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames. Multiple neighbourhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the […]
Essay: The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
In an article first published on The Conversation, OLIVIA TASEVSKI says the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans who lived in Hawaii has been largely omitted from the dominant narrative of Japanese American internment in the US during World War II…
Wow!: How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs
DAISY CHUNG, GLORIA DICKIE and SIMON SCARR, of Reuters, report on an innovative program in Hawaii to reach places too risky for humans in a search for the last surviving individuals before it’s too late…
Know It All: Hawaii’s Mauna Loa
JONATHAN ALLEN, of Reuters, looks at some facts and figures about Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano…
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano erupts for first time in nearly 40 years
Reuters Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting on Sunday for the first time since 1984, ending its longest quiet period in recorded history. The night sky above Hawaii’s largest island glowed a hellish red as bright, hot lava sprang forth at the volcano’s summit at around 11:30pm local time on Sunday. […]
Opportunity for change?: As pandemic kicks mass tourism, islands seek to mend ties with nature
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how authorities on some island communities are seeing the coronavirus pandemic as a chance to reset…