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After America’s summer of extreme weather, ‘next year may well be worse’

A freakish season of record temperatures, wildfire smoke and the destruction of Lahaina could soon become normal, climate experts say

The Guardian - US

Hawaii's cherished notion of family, the 'ohana, endures in tragedy's aftermath

Hundreds of homes are gone, scores of lives lost and hundreds of people still missing after a fire ripped through the town of Lahaina

The Independent UK

Lahaina was expensive before the fire. Some worry rebuilding will price them out

Since the fire residents have gotten multiple calls from realtors offering to buy their land. Activists want a role in planning, to keep developers from pushing out those who call Lahaina home.

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Lahaina wants closure. Authorities plead for patience

Search and recovery teams say the work to identify human remains in Lahaina is grueling and complicated by the fact that the fire burned so hot, even just making a positive ID is difficult.

WEKU

Maui wildfire victims: What we know about the 115 people killed as nearly 400 remain missing

Maui wildfire that broke out in early August has become of the US’s deadliest disasters

The Independent UK

Q&A: Maui wildfires ‘an acceleration of injustices’ long felt on island

Al Jazeera speaks to Kaniela Ing, director of Green New Deal Network, about devastating Hawaii blazes and what’s next.

Al Jazeera

Up First briefing: Trump's busy week; extremism in a hit song; 'miracle' Lahaina house

From counterprogramming for a GOP debate to a booking on charges in Georgia, Trump had a busy week. A hit country song raises extremism red flags. A "miracle house" stands unscathed in Lahaina.

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Maui County sues Hawaii power company for negligence leading to fires

The Hawaiian Electric company is said to have failed to shut off power despite a recent drought and high winds.

Al Jazeera

Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric power company over deadly wildfires

Witness accounts say power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in hurricane winds

Evening Standard

Maui county sues Hawaiian Electric Company over deadly Lahaina fires

Lawsuit alleges utility company knew high winds ‘would topple power poles, knock down power lines, and ignite vegetation’

The Independent UK

Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric Co. for damages from disastrous fires

The civil suit filed Thursday seeks a jury trial and "punitive and exemplary damages" to recoup costs and loss of revenue from the deadly wildfires.

WEKU

Maui County sues utility over fires that ravaged Lahaina, alleging negligence

Maui County has sued Hawaiian Electric Company over the fires that devastated Lahaina, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions

The Independent UK

Maui fires renew longtime water rights conflict over sacred streams

During the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert stream water to help fight the growing inferno

The Independent UK

Hawaii vs. Vanderbilt: Game Preview, How To Watch, Stream, Odds

Hawaii vs. Vanderbilt: Game Preview, How To Watch, Stream, Odds Warriors travel to the SEC Contact/Follow @MWCwire Can't be worse than last year. On August 8th the town of Lahaina, Maui was destroyed by the most devastating and deadly wildfire in ...

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'Miracle house' owner hopes it will serve as a base for rebuilding Lahaina

"There was a neighbor who sent a note to us and said, 'Oh, you won the lottery,'" Trip Millikin, whose house survived, told NPR. "And I almost wanted to throw up when I got that."

The Independent UK

Fire renews Maui stream water rights tension in longtime conflict over sacred Hawaiian resource

The Independent UK

From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires

The destructive power of wildfire has been a defining feature of a summer of climate extremes.

The Independent UK

In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a dash for safety

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Biden tours Maui and vows support as 114 confirmed dead

850 people are still missing after the devastating wildfires as president and first lady visit the town of Lahaina. Plus, why sweat is our secret superpower

The Independent UK

Maui confronts challenge of finding those unaccounted for after deadly fire

Maui authorities say more than 800 people remain unaccounted for two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed the community of Lahaina

Al Jazeera

US President Biden tours aftermath of deadly Maui fires, visits Lahaina

Visit comes 13 days after Hawaiian island experienced deadliest US fire in more than a century, killing at least 114.

WEKU

In Maui, 850 people are still unaccounted for

The list of unaccounted for once contained more than 2,000 names, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said. The death toll rose to 115 people Monday.

Al Jazeera

Hawaii says 850 missing after Maui wildfires ahead of Biden visit

Wildfires on Maui have killed at least 114 people, but emergency workers are still searching through the destruction.

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Ex-UFC champ Max Holloway says Hawaii government’s response to Maui fires ‘failed the people of Lahaina’

When former UFC cham Max Holloway thinks about the Maui wild fires that leveled Lahaina town, he's overcome with heartbreak and anger.

WEKU

Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything'

Officials in Hawaii are scrambling to support the enormous and growing mental health needs of Maui residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history

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