Shark bites off leg of 61-year-old surfer His leg was ‘completely severed just below the knee’, Maui County said The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2024
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells AP a $4 billion settlement for 2023 Maui wildfire could come next week Hawaii Gov. Josh Green says the parties in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024
Maui ponders its future as leaders consider restricting vacation rentals loved by tourists The mayor of Maui County in Hawaii wants to stop owners of thousands of vacation properties from renting to visitors The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024
Maui County Lawsuit Alleges Negligence In Cellphone Outages Maui County officials sue major cellular carriers for negligence during deadly wildfires, alleging failure to inform about outages impacting emergency resp... Top News · May 3, 2024
Maui County To Open Expedited Permitting Center In Lahaina Maui County officials launch Permitting Center to expedite rebuilding post-wildfire in Lahaina, aiding displaced residents. Top News · Mar 9, 2024
Hawaii agrees to hand over site to Maui County for wildfire landfill and memorial Hawaii’s land board says it will hand over state land on Maui to be used for a wildfire memorial and fire debris disposal The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2023
Mayor says West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 after fire and workers are ready to return Maui County's mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023
Maui County police find additional remains, raising Lahaina wildfire death toll to 99 The death toll for the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century has increased by one, to 99, after Maui County police found additional remains in Lahaina The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023
AP Exclusive: 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire reveal terror and panic in the rush to escape Hawaii's Maui County has released audio of 911 calls made during a deadly August wildfire in response to a public records request from The Associated Press The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Fear and confusion mark key moments of Lahaina residents' 911 calls during deadly wildfire Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
Maui County releases audio of 911 calls from deadly wildfire after request from The Associated Press Maui County has released audio of 911 calls from a deadly August wildfire in response to a public record request from The Associated Press The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023
How did the Maui fire spread so quickly? Overgrown gully may be key to the investigation Melted remains of an old car tire The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023
Things to know about aid, lawsuits and tourism nearly a month after fire leveled a Hawaii community It's been nearly a month since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people in Hawaii The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023
Hawaiian Electric pushes back on claims of negligence after Maui wildfires Utility company rejects Maui County lawsuit accusing it of contributing to deadly blazes that tore through communities. Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023 Maui has released the names of 388 people still missing after deadly wildfire Maui County has released the names of 388 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century
Al Jazeera · Aug 25, 2023 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.
Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2023 Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric power company over deadly wildfires Witness accounts say power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in hurricane winds
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023 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’
WEKU · Aug 25, 2023 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.
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023 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 · Aug 23, 2023 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
WEKU · Aug 21, 2023 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.
WEKU · Aug 18, 2023 The embattled leader of Maui County's Emergency Management Agency has resigned Herman Andaya has faced increasing scrutiny following last week's fires in Lahaina that killed more than 110 people. He's defended his decision not to activate emergency sirens as the town burned.
The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2023 Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 106, as county begins releasing names Maui County released the names of two people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina Tuesday evening, as the death toll rose to 106
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023 Map of Maui wildfires: Where are the Hawaii fires? Deadly fires have raged across Pacific state for almost a week, devastating historic towns and forcing thousands of locals and tourists to be evacuated