The institute’s next focus under the current state contract is working with the Maui Fire and Public Safety Department to develop a community risk assessment, community risk reduction plan and a ...

MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News ... While Lonokailua-Hewett didn’t lose his own home to the fire, he did lose an elder in his family to the blaze and 26 of his relatives lost their homes. " ...

WAILUKU, Hawaii--Several thousand Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as the Lahaina fire swept across the island, killing at least 36 people and burning parts of a centuries-old town.

Maui County fire officials are moving forward with plans to provide a wildfire buffer zone around Maui Meadows in South Maui. County Fire spokesman Chris Stankis said buffers are being developed ...

8, 2023, Lahaina fire, which killed 102 people, caused $5.5 billion in damage, left thousands homeless and decimated Maui’s visitor industry. Read more ...

"We didn't want to move, we didn't want to leave at all," Maui fire survivor Brendan Sheppard said. Sheppard and his family decided to move to Florida after losing their home to the Lahaina fire.

Moore said another key data takeaway is that “a lot of fire-impacted people are still in Maui,” which “suggests there is an opportunity to get them to stay. And so I think this makes it all ...

Jae C. Hong/Associated Press On August 8, 2023, Maui was hit with four wildfires across the island, with one of them being the most deadly U.S. wildfire in over a century. The fires burned a total ...

An analysis of state tax filing addresses brings long-awaited answers on just how many Maui residents have migrated since the 2023 wildfires. The University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization ...

But three times the number of residents relocated from Lahaina to other parts of Maui as a result of fires, researchers found. The overall population of Maui has dropped by at least 1,000 ...

Maui has belatedly opened such an office. In April 2024, the county opened a privately run Recovery Permitting Center, which has helped speed things up. Even before the fires, wait times at the ...