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News Articles: Hawaii

The Hawaii National Guard checks on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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  • National

First of thousands of Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by deadly wildfire

In the days after the Aug. 8 wildfire, some people were able to return to their properties to evaluate the damage. But since then, the burned area has been off-limits to all but authorized workers.

September 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A man walks through wildfire wreckage Aug. 11, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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  • National

DNA tests lower the death toll in Maui fire to 97

Officials previously said at least 115 people had died in the fire, but further testing showed they had multiple DNA samples from some of the victims. The number of those who are missing fell to 31.

September 16, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Modular container homes are set up in Kahului, Hawaii. A pop-up village of the buildings is in the process of being created by a local organization, the Family Life Center.

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  • National

Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home

In Hawaii, people who lost their homes to wildfires could soon be living in a pop-up village, with space for around 250 people.

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Charred remains of homes are visible following a wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2023.

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  • National

The number of people missing following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66

The new tally of 66 people still missing represents a significant drop from a week earlier, when authorities said 385 remained unaccounted for. The confirmed death toll remains at 115.

September 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A few tourists stand under a rainbow as the clouds clear at Haleakalā on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Though much of the island is untouched, tourism is down drastically.

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  • National

On Maui, a desperate plea to tourists: Please return

When the deadly wildfires ignited on Maui, tourists were turned away. Three weeks later, business owners are eager for them visit — responsibly.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler
Pro surfers organized a Saturday morning surf session to help kids do something they love at Ho'okipa Beach on the island's north shore. It's about an hour's drive from Lahaina.

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  • National

Maui's surf pros paddle out with kids from Lahaina for a healing surf session

Families displaced by wildfire get a welcome reprieve as a surf session for kids and families gave them a chance for a normal Saturday.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Claire Harbage
Activist Kekai Keahi says Native Hawaiian trauma over losing land goes back generations to when the U.S. overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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  • National

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.

August 26, 2023
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  • Jennifer Ludden
A poster seeking help finding a man not seen after the Lahaina fire is taped to a store window. The number of people reported as "not accounted for" has changed drastically this week.

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  • National

Maui officials release 388 names of people unaccounted for in Maui fire

The names were released after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.

August 26, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell and
  • Ravenna Koenig
Lieutenant Ryan Edgar (left) is with the 93rd CBRN Enterprise Response Force, Commander Frank Sebastian is with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Sgt. Manuel Soco is with a U.S. Army search and extraction team. Authorities are pleading with the public to be patient as forensics teams work to identify the remains after the deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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  • National

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.

August 25, 2023
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  • Kirk Siegler
The fire that devastated historic Lahaina in western Maui left a red-roofed house relatively unscathed. Its owner says he wants to open the house to the neighborhood to help the rebuilding process.

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  • National

'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."

August 24, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Five-year-old cousins Layla and Mila Cabanilla Okano are among the many children staying with members of their extended family at one property on Maui in the wake of the wildfires.

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  • National

After the fires on Maui, one home shelters 87 people

Those displaced by the fires have found temporary quarters in hotels and with family and friends. One host opened their home to 87 evacuees, most of them from one extended family.

August 23, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen and
  • Deanne Fitzmaurice
Pastor Estrella Arquero leads Koinonia Pentecostal Church with her husband. There are at least 20 church members sleeping in the parish hall because they lost their homes in the fire.

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  • National

A Filipino congregation took in its own members after their Lahaina homes burned

The devastating fires on Maui burned more than 2,000 homes and buildings in Lahaina. Many churches have taken in their congregants because they have nowhere to go.

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
Uilani (left) and Keeamoku Kapu run the Na 'Aikane o Maui Cultural and Research Center which was burned to the ground in the wildfires so they set up this grassroots community distribution center in Lahaina. They are on the phone here taking a call from Oprah about supplies she will be delivering.

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  • National

Priceless connections to Hawaii's ancient past were lost when cultural center burned

As people grapple with more than 100 people who died in the Lahaina fire on Maui, they're still trying to understand the loss of priceless artifacts and their connections to the island's ancient past.

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Jonaki Mehta
Luz Vargas, 45, lost her son Kenyero Fuentes in the fire in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 8. He was found in the remnants of their burned home. His 15th birthday would have been this Sunday.

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  • National

A mother raced to save her son from the Maui fires. She couldn't reach him

When everyone was trying to escape the flames in Lahaina, Luz Vargas ran toward them: Her son was home alone. Days later she found his body. Sunday would have been his 15th birthday.

August 18, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
Niko Sena, right, hugs a friend who has been helping with the effort.

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  • National

On Maui, another fire is burning but capturing less attention than Lahaina

While the world focuses on the devastation in West Maui and the destruction of the historic community of Lahaina, another wildfire is still burning in the hills some 25 miles away in Kula.

August 18, 2023
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  • Deanne Fitzmaurice and
  • Eric Westervelt
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