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16.08 / 16:59
Reuters
Airlines
Maui wildfire: Lahaina residents feeling outraged as tourists enjoy holiday amid rising death toll
Reuters, authorities and businesses have welcomed the trickle of travelers, saying it will lessen the blow to the island's economy, which relies heavily on tourism. The tourism industry is Maui's “economic engine", generating 80% of its wealth, said the report citing the island's economic development board.
16.08 / 02:17
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US President Joe Biden breaks silence on Hawaii wildfire, forgets Maui's name
Joe Biden on Tuesday finally broke his silence on the deadly Hawaii wildfires that killed over 80 people in Maui, the most-affected island whose name was missing in his speech yesterday, according to a report published by The New York Post. His address came after facing harsh criticism for spending Sunday on the beach and refusing to comment on the situation of the Hawaii blaze when media persons asked about it.
15.08 / 19:59
15.08 / 05:15
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Lahaina residents worry a rebuilt Maui town could slip into the hands of affluent outsiders
The cost to live in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui keeps rising thanks to a chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants snatching up properties
14.08 / 17:15
14.08 / 16:31
13.08 / 05:35
WestJet
Canadian evacuees tell of chaos in Maui ‘war zone’
Maui have told of harrowing scenes during their escape from the fire-devastated Hawaiian island.Among the evacuees was British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Matthew Taylor, who drove through the ruined town of Lahaina on Thursday and said it resembled a “war zone.”Taylor, who arrived in Vancouver Friday morning on an Air Canada ferry flight, said buildings on both sides of the highway out of Lahaina had been “razed to the ground.”“Driving through Lahaina was absolutely shocking. It was really, really sad,” Taylor said.Officials in Hawaii say at least 67 people died this week after wildfires erupted on Maui in the state’s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people.Gov.
13.08 / 03:03
Racing
Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years
The newly released figure surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a number of rural communities, destroying thousands of homes and killing hundreds.
13.08 / 00:51
Hawaiian
country
Maui wildfires: Death toll reaches 80 as rescuers continue search ops
At least 80 people have been killed amid deadly wildfires in the Hawaiian island of Maui this week. Hundreds of homes were reduced homes to ash with emergency workers scrambling to find temporary housing for survivors on Saturday. Cadaver-sniffing dogs were deployed with the search parties and officials warn that the death toll is likely to rise.
12.08 / 17:19
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Maui wildfires: Apple's Emergency SOS via satellite comes to the rescue, saves family
iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite feature helped save a family in Maui (an island in Hawaii, US) that was caught in a wildfire spreading across the region. Michael Miraflor, a user on X (formerly Twitter) said that five people related to his brother's girlfriend were caught in a vehicle in Maui after the wildfires surrounded them. There was no cell service available at their location, so they used Emergency SOS to communicate with first responders.
12.08 / 06:17
11.08 / 08:43
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How to help or donate in response to the deadly wildfire in Maui
Many people are looking for ways to help the response to the deadly wildfires that swept through the Hawaiian island of Maui even as emergency operations continue on Thursday
11.08 / 01:21
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‘Billionaire Bunker’: Jeff Bezos buys $68 million mansion on Florida’s exclusive Indian Creek Island
real estate empire. The Amazon.com Inc. founder, and the world’s third-richest person, agreed to pay $68 million for an estate in Indian Creek, a man-made barrier island in the larger Miami area, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
10.08 / 18:57
Avoid non-essential travel to Maui, Canada says as wildfires rage
Canadians are being warned to avoid non-essential travel to Maui as wildfires continue to torch the Pacific island.
10.08 / 18:47
10.08 / 14:21
Citi
Alaska Air delays some Hawaii flights due to Maui wildfires
(Reuters) — Alaska Air (NYSE:ALK) Group said on Thursday it was delaying some flights to Hawaii because of wildfires in the region.
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