2023 Hawaii wildfires
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| 2023 Hawaii wildfires | |
|---|---|
From top, left to right: Lahaina • Lahaina Banyan Court Park • Front Street • Lahaina Harbor | |
| Location | Hawaii |
| Statistics | |
| Total fires | 3+ |
| Total area | 14,000+ acres (5,556+ ha) [1] |
| Cost | Unknown |
| Date(s) | August 8, 2023 |
| Cause | Unknown |
| Buildings destroyed | 1,700+[1] |
| Deaths | 53[1] |
| Non-fatal injuries | 26+ |
A group of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii in early August 2023. They were mostly on the island of Maui, with small fires on Hawaiʻi. They caused a lot of people to be evacuated and caused a lot of damage. The wildfires killed at least 90 people in Lahaina.[2]
An emergency proclamation was signed on August 8. It allowed multiple actions. These included activation of the National Guard, appropriate actions by the director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and the Administrator of Emergency Management, and using state money to deal with conditions created by the fires.[3] On August 9, the state government of Hawaii issued a state of emergency for the whole state.[2] On August 10, President Joe Biden issued a federal major disaster declaration.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Maui County raises death toll to 53; Green expects it will climb 'significantly'". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. August 10, 2023. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shalvey, Kevin; Arancio, Victoria; El-Bawab, Nadine; Deliso, Meredith (August 9, 2023). "'I was trapped': Maui fire survivors speak out as emergency declared". ABC News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Office of the Governor – News Release – Emergency Proclamation for Maui Air Travel and Hurricane Dora". governor.hawaii.gov. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ↑ Klein, Priscilla Alvarez,Betsy (August 10, 2023). "Biden says 'every asset that we have will be available' to Hawaii residents affected by wildfires | CNN Politics". CNN. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
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