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Maui fires: More than 1,000 still missing as search continues"

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"Maui fires: More than1 1,000 still missing as search continues"

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TIMELINE: This is how the Lahaina disaster unfolded, hour by hour

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It’s been over a week since wildfires ravaged Maui, decimating historic Lahaina town and becoming the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in 100 years.

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California woman named as first tourist among victims of Maui wildfires - live

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Authorities have confirmed 115 deaths following the deadliest wildfire in more than a century in the United States

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KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 9 (Reuters) - At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island, the Maui County said in a statement late on Wednesday.

Multiple neighborhoods were burnt to the ground as the western side of the island was nearly cut off, with only one highway open and thousands to evacuate as officials told of widespread devastation to Lahaina, its harbor and surrounding areas.

Some people fled into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames.

"We just had the worst disaster I've ever seen. All of Lahaina is burnt to a crisp. It's like an apocalypse," said Lahaina resident Mason Jarvi, who escaped from the city.

Jarvi showed Reuters pictures he took of the ashen-colored destruction along the Lahaina waterfront. Wearing shorts, he also showed blisters on his thigh that he said he suffered when riding through flames on his electric bike to save his dog.

Officials said the winds from Hurricane Dora, hundreds of miles to the southwest, had fanned the flames across the state.

The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency said late on Wednesday that the National Weather Service has canceled the "Red Flag Warning" and "High Wind Advisory" for all Hawaiian islands.

But Maui County officials said firefighting efforts were ongoing. They did not provide any other details.

Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke told a press conference officials were still assessing the damage.

"It will be a long road to recovery," she said.

Aerial video showed pillars of smoke rising from block after block of Lahaina, the largest tourist destination on Maui and home to multiple large hotels.

"It's like an area was bombed. It's like a war zone," said helicopter pilot Richard Olsten, according to Hawaii News Now.

With firefighters battling three major blazes, western Maui was closed to all but emergency workers and evacuees.

Some 271 structures were damaged or destroyed, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported, citing official reports from flyovers conducted by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department.

The fires, which started Tuesday night, also scorched parts of the Big Island of Hawaii. The state said thousands of acres burned.

TOURISTS FLEE

More than 11,000 travelers were evacuated from Maui, Ed Sniffen of the Hawaii Department of Transportation said late on Wednesday. Though at least 16 roads were closed, the Maui airport was operating fully and airlines were dropping fares and offering waivers to get people off the island, Sniffen had said earlier in the day.

"We have now opened Honopilani Highway and Lahaina Bypass, which was shut down for most of the day to make sure that we get everybody to the airport," he added.

Panicked evacuees posted images on social media showing clouds of smoke billowing over once-idyllic beaches and palm trees.

"I was the last one off the dock when the firestorm came through the banyan trees and took everything with it. And I just ran out and helped everyone I could along the way," said Dustin Johnson, who was in Lahaina Harbor working for a charter boat company that offers two-hour tours. He spoke from Kahului Airport, normally a 25-minute drive east of Lahaina.

Some people were forced to jump into the Pacific Ocean to escape the smoke and fire conditions, prompting the U.S. Coast Guard to rescue them, according to a Maui County press release.

Officials said they were looking into witness reports of people being trapped in their cars.

"Local people have lost everything. They've lost their house. They've lost their animals. It's devastating," said Jimmy Tokioka, director of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

At least 20 people suffered serious burns and were airlifted to Oahu, Hawaii News Now reported, citing officials.

Evacuation efforts were complicated by power outages and disruption to cell phone service, as communication with the west side of Maui was only available via satellite, Lieutenant Governor Luke said.

"We have shelters that are overrun. We have resources that are being taxed," she added.

SUMMER OF WILDFIRES

The situation in Hawaii recalled scenes of devastation elsewhere in the world this summer, as wildfires caused by record-setting heat forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Greece, Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe, and western Canada suffered unusually severe fires.

Human-caused climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, is increasing the frequency and intensity of such extreme weather events, scientists say, having long warned that government officials must slash emissions to prevent climate catastrophe.

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The White House issued a message of condolence from President Joe Biden, who praised the work of firefighters and ordered "all available Federal assets on the Islands to help with response."

The National Guard, U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard were mobilized, while the U.S. Department of Transportation aided evacuation efforts, Biden said.

The cause in Maui had yet to be determined but the National Weather Service said the fires were fueled by a mix of dry vegetation, strong winds, and low humidity.

Reporting by Marco Garcia in Kahului; Additional reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta, Brendan O'Brien in Chicago, Julia Harte in New York, and Anirudh Saligrama in Bengaluru; Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Aurora Ellis, Sandra Maler, Shri Navaratnam and Alex Richardson

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At least 36 people have died after wildfires, fanned by winds from a faraway hurricane, devastated much of the resort city Lahaina on Hawaii's Maui island, the Maui County said in a statement late on Wednesday.

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Deadly wildfires in Hawaii, which killed over 100 people and forced thousands to evacuate, were fueled by a mix of land and atmospheric conditions that can create "fire weather." A massive blaze destroyed much of the historic town of Lahaina, on Maui, and the search for victims continued as hundreds remained missing.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said a few days after the fires broke out that there was "very little left" of Lahaina, where more than 2,700 structures have been destroyed in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Green said he expects the death toll to keep climbing.

"There are more fatalities that will come," Green told CBS News. "The fire was so hot that what we find is the tragic finding that you would imagine, as though a fire has come through and it's hard to recognize anybody."

Nearly two weeks after the blazes first spread, more than 800 people were still missing, and many of them could be children, Lahaina's mayor said.

While Maui grapples with the devastating losses and officials work to implement relief and recovery plans, many people have raised questions about how the fires began and whether anything could have been done to prevent such a disaster.

What caused the Maui fire?

An investigation is underway to determine what initially sparked the wildfires, and the cause has not been officially determined. Investigators are looking into whether downed power lines and decisions by Hawaiian Electric, the state's primary power company, played a role.

Much of Hawaii was under a red flag warning for fire risk when the wildfires broke out, with dangerous high wind conditions caused by Hurricane Dora, a Category 4 storm that was moving across the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles south of the Hawaiian islands.

"We don't know what actually ignited the fires, but we were made aware in advance by the National Weather Service that we were in a red flag situation - so that's dry conditions for a long time, so the fuel, the trees and everything, was dry," Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, commander general of the Hawaii Army National Guard, said at a briefing Wednesday, Aug. 9. That, along with low humidity and high winds, "set the conditions for the wildfires," he said.

The earliest blaze reported by Maui County officials was described as a brush fire in the Olinda Road area of Kula, a town in the island's Upcountry region, where wildfires eventually burned through about 700 acres and claimed 19 homes. On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Maui County shared the first details about a Kula brush fire that had forced evacuations early that morning.

A video clipped from security camera footage at the Maui Bird Conservation Center - located along Olinda Road in Makawao, directly adjacent to Kula - appears to show a flash in the woods around their property at 10:47 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 7. The Washington Post originally reported on the video, which the conservation center shared to its Instagram page over the weekend. In that social media post, Jennifer Pribble, a senior research coordinator at the organization, suggested the flash may have happened after a tree fell on a power line during strong winds.

"I think that is when a tree is falling on a power line," Pribble said on Instagram. "The power goes out, our generator kicks in, the camera comes back online, and then the forest is on fire."

Echoing wildfire experts, Gov. Green said on Aug. 11 that he believes a confluence of weather conditions contributed to the ignition and spread of the blazes.

"It is a product, in my estimation, of certainly global warming combined with drought, combined with a super storm, where we had a hurricane offshore several hundred miles, still generating large winds," Green told CNN.

"The winds were just getting out of control. Power lines were down everywhere.," Maui resident J.D. Hessemer, who owned a business in Lahaina, later told "CBS Mornings." "We just decided it was not safe to stay around for the day."

The National Weather Service noted in a tweet before the fires started that significant differences in atmospheric pressure between the hurricane and the air north of Hawaii formed a pressure gradient over the islands which, when combined with dry conditions, posed a serious threat of fires as well as damaging winds.

"While Hurricane Dora passes well south with no direct impacts here, the strong pressure gradient between it & the high pressure to the north creates a threat of damaging winds & fire weather (due to ongoing dry conditions) from early Mon to Wed," the agency said at the time.

Claims surfaced in the following days that Hawaiian Electric, which operates Maui Electric and services 95% of the state overall, did not implement precautionary safety measures included in an emergency plan to reduce wildfire risks ahead of the storm. Citing documents, a Washington Post report noted that the provider did not shut off electricity to areas where strong winds were expected and could spark flames.

A spokesperson for Maui Electric told CBS News in a statement that some steps were taken to mitigate the possibility of fires sparking before hurricane winds arrived.

"Hawaiian Electric has a robust wildfire mitigation and grid resiliency program that includes vegetation management, grid hardening investments and regular inspection of our assets," the company's statement said. "The company has protocols that may be used when high winds are expected, including not enabling the automatic reclosure of circuits that may open during a weather event. This was done before the onset of high winds. ... At this early stage, no cause for the fire has been determined."

Jennifer Potter, a former member of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, told the news site Honolulu Civil Beat that she believes "there should have been greater alarms raised" by the commission to Hawaiian Electric as forecasts began to warn of the hazardous wind conditions. Potter said the utilities commission should have pushed the electric company to implement a power shut-down protocol ahead of time to mitigate wildfire risks, noting that Hawaii has seen a rise in both the size and intensity of fires in recent years.

Maui County announced on Aug. 28 it had sued Hawaiin Electric and several of its subsidiaries, alleging the utility failed to power down its equipment as the storm was approaching and that downed, energized power lines ignited the blazes.

"The lawsuit also alleges failure to maintain the system and power grid, which caused the systemic failures starting three different fires," the county said in a statement.

Firefighting efforts and emergency response

A number of agencies were called to respond to wildfires on Maui as the blazes spread rapidly over the island on Tuesday, Aug. 8, although weather conditions linked to Hurricane Dora hindered some of those efforts. National Guard helicopters activated as part of the state's emergency response to the wildfires were grounded as the wind gusts picked up that evening.

A state emergency proclamation authorized the deployment of National Guard troops and extended the state of emergency. President Biden approved a federal disaster declaration on Thursday, Aug. 10.

Maui's warning sirens were not triggered as the fast-moving fires began to spread. Instead, the county used emergency alerts sent to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations.

When asked by reporters on Aug. 16 whether he regretted not activating the sirens, Herman Andaya, the former chief of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, responded "I do not."

"The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the sirens are sounded," Andaya said, noting that the sirens are generally used to warn of tsunamis or approaching storms.

"Had we sounded the sirens that night, we were afraid that people would have gone mauka (mountainside), and if that was the case, they would have gone into the fire," Andaya said. "So that is the reason why, it is our protocol, to use WEA [Wireless Emergency Alerts] and EAS [the Emergency Alert System]."

Andaya explained that the agency's "internal protocol" for wildfires is to use both WEA - text alerts sent to cell phones - and the EAS, which are alerts sent to television and radio.

"In a wildland fire incident, the (siren) system has not been used, either in Maui or in other jurisdictions around the state," Andaya said.

However, with power knocked out in the area and no television or radio, residents reported receiving no text alerts or television or radio notifications.

Making matters worse, residents said the fire hydrants ran out of water, hindering firefighters' ability to contain the blazes. FEMA officials confirmed there was an issue that affected the hydrants' water supply.

Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez announced Aug. 11 that her agency would conduct a "comprehensive review of critical decision-making and standing policies leading up to, during, and after the wildfires."

What about Hawaii's warning sirens?

Hawaii has a statewide outdoor warning siren system, which can be used to notify residents ahead of natural disasters or human-caused events, including tsunamis, hurricanes, dam breaches, flooding, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, terrorist threats and hazardous material incidents, according to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

However, the island's warning sirens were not activated on Aug. 8. Addressing reporters on Aug. 16, Herman Andaya, chief of the Maui Emergency Management Agency, defended his decision not to activate the sirens.

"The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the sirens are sounded," Andaya said, noting that the sirens are generally used to warn of tsunamis or approaching storms.

"Had we sounded the sirens that night, we were afraid that people would have gone mauka (mountainside), and if that was the case, they would have gone into the fire," Andaya said. "So that is the reason why, it is our protocol, to use WEA [Wireless Emergency Alerts] and EAS [the Emergency Alert System]."

WEAs are text alerts sent to cell phones and the EAS uses television and radio, Andaya explained.

Hawaii's official government website lists "wildfires" as one of the hazards the siren alert system can be used for. However, with power knocked out in the area and no television or radio, residents reported receiving no text alerts or television or radio notifications.

In the wake of the criticism over the response to the fire, Andaya, who CBS News learned had no background in disaster response, resigned his position on Aug. 17 citing "health reasons." Green later said he wished "all the sirens went off."

"Everybody who has ever lived in Hawaii knows the warning sirens. It goes off once a month, every month, at 12 noon and it blares. And if it doesn't, it gets fixed because that is our first line of defense," Rep. Jill Tokuda of Hawaii said said Aug. 13 on "Face the Nation."

"The reality is, with those warning signs, it tells all of us to turn on the television or look on our phones or turn on the radio," she went on. "With how fast this burn was ... if you turned on your phone, if you turned on a radio, if you even could ... you would not know what the crisis was. You might think it's a tsunami, by the way, which is our first instinct. You would run towards land, which in this case would be towards fire."

As the fires raged, crews rescued 17 people who jumped into the Lahaina harbor in an effort to escape the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said. On Front Street, a popular tourist destination, business owner Alan Dickar described seeing buildings on both sides of the street "engulfed" in flames. "There were no fire trucks at that point; I think the fire department was overwhelmed," Dickar told CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB-TV.

Speaking later to CBS News' Patrick Torphy, he added: "Maui can't handle this. ... A lot of people just lost their jobs because a lot of businesses burned. A lot of people lost their homes. ... This is going to be devastating for Maui."

How do wildfires usually start?

Almost 85% of wildfires in the United States are caused by humans, according to the National Park Service. Fires that are sparked this way can result accidentally from leaving campfires unattended, burning debris, using various kinds of equipment and discarding cigarettes improperly. Intentional acts of arson are another source of human-caused wildfires, the agency says.

Lightning and volcanic activity are two natural causes of wildfires, although officials note that lightning strikes are a much more common catalyst.

Certain weather can ignite and help spread fires, with strong winds, low relative humidity, unstable atmospheric conditions and thunderstorms contributing to what meteorologists call "fire weather," said Nick Nauslar, a meteorologist and former weather forecaster at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center, in a 2018 FAQ published by the agency.

Most often, lightning strikes a tree and ignites a fire, but strong winds can also spark power lines that go on to ignite wildfires when there is dry brush or grass in the area, according to NOAA, which says wildfires can spread quickly in hot, dry and windy conditions - especially when those conditions happen simultaneously. The wildfire season has been severe in Canada and across North America this year, as warm and dry conditions persist while various sections of the continent experience record heat and drought as a result of climate change.

Maui Fire officials had warned in an alert issued Tuesday, Aug. 8, that "erratic wind, challenging terrain, steep slopes and dropping humidity, the direction and the location of the fire conditions make it difficult to predict path and speed of a wildfire." It noted that "fires can start at a far distance from their source" when wind pushes embers upward and sparks are ignited downwind.

"The fire can be a mile or more from your house, but in a minute or two, it can be at your house," said Fire Assistant Chief Jeff Giesea in a statement included in the alert. "Burning airborne materials can light fires a great distance away from the main body of fire."

Where are the fires in Maui?

The Lahaina wildfire was one of four blazes that broke out on Maui on Aug. 8, scorching a combined 10.4 square miles. Three of the four fires were still burning as of Aug. 27.

Two of the fires had originally been referred to as a single blaze, the Upcountry/Kula fire. But Maui County officials said on Aug. 17 they were determined to be two fires with "distinct origins" and, moving forward, they would be reported separately as the Olinda and Kula fires, officials said.

Those two fires broke out on the eastern side of the island and have destroyed 19 homes. Terrain surrounding the fires in the Upcountry region made extinguishing the flames difficult, and firefighters battling those two blazes were still dealing with "hot spots in gulches, forests and other hard-to-reach places," more than a week after the fires began.

The Olinda Fire has scorched 1,081 acres and was 85% contained as of Aug. 27, while the Kula Fire burned about 202 acres and was 90% contained, officials said.

The Lahaina fire, which has burned 2,170 acres, was 90% contained on Aug. 27.

The county has noted that even when a fire is 100% contained, that does not mean it has been extinguished but that firefighters had it "fully surrounded by a perimeter."

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Dry conditions and strong wind fueled wildfires on the Big Island and Maui, where blazes spread in Lahaina as well as inland.

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As crews began to assess the damage from the deadly wildfires that killed dozens on the Hawaiian island of Maui, satellite images show the extent of the devastation.

Massive blazes broke out and spread rapidly on Maui and the Big Island earlier this week, as strong winds generated by Hurricane Dora - a distant Category 4 hurricane traveling across the Pacific hundreds of miles south of the island chain - and dry conditions on land created an environment where wildfires can ignite and grow more easily, according to the National Weather Service. Officials said Wednesday that the exact cause of the fires was still unknown.

The West Maui town of Lahaina, a popular tourist destination and commercial hub with a long and rich cultural history, was hit especially hard by . Aerial video footage and satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies offered a harrowing look at the destruction.

People dove into the water at Lahaina Harbor while trying to escape the smoke and encroaching flames on Tuesday. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed later that crews rescued 17 people from the harbor, all of whom were reported to be stable.

Side-by-side images of Lahaina, taken before the blaze and on Wednesday after it tore through, showed the once lush area badly burned, with the harbor and building rooftops along the shoreline appearing visibly charred.

As wind and heavy smoke that previously grounded National Guard helicopters abated somewhat on Wednesday afternoon, flyovers by the U.S. Civil Air Patrol and the Maui Fire Department showed hundreds of structures were damaged, Maui County officials said. The damage was described as "widespread" in West Maui, where Lahaina is located.

Front Street, a central part of the town with a high concentration of businesses, was "completely burned," Lahaina resident Kekoa Lansford told CBS Honolulu affiliate KGMB-TV.

"We need help. A lot of help. We got to get people down here. We need funds allocated for fixing our home(s). We are out here working," Lansford said.

The Pacific Disaster Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency estimated Friday that more than 2,200 structures had been damaged or destroyed.

In addition to the widespread destruction in Lahaina, wildfires also affected communities inland in Maui's Upcountry region and spread Wednesday along the island's southwestern coast near Kihei.

"On behalf of the U.S. Coast Guard, I wish to convey my sincere condolences to the communities who have been tragically affected by the fires in Maui," said Capt. Aja L. Kirksey, Sector Commander of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu, in a statement. "Our collaboration with partner agencies and neighboring jurisdictions remains steadfast, as we unite our resources, knowledge, and equipment to ensure responder and public safety and amplify the impact of our response efforts."

Thousands of people were evacuated from impacted areas this week while travelers slept in the Kahului Airport. Hawaiian Airlines continued to operate flights into and out of Maui's Kahului Airport "in support of essential travel" and "coordinating with the state, county and nonprofits to transport first responders, equipment and supplies to Maui," the airline said.

Public health officials said that Maui Memorial Medical Center said has been treating patients since Tuesday night for burns, smoke inhalation and other fire-related injuries.
-The Associated Press contributed reporting.

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Map, satellite images show where Hawaii fires burned throughout Lahaina, Maui

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Before-and-after images reveal the scale of destruction from the fast-moving wildfires that devastated the island of Maui, killing dozens.

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Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed at least 114 people, destroyed more than 2,700 structures in Lahaina and forced hundreds to evacuate. Thousands of residents are without power.

It's the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century.

The fires started Aug. 8 and fanned out across the island, growing in size and destructive power. Hawaii declared a state of emergency on Aug. 9.

Although wildfires have quadrupled in Hawaii in recent decades, causes of the fires haven't been determined. But a combination of weather factors generated what the National Weather Service calls " red flag " conditions in which fires are likely to start and spread.

In Hawaii, those factors include:

Gusting winds

Low humidity

Lack of rainfall

Dry vegetation

Winds: Gusting winds spread and channel wildfires by increasing the oxygen supply to the flames and carrying burning material ahead of the fire.

Hurricane Dora, a Category 4 storm hundreds of miles south of the islands, generated maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, with gusts up to 170 mph, AccuWeather reported.

Wind gusts on Hawaiian islands

Dora did not directly hit the islands, but it helped set up conditions ripe for a disaster, the National Weather Service said. A high-pressure system developed north of the islands, resulting in gradient winds between the high pressure and Dora, a low-pressure system. That increased wind gusts across the islands, with a peak gust of up to 67 mph early Wednesday in Maui.

Humidity: Hawaii is experiencing low humidity levels. Relative humidity, the amount of water vapor in the air at a set temperature, also affects wildfires. If humidity is low, vegetation such as grass and pine needles dries out more quickly and becomes more combustible.

Rainfall in Hawaii has declined significantly over the past 30 years, the state government says. About 90% of Hawaii receives less rain than it did a century ago.

Drought levels in Hawaii

Dry vegetation: The spread of invasive plants such as guinea grass and fountain grass have helped spread fires. The grasses now cover a large portion of Hawaii.
CONTRIBUTING Claire Thornton and Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY
SOURCE USA TODAY Network reporting and research; Associated Press; National Weather Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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A combination of weather-related factors led to one of the most deadly and destructive wildfires in Hawaii's history.

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Today I will be researching the fires that happened in Lahaina, Hawaii last Wednesday. Unfortunately, a lot of people died and lost their homes because of the fires also the whole town burned down. The article https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/hawaii-fires-conspiracy-theories-tech-firms-content-failure
says that "The fire was started by a secret energy weapon".
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Today I will be researching about the fires that happened in Lahaina, Hawaii last Wednesday. Unfortunately  a lot of people died and lost their homes as the whole town burned down . In the article Hawaii  says  850 missing after Maui wildfires ahead of Biden visit , the author states, That some people got injured because the fire. This example provides evedents that the Lahaina, Hawaii fire was so big . This sentence mean that it was so big that people died , got injured,and lost there homes.   https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/21/hawaii-official-says-850-on-wildfire-missing-list-ahead-of-biden-visit

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Today I will be researching about the fires that happened in Lahaina Hawai last Wednesday. People went outside to try and put out the fires some people even got burns. While someone was trying to put out a fire with water bottles a helicopter saw them and helped them put out a fire.

According to the article Hawai says 850 missing after Maui ahead of Biden visit the

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Emergency responders are still sifting through the devastation caused by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui as 850 names remain on a missing persons list.

The grim update comes ahead of a visit to the island by United States President Joe Biden on Monday. To date, 114 people have been confirmed dead in the fires, which were first sparked on August 8, according to Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen. At least 27 of the dead have been identified, he said.

In a video posted on Facebook on Monday, the mayor said the number of missing had decreased from 2,000.

"Over 1,285 individuals have been located safe. We are both saddened and relieved about these numbers," Bissen said, urging family members of those missing to provide DNA at a local collection centre.

"As we continue the recovery process the number identified will rise and the number of missing may decrease," he said.

The latest figures were released as authorities reported cadaver dogs and rescue workers had searched about 85 percent of the charred remains of Lahaina, a historic town of about 13,000 people destroyed by the blazes.

The fire in Lahaina, the largest on the island, was about 90 percent contained on Monday, according to Maui County officials, after having burned 8.8 square kilometres (3.4 square miles).

Another fire, in the central Kula area, charred 2.7sq km (a little more than 1sq mile) and was about 85 percent contained. Several smaller fires on the island have also been doused.

The Maui blazes are the deadliest US wildfires since 1918 when northern Minnesota's Cloquet Fire killed 453 people, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The deadliest wildfire in the country's history remains Wisconsin's Peshtigo fire in 1871, which killed 1,152 people.

The wildfires, which damaged more than 2,200 buildings, also represent the deadliest disaster in Hawaii since a tsunami killed 61 people in 1960, a year after the islands became a US state. The causes of the latest fires have not yet been determined.

Biden visit

Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, were set to arrive in Maui on Monday to meet first responders and be briefed by state and local officials about the ongoing response.

The president will tour Lahaina and deliver an address later in the day.

"I know how profoundly loss can impact a family and a community and I know nothing can replace the loss of life," Biden said in a statement ahead of the trip.

"I will do everything in my power to help Maui recover and rebuild from this tragedy. And throughout our efforts, we are focused on respecting sacred lands, cultures, and traditions."

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimated it will cost $5.5bn to rebuild Lahaina. FEMA has approved more than $7m in assistance to more than 2,200 households.

Meanwhile, some Maui residents have questioned whether more could have been done as the fires approached. Survivors said they had little warning ahead of the fires, which rapidly tore through Lahaina.

Some dove into the Pacific Ocean to escape the flames, which experts said likely spread particularly quickly because of months of low rainfall that dried out vegetation combined with unusually strong winds.

Many survivors have questioned why sirens stationed around the island, intended to warn of impending natural disasters, never sounded. Widespread power and mobile phone outages hampered other forms of alerting residents.

The head of Maui's emergency management agency resigned due to the criticism. Hawaii Governor Josh Green promised on Sunday to investigate the response and the island's emergency notification systems.

Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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Today I'll be researching about the fires that happened in Lahaina, Hawaii

In the article Hawaii wildfires: What caused deadliest US blazes in more than 100 years?,  the author states, "Investigators have yet to determine what first sparked the Lahaina fire on Aug. 8, but scientists say it is clear how flames managed to rush so quickly across the grasslands, through the plantation-era wooden buildings and up to the harbor in just a few hours. "

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Today I will be researching about the self driving cars in San Francisco California that are taxis from the company cruise. The cruise car crashed due to a festivel nearby  that jammed the electric car then the electric car crash into a car that was driving. In the article San Francisco may soon get 24/7 driverless cabs. City leaders are fuming, the author states, "On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon here, a driveless car jammed itself between a lane of traffic and a painted red curb for several minutes. " This incident provides proof that driverless taxis could be dangerous because they can get confused with red curves.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/01/san-francisco-self-driving-taxi-waymo-cruise/

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A Cruise autonomous vehicle with a driver moves through a San Francisco intersection last month. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO - On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon here, a driverless car jammed itself between a lane of traffic and a painted red curb for several minutes. The Waymo vehicle parked itself diagonally, its rear sticking into the travel lane, as it waited for three passengers to hop in.
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"These are very impressive machines, but they have a lot of kinks that haven't been ironed out," said San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who watched as a bus slinked around the car and caused a brief buildup of traffic.

San Francisco's winding, hilly and dense streets have been a prominent testing ground for new autonomous technologies, providing a glimpse into what a driverless future could look like in cities around the country as such vehicles become more widespread. But leaders here are fed up with the idea of being a guinea pig, saying the companies need to dramatically improve their AI-operated machines before rolling the technology out to the broader public.

Now the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is weighing whether to allow Waymo and Cruise to expand their operations to 24/7 paid passenger pickup anywhere in the city, from the current restrictions set by the state around payment and areas and hours of operation. If state regulators on July 13 approve the companies' permit requests, as has been widely expected, both companies will essentially operate as Uber and Lyft currently do in San Francisco - just without the drivers.

Tech reporter Heather Kelly says self-driving cars are annoying residents and amazing tourists in San Francisco. (Video: Monica Rodman/The Washington Post)

That would make San Francisco among the first cities in the country to offer such widespread service, and it would help solidify Waymo and Cruise as leaders in the internationallycompetitive industry of self-driving cars. It also would mark a major win for the companies, which argue that their technology operates largely without issue and could ultimately lead to safer streets in a city that experienced a spike of human-driver-related road fatalities in 2022.

But the city has little say in the matter, which is regulated by the state. Still, officials have written letters of protest to the state regulators, fixating on a recent spike in incidents: driverless cars that have snarled traffic, interrupted emergency scenes, disrupted bus routes, and clashed with bicycles and pedestrians.

"We've had them run over our fire hoses. We've had our hoses get caught in their axles. We've had them block fire engines, and we've had them come into live active fire scenes," said Jeanine Nicholson, chief of the San Francisco Fire Department. "We need something to change."

She said the fire department has logged 66 incidents since May 2022, and that their frequency is accelerating. She added that she is "certain that we have not logged all of them."

Nicholson fears even more havoc if state regulators approve the company's request for expansion. Because the state is in charge of regulating autonomous vehicles, city officials are left with few options other than to tally up these incidents, complain loudly and warn that it's only a matter of time before something catastrophic happens.

"I know this is the way the tech is going, and this is the way the industry is going, and that's fine," Nicholson said. "But don't shove it down our throats."

Though neither company would say exactly how many cars are on the city's streets, they have become a ubiquitous presence in San Francisco as the state gradually lifts restrictions. Cruise currently has a permit to charge for driverless passenger pickups and drop-offs in limited areas of the city from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The company also can offer free passenger service throughout the city at any time of day, with or without a safety driver. Waymo can charge for its rides throughout San Francisco with a safety driver present and can offer fully autonomous pickup and drop-off if the ride is free.

Waymo has been operating its driverless paid ride-hailing service in Phoenix. Autonomous vehicles can also be found in several other cities, including Los Angeles and Austin. San Francisco has been an attractive testing ground for the companies - demonstrating that if this technology can work on the challenging roads here, it can work anywhere.

The state commission originally planned to vote on the proposal June 29 but pushed the decision until July for "further review." (John Reynolds, a member of the commission, is the former managing counsel at Cruise.)

Terrie Prosper, a spokesperson for the CPUC, said in an email that as driverless cars continue to evolve and expand, the commission is "actively working" to put in place policies that would monitor the technology.

In a statement, Michelle Peacock, global head of public policy at Waymo, urged the state to consider the proposal as soon as possible and said that "every day of delay in deploying this live-saving technology has critical impacts on road safety."

"In over a million miles of fully autonomous operations, we had no collisions involving pedestrians or cyclists, and every vehicle-to-vehicle collision involved rule violations or dangerous behavior on the part of the human drivers," the statement said, referring to self-reported data detailed on the company's blog.

Hannah Lindow, spokesperson for Cruise, said it shares San Francisco's "vision of safer roads and will continue to look for ways to build toward that future in our regular meetings with" city officials.

As part of the conditions of operation in California, the companies are required to report certain information, such as mileage and collision events, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the California Department of Motor Vehicles and the CPUC.

Jeffrey Tumlin, director at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said current reporting doesn't go far enough. Tumlin said he wants additional information on more minor incidents - such as when a car veers into a bike or bus lane, stops short and disrupts traffic, or misinterprets directions from a traffic cop.

Without that data, he said, officials are left to cobble together their own from the fire and police departments, traffic cameras - and people who happen to capture incidents on their phones.

In June 2022, for example, an autonomous vehicle ran over a fire hose at an active emergency scene, according to an incident report from the fire department. Then, after a major rainstorm downed trees and some wires in a San Francisco neighborhood, an autonomous vehicle drove through the caution tape roping off the scene and entangled itself in the wires, according to a report written in March 2023.

Cruise and Waymo both said they have met with city leaders, with Waymo adding that it has provided the fire department with training on how to deal with cars at an emergency scene. Both companies pointed to the difference in life-threatening incidents vs. inconveniences.

While Tumlin said these cars are "amazing" and that he believes that one day they will advance traffic safety in San Francisco, they're currently more like a teenager on a learner's permit or his 82-year-old grandfather.

"We need to acknowledge that this is a technology in development, and we don't expect it to be perfect," he said. But "generally when it comes to new technologies, I prefer to be a fast follower than a beta tester."

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I will be researching about the fires that happened in the Lahaina, Hawaii last Wednesday. Unfortunately, a lot of people died and lost their homes as the whole town burned down. In the article President Biden tours devastation on Maui caused by wildfires, the author states, "The Hawaii wildfires are the U.S.’s deadliest in more than 100 years. Here’s how the wildfires devastated Lahaina.

Death toll: 111." This shows that the fires were very harsh on the people of Lahaina  because president Biden went to Address the situation.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/21/biden-maui-fire-damage/