Lahaina Family Describes an Impossible Escape From the Maui Wildfires
The wind had never felt so fierce. Folau Tone steadied himself as a gale whipped through his street in Lahaina. Trying to nail down the rattling tin roof on his…
Maui Sent an Evacuation Alert. Why Did So Few People Get It?
As fire was billowing through residential neighborhoods in the Hawaii town of Lahaina last month, emergency managers for Maui County sent out an evacuation alert that would blare on the…
Tourists Were Told to Avoid Maui. Many Workers Want Them Back.
In the first few days after an inferno leveled the Hawaiian town of Lahaina, the directive to tourists was emphatic: Stay away. And tourists, with a few exceptions, complied. As…
Opinion | A Legacy of Colonialism Set the Stage for the Maui Wildfires
Puerto Rico and Hawaii have always felt to me like reverse sides of the imperial coin. My fellow Boricuas who support statehood often point to the Aloha State as a…
Hawaii Officials Release List of 388 People Missing From Maui Fires
Authorities in Hawaii released a list late on Thursday naming 388 people who are still unaccounted for in the aftermath of the deadliest wildfires in America in more than a…
Biden Didn’t Hear Question on Maui He Appeared to Brush Off, White House Says
Eleven days after President Biden drew criticism for appearing to brush off a query about the deadly wildfires in Hawaii with a “no comment,” a White House spokeswoman said on…
Maui Officials Blame Hawaiian Electric for Deadly Fires in New Lawsuit
For the first time, Maui County officials publicly blamed Hawaii’s largest electric utility for the wildfires that killed at least 115 people this month, claiming in a lawsuit filed on…