Strong wind and heavy rain forced multiple closures and opened emergency shelters on Maui on Thursday. The county’s Emergency Operations Center was activated around 6:45 a.m. “Avoid unnecessary travel ...
Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...
A 2023 wildfire that destroyed the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui was found to have been the result of a rekindling of a smaller fire, though just a few hours separated those fires.