Gov. Green said that he instructed the state attorney general to work toward a moratorium on land transactions in Lahaina, even as he acknowledged the move would likely face legal challenges.
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Schools reopening, traffic moving again in signs of recovery from Maui fires that killed 110
Communication on Maui remained difficult Wednesday. Some people walked periodically to a seawall, where phone connections were strongest, to make calls.
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Mobile morgue arrives to assist in identification of 101 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires
A week after a blaze tore through historic Lahaina, many survivors started moving into hundreds of hotel rooms set aside for displaced locals while donations of food, ice, water and other essentials poured in.
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Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices
As the Maui wildfire approached, residents of Lahaina were on their own, with their families and neighbors, to choose whether to stay or to run, and where to run to.
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Wildfires remain a long-term threat to almost two-thirds of the properties in Maine
Maine has a history of major wildfires that have over the years left towns in ruins.
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Hawaii’s governor warns scores more could be dead following wildfires on Maui
The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, with a death toll of at least 96.
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As death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 93, effort to find and identify the dead is just beginning
At least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, nearly all of them residential. Across the island, the damage was estimated at close to $6 billion.
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Hawaii utility faces scrutiny for not cutting power to reduce fire risks
Hawaiian Electric, the utility that oversees Maui Electric and provides service to 95% of the state’s residents, did not deploy what’s known as a ‘public power shutoff plan.’
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Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning to communities in ruins
Residents of Maui County face a surreal landscape of flattened homes, blackened hulks of burned-out cars and ashy lots where buildings once stood.
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150-year-old banyan tree among Maui landmarks damaged in wildfires
Firefighters were still working late Thursday to contain the fires, which began overnight Tuesday and traveled faster than expected across Maui because of strong winds from Hurricane Dora.