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FEMA added misinformation to its disaster list
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not providing aid, nor is it blocking citizens from helping or assisting the recovery of survivors of the Maui wildfires. Earlier, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said FEMA is blocking citizens who attempt to help. FEMA can’t prevent anyone from helping or assisting, it said. Last year, the agency was…
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Families are given a place to call home after the Maui fire disaster
After the Maui fire, modular units are transforming a grassy 10-acre field into 85 homes, with housing for around 250 people, according to the Family Life Center, a social service group working to created the Ohana Hope Village. It’s only a matter of time before they looked at other housing options, CEO of the Family…
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Lahaina wants to go away
The death toll from the US’ wildfire that hit Lahaina, Maui, on August 8 has risen to 46, the police said. As many as 100 people remain unaccounted for, with 388 people named in the list that was released by the county on Wednesday. Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said that the names were being…
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850 people are still missing in Maui
A mental health official in the US state of Maui has said that the Maui wildfire was the worst mental health disaster in the state’s modern history. Maui’s chief mental health administrator, John Oliver, said that a fresh influx of mental health clinicians are being sought by state and federal officials. At least 18 people…
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The Emergency Management Chief Resigns
The chief of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned and will no longer be in that position, following the wildfires that killed over 100 people. Herman Andaya’s resignation comes a day after he defended not using outdoor alert sirens during the wildfires. He said he feared that sounding the sirens this time would send…
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Kamehameha’s vow to block land grabs as fire- ravaged Maui rebuilds
Hawaii’s Governor Josh Green has said that the state should buy land in Lahaina to build workforce housing and a memorial for those who died in the Maui wildfire. “It’s time for us to get this right,” he added. Wildfires have killed 17 people in Hawaii and burned over 1.5 lakh acres of land.
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People in Maui have received advice from survivors of the Camp Fire
People who lost their homes in last year’s Camp Fire in Northern California have donated over $34 million to their dedicated relief efforts, according to the group’s website. If you live on Maui, the Maui Food Bank needs baby food, menstrual products and rice. The charity accepts financial donations through its website for people wanting…
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Lahaina isn’t suppose to burn like this any more
Native Hawaiian dry land plants are not necessarily more fire-resistant than native Hawaiian plants, Arizona State University ethnoecologistKatie Kamelamela said. The amount of dry fuel on the land is less important than how carefully land is cared for, Kamelamela added. This comes after a wildfire in Maui, Hawaii destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at…