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Bare electrical wire and poles in need of replacement on Maui were little match for strong winds

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat rows -- those wires were bare, uninsulated metal that could spark on contact

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Lahaina wants closure. Authorities plead for patience

Search and recovery teams say the work to identify human remains in Lahaina is grueling and complicated by the fact that the fire burned so hot, even just making a positive ID is difficult.

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Texans K Ka’imi Fairbairn pledging field goals, extra points to help rebuild Maui

Houston Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn is pledging his extra points and field goals to raise money to help rebuild Maui following the wildfires.

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Maui wildfire victims: What we know about the 115 people killed as nearly 400 remain missing

Maui wildfire that broke out in early August has become of the US’s deadliest disasters

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Q&A: Maui wildfires ‘an acceleration of injustices’ long felt on island

Al Jazeera speaks to Kaniela Ing, director of Green New Deal Network, about devastating Hawaii blazes and what’s next.

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Hawaii officials release list of 388 people missing after Maui wildfires

Fema teams with cadaver dogs scour rubble of the town as 46 victims so far identified of death toll of 115

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Maui has released the names of 388 people still missing after deadly wildfire

Maui County has released the names of 388 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century

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Hawaii’s politicians are trying to get tourists back after deadly fires

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz claimed "furloughs and layoffs" were underway due to tourists staying home after the state's deadly wildfires.

Fortune

Maui officials release 388 names of people unaccounted for in Maui fire

The names were released after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.

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Maui County sues Hawaii power company for negligence leading to fires

The Hawaiian Electric company is said to have failed to shut off power despite a recent drought and high winds.

Al Jazeera

Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric power company over deadly wildfires

Witness accounts say power lines ignited fires as utility poles snapped in hurricane winds

Evening Standard

Maui county sues Hawaiian Electric Company over deadly Lahaina fires

Lawsuit alleges utility company knew high winds ‘would topple power poles, knock down power lines, and ignite vegetation’

The Independent UK

Maui County sues Hawaiian Electric Co. for damages from disastrous fires

The civil suit filed Thursday seeks a jury trial and "punitive and exemplary damages" to recoup costs and loss of revenue from the deadly wildfires.

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Maui fires renew longtime water rights conflict over sacred streams

During the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert stream water to help fight the growing inferno

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Nexstar’s KHON2 Raises $1.187M for Hawaii Wildfire Relief Efforts

KLAS-TV in Las Vegas raised an additional $134,253 and the Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation donated $20,000 to the effort

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Hawaii vs. Vanderbilt: Game Preview, How To Watch, Stream, Odds

Hawaii vs. Vanderbilt: Game Preview, How To Watch, Stream, Odds Warriors travel to the SEC Contact/Follow @MWCwire Can't be worse than last year. On August 8th the town of Lahaina, Maui was destroyed by the most devastating and deadly wildfire in ...

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'Miracle house' owner hopes it will serve as a base for rebuilding Lahaina

"There was a neighbor who sent a note to us and said, 'Oh, you won the lottery,'" Trip Millikin, whose house survived, told NPR. "And I almost wanted to throw up when I got that."

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Bushfires focus public attention on climate change for months, but it's different for storms and floods

As the world warms and the climate changes, people are experiencing more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Just this year, heatwaves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit up Greece, Canada and Maui in Hawaii; and winter storms froze large parts of the US.

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Maui fires – latest: California woman named as first tourist among victims as residents start returning home

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

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California woman becomes first tourist identified among 115 victims of Maui wildfire

Theresa Cook, 72, of El Dorado County, was among eight more people identified as victims

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Fire renews Maui stream water rights tension in longtime conflict over sacred Hawaiian resource

The Guardian - US

Hawaii fire survivors urged to submit DNA to help identify victims

Governor Josh Green tells people to prepare for ‘a lot more loss of life’ as search continues for bodies in ruins of Lahaina

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Maui fires – latest: California woman named as first tourist among victims as Hawaii asks more families for DNA

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

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Maui's number of people not accounted for after fires rises back above 1,000

"I know it is confusing, because the numbers do change," FBI Special Agent in Charge Steven Merrill said on Tuesday.

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In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived

As flames tore through a West Maui neighborhood, fleeing residents headed for the only paved road out of town in a dash for safety

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