Wind Advisory for Maui County/parts of Hawaii island. Speeds could reach 20-30 with locally higher gusts up to 50 mph thru ...

Nearly 16 percent of Maui County was in a severe drought on ... where the damage from fires was most concentrated, is on the drier, leeward side of the island that tends to receive less rain ...

The leeward side of the island is facing drier conditions than the windward side, with severe drought in the Kiehei area and moderate drought in and around Lahaina. Click map below for larger version.

We have a First Alert for portions of Maui County and Hawaii Island that are prone to stronger winds. A Wind Advisory may be ...

Areas in “severe drought” include Maui’s leeward side — where the now burned town of Lahaina is — while the windward side is considered “abnormally dry. ...

They hit Maui at a time when much of the tropical island had been parched by severe drought, including the drier leeward side that includes Lahaina. Advertisement The next time Vorpahl woke up ...

Maui is reeling from wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island last week. They have taken at least 106 lives and caused more than US$5.52 billion dollars of damage. But did the fires take ...

Maui is reeling from wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island last week. They have taken at least 99 lives and caused more than US$5.52 billion dollars of damage.

An aerial view of damaged areas amidst wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, U.S., August 9, 2023, in this screenshot taken from a social media video. Vince Carter/via REUTERS Sources ...

We took a boat from Maalaea to Lahaina, and the captain told me the ocean conditions were unusual because Lahaina is the leeward side of the valley isle; and normally, the mountains block the ...