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KITV 4 Island News15d
Study: chemicals linked to cancer found in some firefighters after 2023 Maui fires
Some Maui fire fighters were found to have elevated levels of chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases after the island's 2023 fires, a new study from the Centers for ...
Los Angeles Times23d
After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents focus on becoming ‘Firewise’
As many as one-third of people displaced by the August 2023 Maui fires wound up in the homes of friends and family in the weeks after the disaster. Dec. 26, 2024 Kahikinui is one of dozens of ...
Effort underway to help student Maui fire survivors bond with tsunami survivors
Shortly after the Maui fires, JCCH partnered with a group in Japan headed by one of their survivors to launch TOMODACHI Kibou ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
Destinations Hit by Natural Disasters Need Tourists Back—but Maybe Not in the Same Way as Before
Places like Maui and Asheville, North Carolina, rebuilding after wildfires and hurricanes, are doing so with a mind to ...
Maui Now13d
Maui County’s proposed short-term rental ban is still awaiting a decision, but already business in the industry is falling
It’s been nearly a year since Mayor Richard Bissen, flanked by members of Lahaina Strong, proposed the short-term rental ban ...
Fast Company24d
How Hawaii residents are becoming ‘Firewise’ after the Maui fires
Neighborhoods all over the United States are wrestling with the same challenge, some in places that never worried about fire before ... recalling the months after the Maui fires.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser1mon
Survey reveals slight recovery since August for Maui residents affected by fires
Rental rates for many homes across Maui spiked after the disaster ... that only about 60% of fire-affected households who worked in the tourism industry before the fires remain employed in the ...