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In an aerial view, homes and businesses are seen that were destroyed by a wildfire on August 11, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Photos: Coming together in support of Lahaina. August 16, 2023 at 10:04 PM. ... One week after a devastating wildfire swept through the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii residents and others aren't ...
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Local leaders and residents share what they believe is in store for Lahaina following the destructive Maui wildfires that scorched the town in 2023.
In early August 2023, a series of wildfires broke out in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui.The wind-driven fires prompted evacuations and caused widespread damage, killing at least 102 people and leaving two people missing in the town of Lahaina on Maui's northwest coast.
Lahaina, Lāhainā (Hawaiian: Lahaina, Hawaiian: [ləˈhɐjnə], / l ə ˈ h aɪ n ə /, old var. Lāhainā) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. On the northwest coast of the island of Maui , it encompasses Lahaina town and the Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts.
People watch the fire on Front Street in downtown Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, on Aug. 8, 2023. (Alan Dickar via AP) 6:30 p.m.: At the Aina Nalu condos in Lahaina, a group of people in a swimming pool ...
That same year, the first whaling ships arrived, beginning the community's rise in economic importance. Lahaina eclipsed Oahu as a preferred whaling port between 1840 and 1855, because of its better deep-water anchorage. When Kamehameha III ascended to the Hawaiian throne in 1825, he made Lahaina his capital, preferring it to the busier ...