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Hawaiian Electric Co. is facing multiple lawsuits after more than 100 people died in the fires.
Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Co. on Thursday, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.
Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.
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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"FEMA is underfunded by $4 BILLION," charged Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has voted against billions of dollars for wildfire management.
Maui authorities say anywhere between 500 and 1,000 people remain unaccounted for two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed Lahaina.
A total of 114 people have been confirmed dead, but only 27 of them have been identified, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said Monday.
For foreign workers, Lahaina was an oasis before they lost everything in a devastating wildfire that razed the town and killed over 100 people.
"We have to stay together because this ― no doubt ― is the thing that is going to make us stronger," Johnson said of the "heartbreaking" wildfires.
Experts are warning residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap water, after the fires damaged hundreds of drinking water pipes.