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Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands

  • Written by Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islandsA wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii, on Aug. 9, 2023. AP Photo/Ty O'Neil

Wildfires destroyed the Hawaiian tourist town of Lahaina on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving many of its roughly 13,000 residentshomeless. Fires also burned in other areas on Maui, Hawaii’s second-largest island, and its Big Island. President Joe Biden issued a disaster...

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