Keep Safe Maui

[ADigitalArtist]

Thousands of people are in evacuation right now due to the fires in Maui, Hawaii, started by hurricane winds. Brush fires are starting up all over the island and a very large fire in the historic downtown area of Lahaina.

Hope everyone and their friends loved ones make it safely to shelter. Keeping you all in my thoughts.

Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui island kill at least 6 as blazes force people to flee

The wind-whipped wildfires even led some to jump into a harbor and the Coast Guard said it rescued 14.

www.cbsnews.com

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[ADigitalArtist]

Update: Lahaina is gone. The downtown area as well as the historic district and possibly the generational banyan tree, as well as much of the downtown residential neighborhoods have burned.

Heart is aching for all effected by this.

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Lahaina Maui fire update: Aerial video shows devastation of historic town from wildfires in Hawaii | abc7news.com

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[anna.]

Update: Lahaina is gone. The downtown area as well as the historic district and possibly the generational banyan tree, as well as much of the downtown residential neighborhoods have burned.

Incredibly sad.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

Update, the Lahaina fire is the deadliest wildfire in over 100 years, with 93 confirmed dead and expected to rise.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/us/maui-wildfires-hurricane-dora-sunday/index.html

Locals and tourism boards have come together to ask tourists to please postpone their vacations to Maui as displaced locals are sheltering in hotels and rentals, food and aid (mostly shipped) is in short supply. There is also one major road on both sides of the island and they're trying to keep the roads cleared for emergency services.

Hawaii Tourism Authority Travel Update: Please Don’t Travel To Maui At This Time

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has released a statement asking for the public’s assistance as Maui deals with the aftermath of devastating and deadly fires.

www.forbes.com

 

[YmirGF]

Watching this story makes me terribly nervous because everything, here on Vancouver Island, is bone dry and has been for months. My heart goes out to these poor people and all the human suffering. I feel for the poor animals that could not escape either.

 

[Revoltingest]

Watching this story makes me terribly nervous because everything, here on Vancouver Island, is bone dry and has been for months. My heart goes out to these poor people and all the human suffering. I feel for the poor animals that could not escape either.

Time to give up smoking.

 

[YmirGF]

Time to give up smoking.

I quite smoking just over 4 years ago and have the threads on RF to prove it.

 

[anna.]

This is chilling. Something out of a horror movie. So incredibly sad...

They were alone in a fight to survive. Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices

As the Maui wildfire approached, residents of Lahaina had moments to make decisions that would determine whether they lived or died.

apnews.com

 

[Sand Dancer]

So very sad. Such a beautiful place. I was just there in April. I hope they can rebuild.