Water conservation efforts include refraining from washing cars as well as not hosing down sidewalks and driveways or watering lawns. “The Water Department is working diligently to ensure our resources are used as efficiently as possible and we need the community to do their part,” the agency said in a statement. The Department Of Water Supply is advising consumers to limit their water use to reduce demand and extend existing supplies. ET) Maui Issues Island-Wide Water Conservation Request “It is really just with sadness and heartache that we are at this press conference,” Lt. ET) Hawaii Officials Holding News ConferenceĪ news conference has just started. “Our secondary is to save as much property as possible.” (4:06 p.m. "Our main focus right now is to save lives and to preserve lives," said Bisson. ![]() The fire in Kula has burned roughly 1,100 acres so far.īisson also reported 13 evacuations across different neighborhoods and towns, 16 road closures and five opened emergency shelters. Three fires in Lahaina, Kula and Kihei are still burning in Maui County, Mayor Richard Bisson said in a press conference. ET) 3 Maui County Fires Yet To Be Contained A fiber-optic cable, which transfers data signals, was damaged by the fire and officials estimate it could take over a month for it to be repaired. There is no estimate on when mobile and cell service will be restored. “Anything that was on the ground that assisted in getting any kind of communication has been burned or partially burned or destroyed,” he said. Twenty-nine utility poles are down in Lahaina due to strong winds and power has yet to be restored to the area, Mayor Richard Bisson reported. ET) Lahaina Remains Without Power Or Cell Phone Service People displaced, the whole Front Street of Lahaina … The businesses, the historic area, burned to the ground. So many people, hundreds of homes burned to the ground. “It looked like a war zone, like an area that had just been bombed … And, it's just, I can't even put it in words, what, what we saw. Here’s how pilot Richie Olsten, who has flown over Hawaii for 52 years, described the scene: Gone.'Ī crew from Air Maui helicopters has gotten a first look from the air at the catastrophic damage in Lahaina. ET) 'The businesses, the historic area, burned to the ground. ![]() We are doing whatever we can and the state is providing whatever support that we can to give support to both Maui and to the Big Island." (5:12 p.m. “On certain parts of Maui we have shelters that are overrun. "This is not a safe place to be,” said Hawaii Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke. Maui officials are urging tourists to stay away from the island as wildfires continue to be contained. Inter-island pet fares have been reduced to one dollar. Southwest Airlines is also offering reduced inter-island flights for $19 out of Maui until Friday. ET) American And United Airlines Cancel Flights To MauiĪmerican and United Airlines have canceled all flights to Maui, but both airlines will continue to fly travelers out of Kahului airport, CNN reported. "Rain chances in the typically shadowed locations in Hawaii, including Lahaina, will remain low into the weekend." (5:53 p.m. "As Hurricane Dora moves westward and away from Hawaii, the winds will gradually decrease over the next few days," digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles said. Relief from wind is coming, but conditions will remain dry for Lahaina. “This is the entire state coming together to assist our family on Maui,” Luke said. Sylvia Luke said in this afternoon's news conference that it could take months to assess the full scope of the damage - and that recovery will take years. Army's 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, near Honolulu, are deploying to Maui to assist. ![]() With winds dying down, aerial firefighting efforts are picking up. ET) Helicopters Resume Fighting Fires From The Air Here are our live update as the fires burned Wednesday. All were in critical condition, according to a spokesperson there.Įarlier, a dozen people were rescued by the Coast Guard after jumping into the ocean to reportedly avoid the flames. “We’ve had many dwellings, businesses, structures that have been burnt, many of them to the ground."Īt least three people were flown to a burn unit in Honolulu. "We are still in search and rescue mode so I don’t know what will happen to that number,” Maui County Mayor Richard Bisson said in a news conference. Hospitals were overwhelmed with patients suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, flames torched buildings in a popular historic district, homes and businesses were flattened and tourists were left stranded.Īt least six people were confirmed dead. ![]() Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.ĭeadly wildfires left complete devastation in their wake Wednesday on the Hawaii island of Maui.
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