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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2023 18:46:12 GMT
How Colonialism Set the Stage for Maui's Destruction by Fire
The death toll from the Maui wildfires is now about 100 and is expected to continue to climb in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and the worst natural disaster in Hawaii's history. As recovery efforts continue, many residents are asking why Hawaii's early warning system, with about 80 alarms on the island of Maui alone, did not get activated to alert residents about the approaching flames. We speak with Kaleikoa Kaeo, professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii Maui College, who gives a history of colonialism in Maui and how the transformation of the island for mass tourism, such as changes to agriculture and water management practices, helped to turn the area into a tinderbox. "Our people who have lived there since time immemorial are suffering because of the consequences that have been imposed really from outside foreign forces," says Kaeo.
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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2023 19:16:44 GMT
We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense.
“This is the climate crisis. It’s here and now,” says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency.
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Post by Admin on Aug 14, 2023 22:15:29 GMT
Hawaii's governor warned that scores more people could be found dead following the Maui wildfires as search crews go street by street through neighborhoods where the flames galloped as fast as a mile a minute across the island.
The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, with a death toll of at least 96.
“We are prepared for many tragic stories,” Gov. Josh Green told “CBS Mornings” in a recorded interview that was aired Monday. "They will find 10 to 20 people per day, probably, until they finish. And it’s probably going to take 10 days. It’s impossible to guess, really.”
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2023 0:45:56 GMT
Watch Live: Hawaii governor gives update on Maui wildfire response | CBS News
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green is holding a news conference Monday night to give an update on the wildfire response in Maui. Green told CBS News that it could take 10 days for a full death toll to be determined as crews could find "10 to 20 people per day probably until they finish."
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2023 9:20:07 GMT
Former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the search and rescue still underway in Hawaii on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
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