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HONOLULU (AP) — Local officials in Hawaii next month plan to open an office that will speed up Maui County's notoriously slow processing of building permits to help the town of Lahaina to recover from last year's deadly wildfire. The new permitting center will help private developers building five separate projects with a combined total of more than 500 housing units. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is building 169 temporary housing units for displaced residents and is renting 1,300 units from landlords. The state of Hawaii is building about 450 temporary housing units, including 270 that will be ready by July or August. The state's temporary units are expected to be used for three to five years.

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☆ Hawaii wildfires: Maui names 388 people who are still missing weeks after deadly blaze
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fire damage is seen from US President Joe Biden's motorcade in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 21, 2023. Maui police and the FBI have named 388 people who are still missing nearly three weeks after the deadly wildfires that destroyed the town of Lahaina. The FBI compiled and validated the list after receiving the missing individuals' first and last names from someone with a verified contact number, according to a Maui County statement issued late Thursday. Maui County called on the public to contact the FBI as soon as possible if they can confirm that any of the people listed as missing are in fact safe. The names were released on the same day Maui County sued the utility company Hawaiian Electric for damages over its alleged role in triggering the wildfires.

Persons: Joe Biden's Organizations: FBI, Maui County's, Maui County, Electric, National Weather Service Locations: Lahaina , Hawaii, Maui, Lahaina

☆ Hawaiian Electric shares slide after Maui County sues for damages over deadly wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A general view shows damage in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 15, 2023. Maui County on Thursday sued Hawaiian Electric for damages over the deadly wildfires that have claimed more than100 lives and resulted in billions of dollars in estimated property losses. Hawaiian Electric's stock fell 6% in extended trading on news of the lawsuit. Maui County's attorneys said Hawaiian Electric inexcusably left its powerlines energized despite a warning from the National Weather Service that high winds from Hurricane Dora and drought conditions created a high fire risk. The wildfires reduced the historic town of Lahaina to ruins in the deadliest blazes in the U.S. in more than a century and the worst disaster in Hawaii state history.

Persons: County's Organizations: Hawaiian Electric, National Weather Service Locations: Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S, Maui County, Hurricane

In an aerial view, burned cars and homes are seen a neighborhood that was destroyed by a wildfire on August 17, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. A young boy walks through wildfire wreckage Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Search and recovery team members check charred buildings and cars in the aftermath of the Maui Fires in Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii, August 17, 2023. Lahaina, Maui, Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - Homes and businesses lay in ruins after last week's devastating wildfire swept through town. A woman walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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☆ Maui emergency chief resigns after defending decision to not activate sirens during wildfire
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In this image taken from video, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya speaks during a news conference in Wailuku, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. The head of Maui County's emergency management agency resigned on Thursday, a day after he defended his decision to not activate sirens during catastrophic wildfires that have taken more than 100 lives. Maui Emergency Management Agency administrator Herman Andaya cited health reasons for his resignation, which took immediate effect. The inferno is the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century and the worst disaster in Hawaii state history. State and local emergency management officials face growing scrutiny over whether they did enough to alert the public as the wildfires spread.

Persons: Herman Andaya, Andaya, Richard Bissen, Bissen, Anne Lopez, Lopez, Josh Green, Green Organizations: Maui Emergency Management, Maui Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Gov Locations: Maui, Wailuku, Hawaii, West Maui, Maui County, Lahaina, U.S

☆ Death toll from Hawaii wildfires will rise as search teams comb Lahaina wreckage, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier speaks about the wildfire during a media conference in Kahului on Maui island, Hawaii, Aug. 12, 2023. Cars drive away from Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2023, after wildfires worsened by high winds burned most of the town. A burnt car is seen at the Ho'Onanea condominium complex, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. "We'll know soon whether or not they did enough to get those sirens going," Green told MSNBC. Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look through the ashes of their family's home for belongings on Aug. 11, 2023, in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

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☆ The death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning to communities in ruins
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Maui residents John Rey Serrano and Lexie Lara look from a road above Lahaina Town in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. Maui County raised the number of confirmed deaths to 80 in a 9 p.m. statement Friday. Cadaver-sniffing dogs were deployed to search for the dead, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. said. Maui County's hazard mitigation plan updated in 2020 identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and several buildings at risk. The report also noted West Maui had the island's second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers.

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