Emergency Management Blog 3 Hawaii Fires - by Jennifer Koszelnik

 The state of Hawaii has been named as the 50 th state branching off the United States

and has been big place for the establishment of public health. The Maui County has

determined that the Mai fires have caused 99 people to perish in the flames which is

named the deadliest wildfire in U.S history. In addition, the Hawaiian national guards

have stated that they have gathered hundreds of troops as a response to this natural

disaster. Therefore, hundreds of people have remained missing since the firefighters

have continued to battle the wildfires in Maui.In addition the White house has stated that

“they are having a more reboots the government recovery effort to help with supporting

the long-term efforts in Maui. The multiple fires have been caused by intense winds and

dry conditions, but it has been contained and it is unclear what has sparked these

multiple fires. There are about thousands of survivors that have been replaced by the

blaze which has destroyed a lot of the historical Lahaina.

Some of the survivors stories included:

A woman named Donna who was thinking of her sister Carole whose house was

destroyed by the wildfire and the sister's partner organized a search party to find Carole

remains which has included the watch. The sister's birthday was August 28 and was

going to be about 61 years old and that she was going to be retiring from her job in one

year. This shows that natural disasters can affect your home life and the state of your

economy.

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