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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Hawaii

This handout image courtesy of the US Army shows combined Joint Task Force 50 (CJTF-50) search, rescue and recovery elements conducting search operations of areas damaged by wildfires in Lahaina Town destroyed in the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, August 15, 2023. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster / DVIDS / AFP)
August 17, 2023, 3:47 am
Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire death toll hits 110 and is expected to keep rising
First victims of tragedy publicly identified; forensic experts, some of whom worked in 9/11, fly to Maui to help identify remains, but some are charred beyond recognition
By Patrick Fallon
Destroyed homes and cars are shown, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 15, 2023, 8:46 am
Death toll in Hawaii fires rises to 99, and likely to increase, say officials
Historic town of Lahaine almost entirely destroyed by fires that originated in Maui; only about 25% of area covered so far by cadaver dogs and searchers
By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and Christopher Weber
Members of a search-and-rescue team walk along a street, August 12, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following heavy damage caused by wildfire. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 13, 2023, 6:29 am
With 89 fatalities, Hawaii wildfire becomes the deadliest in the US in over 100 years
Chilling stories of survival and death emerge from the island of Maui, as emergency workers go through the moonscape of ash that just days ago was the picturesque town of Lahaina
By CLAIRE RUSH, Beatrice Dupuy and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
A woman walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, August 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 12, 2023, 10:36 am
Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning
Investigation launched into apparent failure of warning systems as residents come home to almost completely destroyed town of Lahaina
By CLAIRE RUSH, TY O'NEIL and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
A man walks through wildfire wreckage on August 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 12, 2023, 2:00 am
Jewish groups launch relief effort for Maui after Hawaii wildfires kill over 60
Island’s Jews are among the evacuated; Governor Josh Green: ‘Likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history’
By Ron Kampeas
This handout video grab courtesy of Richard Olsten taken on August 9, 2023 shows smoke billowing from destroyed buildings in Lahaina as wildfires burn across Maui, Hawaii. (Richard Olsten/AFP)
August 11, 2023, 11:49 pm
Hawaii wildfire death toll climbs to at least 55 as crews continue to battle flames
Governor says tally will likely exceed state’s worst previous natural disaster in which 61 were killed, as rescue team teams with cadaver dogs comb charred tourist town for victims
By Paula RAMON
The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 8, 2023. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP)
August 10, 2023, 12:24 pm
At least 36 dead as wildfires ravage Hawaii
Winds from Hurricane Dora in south whip flames across island, destroying buildings and cars as residents scramble to flee
By AUDREY McAVOY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and Nick Perry
In this long camera exposure, cars drive down Saddle Road as Mauna Loa erupts in the distance, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, near Hilo, Hawaii. Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano erupted Monday for the first time in 38 years. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
November 29, 2022, 6:38 pm
Hawaii volcano, world’s largest, erupts for first time in 40 years
Flows of lava remain mostly contained and residents not yet ordered to evacuate, but two shelters have been opened as a precaution
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon visit a restaurant in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 5:26 am
Netanyahu said to dine in Hawaii with Larry Ellison, a witness in graft trial
Report says ex-PM met with tech tycoon at a high-end sushi restaurant; Netanyahu insists he’s permitted to meet with witnesses in corruption trial
By ToI Staff
The Hawaiian island of Lanai, 98 percent of which is owned by Jewish-American billionaire Larry Ellison. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 21, 2021, 10:15 am
Netanyahu on vacation at island owned by Larry Ellison, a witness in graft trial
Ex-PM insists he and his family are paying for trip to billionaire’s Lanai in Hawaii; transportation minister also in US despite government pleas against travel abroad
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Gun-carrying men wearing the Hawaiian print shirts associated with the Boogaloo movement watch a demonstration near the BOK Center where US President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
January 24, 2021, 12:17 pm
In US, boogaloo adherents’ aloha shirts coopt peace symbol for violence
Native Hawaiians push back against appropriation by loosely affiliated far-right, pro-civil war movement
By Caleb Jones
Makua Rothman surfs at Pe'ahi in Hawaii, Jan. 14, 2018. (Brian Bielmann/AFP via Getty Images)
January 23, 2021, 11:33 am
Hawaiian-Jewish surfer may have ridden largest wave of all time
36-year-old Makua Rothman caught a huge 100-foot wall of water last Saturday
By Gabe Friedman
Democratic presidential Tulsi Gabbard speaks at the Wing Ding Dinner in Clear Lake, Iowa, August 9, 2019. (Alex Edelman/AFP)
March 19, 2020, 8:47 pm
Gabbard ends Democratic presidential bid, endorses Biden
After latest primaries, Hawaii congresswoman says ‘it’s clear’ that Democrats want the former US vice president to run against Trump
By AFP
Lava sends up clouds of steam and toxic gases as it enters the Pacific Ocean as Kilauea Volcano continues its eruption cycle near Pahoa on the island of Kilauea, Hawaii, May 26, 2018. (US Geological Survey via AP)
May 28, 2018, 1:02 pm
Lava reaches plugged well at Israeli-owned geothermal plant in Hawaii
Safety authorities had taken precautionary measures against flow from Kilauea volcano amid fears it could release toxic gas from property owned by Nevada’s Ormat Technologies
By AP
Lava erupts and flows from a Kilauea volcano fissure, near the Puna Geothermal Venture plant , on Hawaii's Big Island on May 21, 2018. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
May 23, 2018, 3:29 am
Israeli-owned geothermal plant in Hawaii under fire as lava oozes nearby
Workers scramble to shut vents at Ormat Technology’s Puna facility after Kilauea eruption claims adjacent building; stocks tumble in Tel Aviv and New York
By AP
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