Historical eventAugust 82023

2023 Hawaii wildfires

Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

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When
Tuesday, August 8 20233 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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At a glance

Dates: From 2023.

Place: Hawaii, United States.

Type: wildfire.

Deaths reported: 111. Casualties: 68.

What came before

Background Wildfire risk The U.S. Drought Monitor showing drought conditions in Hawaii as of August 8, 2023, The typical area burned by wildfires in Hawaii has increased in recent decades, almost quadrupling. Experts have blamed the increase on the spread of nonnative vegetation and hotter, drier weather due to climate change . [ 1 ] During the 2010s and early 2020s, Clay Trauernicht, a botanist and fire scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ,

What happened

Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others missing, when a series of wildfires break out on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

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August 8 2023 — 3 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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