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The outbreak of wildfires last week in Maui, Hawaii — a state known for its beaches and rainforests but typically not fire — is now the nation¡¯s deadliest such event in more than 100 years. The fires burned thousands of acres and killed more than 100 people, a greater death toll than any wildfire in California, where summer blazes are common. Hundreds remain missing in Maui, and the number of fatalities is expected to rise.
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Fueled by dry grasses and spread by high winds, the fires devastated the historic town of Lahaina, once the royal capital of Hawaii, and some residents there ran into the ocean to avoid the heat and the flames.
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In Lahaina, more than 2,200 structures were damaged — the vast majority of which were residential — and about 2,170 acres burned, according to the Pacific Disaster Center, a research center managed by the University of Hawaii.
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The Maui Emergency Management Agency estimated that it would cost $5.52 billion to rebuild.
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What caused the fires?
No single cause has been determined, but experts said one possibility was that active power lines that fell in high winds had ignited a wildfire that ultimately consumed Lahaina.
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Summer is the dry season in Hawaii, and dry, hot weather provides the foundation for extreme wildfires. Heat sucks moisture out of vegetation, essentially turning it into kindling.
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Early last week, as the blazes took off, nearly 16 percent of Maui County was in a severe drought, according to the US Drought Monitor. Climate change is likely making these droughts worse.
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Strong winds only added to the problem. Hurricane Dora, which churned hundreds of miles offshore last week as a Category 4 storm, brought gusts of wind that at times reached 80 miles per hour, fueling the flames and helping them race across western Maui at a dangerous pace.
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