The stories of people forced to leave Maui after the wildfire due to skyrocketing cost of housing and families moving multiple times were heartbreaking. Many expected the out-migration numbers to ...

Impact of Maui wildfires on population A study analyzed 5, 089 people who lived in homes deemed unsafe due to fire damage.—1, 420 residents relocated within the Lahaina ZIP code (for example ...

New data compiled as a result of a partnership between the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization and the state Department of Taxation showed that at least 430 to 510 Maui residents who ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New data shows hundreds of Maui residents moved out of state because of the 2023 wildfires. The 2020 Census had Lahaina’s population before the wildfire at nearly ...

Maui was hit with four wildfires across the island, with one of them being the most deadly U.S. wildfire in over a century. The fires burned a total of 6,693 acres and killed 100 people.

The federal government's annual homelessness survey found that in January 2024, nearly half a year after the fires, some 5,000 people were still in emergency shelters as a result of the Maui fires.

“In August 2023, a wildfire devastated the coastal town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Within days, the University of Hawaii at Manoa began setting up a response group to focus on ...