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Deadly wildfires burn across Maui – it’s a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe

  • Written by Mojtaba Sadegh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
Deadly wildfires burn across Maui – it’s a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safeFires burn in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 8, 2023.Zeke Kalua/County of Maui via AP

Thousands of people were evacuated along Maui’s popular west coast on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, as wildfires spread through buildings and hillsides, whipped up by strong winds from Hurricane Dora. Large parts of Lahaina, a tourist town of over 13,000 residents that was o...

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