The tree is adapted to fire and grows fast, with hardy roots and “a fairly long-lived seed bank” that has allowed it to come ...

Kula's experience exposed a common vulnerability ... The problem comes when a catastrophe hits and water quickly leaves through fire hoses or damaged pipes, and there's no power to keep moving ...

Crater Road, Haleakala National Park, as well as Kula Forest ... have been damaged at this time. Serving as acting governor, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke signed an Emergency Proclamation Thursday morning in ...

Summer wildfires have hit the Upcountry Maui community of Kula the past two years. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on ...

As fire season begins, conservationists on Maui are removing fire-prone trees near upcountry homes impacted by the 2023 fires.

fire-prone species and restore ecological resilience to land affected by the 2023 Kula fire. A fast-growing, fire-adapted tree covered in fine hairs, black wattle is considered a high risk on the ...

ONE HAD FIRE DAMAGE AND THE OTHERS HAD SMOKE AND WATER DAMAGE. NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING AT WHETHER THE UNITS HAD WOR A fire impacted several townhouses in Simpsonville on ...

The fire chief said Darshan Markets sustained a considerable amount of damage after catching fire just after midnight. An overnight fire damaged a Cumberland County grocery store, according to the ...

Seven cars sustained heavy fire damage, two sustained minor damage. The State Fire Marshal has been notified. STUART — A multi-car fire at the Wallace Volvo Cars dealership in Stuart May 15 ...