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Pregnant mom, husband who drowned while snorkeling in Maui, leave behind toddler son. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY. September 19, 2024 at 10:25 AM.
The people of Maui are now grappling with nighttime looting as residents are growing anxious with the local leadership’s response. “There’s some police presence. There’s some small ...
What it's like to travel to Maui right now — one year after the catastrophic wildfires. Christopher Reynolds. August 7, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the ...
Maui is part of a much larger unit, Maui Nui, that includes the islands of Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Molokaʻi, and the now submerged Penguin Bank. During periods of reduced sea level, including as recently as 200,000 years ago, [14] the channels between them become exposed and join the island into a single landmass.
Haleakalā (/ ˌ h ɑː l i ˌ ɑː k ə ˈ l ɑː /; Hawaiian: Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhɐlɛˈjɐkəˈlaː]), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. The western 25% of the island is formed by another volcano, Mauna Kahalawai, also referred to as the West Maui ...
Cook never set foot on the island because he was unable to find a suitable landing. The first European to visit Maui was the French admiral Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, who landed on the shores of what is now known as La Perouse Bay on May 29, 1786.
Swaths of land on the Big Island and Maui, as well as town buildings and infrastructure, have been damaged from the fires. Videos shared on social media show parts of the historic town of Lahaina ...
The Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, United States. The facilities are located in a 525-acre (212 ha) special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct", which is located ...