Natural Hazards Monitoring - 16 August 2023

Wildfire

United States of America (Update)

On 15 August 2023, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), published an update regarding the wildfire Hawaii. A total of 99 deaths (6 increase since the 14 August report). In Maui County 5 shelters were opened with 571 occupants (136 decrease) and a total of 8,000 people were evacuated; In addition, 4,604 customers are without power (94 increase) and 19 cell towers are offline. In West Maui the schools were closed indefinitely. The report is available at: FEMA