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Memory of 2023 wildfires taught Maui community, government to respond more urgently to tsunami warning

The mass evacuations, business closures and frequent warnings from government officials about Tuesday’s tsunami warning reflect the serious approach to potential disasters two years after the deadly fires on Maui.

UPDATE 11 p.m.: Maui County lifts tsunami evacuation orders

Gov. Josh Green said shortly after 6 p.m. that buoys off Midway Atoll indicated that the wave measured 6 feet from peak to trough, “so a 3-foot wave riding on top of the ocean.”

Volcano Watch: The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea was big on a global scale

usands of residents. The voluminous lava flow had a major impact on the Island of Hawaiʻi, but how does it compare to other lava flow eruptions on Earth in recent history?