How is the wildfire going to impact the beautiful Maui Island | Hawaii Wildfire

On 8th August, 2023, fires began in the Maui island of Hawaii. The wildfires have scorched thousands of acres putting homes, businesses and over 35,000 lives at risk (Hawaii Emergency Management Agency). The historic town of Lahaina has been severely affected and the death toll has reached 53. Sadly, this number is expected to rise.
Currently, 3 wildfires are burning through the island in Lahaina, Kihei and Kula regions. Dry conditions and gusts of wind majorly fueled all these. Strong winds from Hurricane Dora are fanning the blazes in the southern region of the archipelago. For many, it was a vacation that turned into a nightmare, as the island is a popular tourist destination and attracts over 2 million annually. Maui’s mayor, Richard T. Bissen Jr., said evacuation orders had been issued for “affected areas,” including Lahaina, but others have been left unattended. Some people resorted to jumping into the Pacific Ocean as they fled the flames.
How is the wildfire going to impact the beautiful Maui Island?
The disaster is projected to bring about drastic ecological changes as well:
Corals:
The Hawaiian coral reefs were already suffering from the consequences of the 2015 marine heatwave. The current wildfire and the destruction caused by it could exacerbate the issue (Jamison Gove, Research Oceanographer. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center).
Drinking water:
Wildfires have the potential to pollute private wells, water networks and municipal water systems (Andrew Whelton, Professor, environmental and ecological engineering, Purdue University). Water, drawing in materials such as smoke, soot, ash and vapors can result in long-term issues.
Soil Loss:
According to Elizabeth Pickett, Co-Executive Director at the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization, “Invasive and fire-prone grass species have moved in over time and during a fire they can burn into native forests, which means the forests are replaced by more grass. The soil burns and sloughs off, leading to massive post-fire erosion that smothers coral, impacts fisheries and reduces the quality of the ocean water.
Wildfires have become all too familiar elsewhere in the world and Human-caused climate change, driven by fossil fuel use is the main reason behind it. Scientists say that countries must slash emissions to prevent such climate catastrophes.
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[@mohammadizamreen5793]

I wonder what wild animals have done to receive this massacre.....we human assholes are committing crime against nature

[@SARAHLROSADOPEREZ-lj4xw]

❤❤❤❤God bless Hawaii. God bless the people's the children I am ❤️ broken my prayers are with you all. PUERTO RICO blessings always 😮😢

[@nirmalrana3538]

We must understand that mode of fuel change is not going to happen in 5 to 10 years. It will take a minimum of a couple of decades.
Because economies are built on fossil fuels and countries are built on economies.
Even if we see animals dying and vanishing from the world because of such wildfires and we want to help them and protect them, that is not going to happen in a decade or so. The usage of crude oil has gone deep into human life.

[@SAVE_THE_TREE]

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[@hanamantmunnolli6381]

It's our collective and individual responsibility to stop burning fossil fuels. It is sad part that " Developed And Developing countries " are still not reaching consensus on "Phrasing out or Phrasing down" Of fossil fuels. Developed countries are not walking the talk as far as giving $100 billion every year to the latter to cope with and reduce climate change. COP 28 is going to be held in Dubai, which relies heavily on crude oil exports. As World is still debating who should take responsibility and compensate, but the ill- effects have been causing disasters all over world for almost two decades now. Thanks to D to E for such piece of information.

[@arturobayangos1223]

had we not stopped JohnKerry from using his private jet , we would have avoided these fires . Blame Trump .

[@Bittu_knk]

Why can't they use artificial rain to stop fire

[@Tearsofsoil]

And yet our We will continue to increase our fossil fuel consumption globally for the sake of standards of living, development, and progress... There is a painting by Klee called "Angelus Novus" depicting an angel contemplated and fixated on an object, slowly moving away from it. His eyes are opened wide, his mouth hangs open and his wings are outstretched. This is exactly how the Angel of History must look. His face is turned towards the past. Where we see the appearance of a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe, which unceasingly piles rubble on top of rubble and hurls it at his feet. Much as he would like to pause for a moment, to awaken the dead and piece together what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing in from Heaven, it has caught itself up in his wings and is so strong that the Angel can no longer close them. The storm drives him irresistibly into the future, to which he turns his back, while the heap of rubble in front grows sky-high. What we call progress is this storm.