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wildfire. again this is on the west side. here is a look at the current wind situation. fanning the flames right now, the airport on maui reporting 25-mile-per-hour sustained winds. however, there have been wind gusts in excess of 80 miles per hour. that is, get this, equivalent to a category 1 atlantic hurricane. so very strong. very gusty. it's not expected to let up anytime soon. we have another 12 hours of this at least. a satellite image that we captured from noaa. what you're seeing right here, that orange area on the center of maui is actually one of the current three hot spots ongoing across the island. then you can see the smoke that is billowing and moving in an easterly direction because of those powerful winds being directly created by hurricane dora's passage to the south. the problem is that 30% of hawaiian island under drought conditions, and we have moderate