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Maui County officials did not ask Hawaiian Electric to turn off the power during Red Flag conditions on Aug. 8.

The wildfires that raged on Maui are a sad and tragic event that will no doubt take years to overcome and rebuild.

Officials in hawaii were, dealing with such a disaster, but the county report in 2021, noting hurricane lane made small fires as well, and stretch public safety resources, with strong winds and rounding your support. that storm should've been a wake-up call, according to this planning document from hawaii's emergency management agency. other state and local documents show hawaii lags behind in preparedness for the devastating wildfires playing out now, that have killed more than 50 people and left countless people missing and triggered widespread evacuations. a cruel dcjcvu for some residents....

Recent report. even as other documents show officials knew they lacked resources to preebt and -- prev and fight fires. >> we had advanced notice coming into the summer, the winds, the low humidity, and the fuels, and any ignition would have sparked a pretty big fire and that's exactly what we saw. >> reporter: in a state report, out just last year, ranking national disasters, hawaii officials classified the wildfire risk to human life as low. in this color-coded chart. the assessment though coming years after hurricane lane fanned the flames of fires in hawaii, raving maui and ohahu in 2018 a...

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