Wildfires in Maui kill 80, deadliest natural disaster in state history

[2_on]

The death toll from the wildfires in Maui rose to 80 late Friday. The Hawaiian island was again put on edge after a fresh fire risk prompted an evacuation order for a town to the north of Lahaina.

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- The New York Times (@nytimes) August 12, 2023
Starting on August 8th, wildfires swept across Hawaii, mainly

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[xdecadentx]

Does anyone familiar with the situation where you can donate to to help?

Whenever disasters happen I'm always weary of donation pages being opportunistic or worse.

[celja]

I saw this about donations on tumblr: https://kaimukiwahine.tumblr.com/post/725302546709741568/hope-its-all-right-to-add-a-few-more-to-the

[2_on]

from the ny times

https://www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/maui-strong

https://mauiunitedway.org/disasterrelief

https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2023/red-cross-helps-as-wildfires-burn.html

https://mauifoodbank.org/donate/

https://www.facebook.com/MauiHumaneSociety

[ty]

-1000 on Red Cross.

[yami_no_hoshi]

thank you <3

[dull_and_wicked]

the red cross is notorious for mismanaging funds that are donated after disasters :/

[__onthebound]

I donated $25 to the Maui Strong:community fund. I wish I could afford more

[thereinventions]

This news story has links. No paywall.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/maui-hawaii-wildfire-logistics-aid-ocean-shipping/690600/

[jmfunnyface]

World Central Kitchen is a good choice too. https://wck.org/

[wwgrogudo]

+1 on WCK

[barbarbarian]

My favorite group to donate to, by far. They do such fantastic and necessary work. I love them so much. <3

[fantasialopez]

I had never heard of this group before, thank you for sharing! ❤️ I just made a donation.

[yami_no_hoshi]

a truly wonderful organization. <3

[ty]

Jason Momoa's instagram

[mnemo_syne]

*wary