Author: WeatherPreppers

Nearly 85% of wildfires are started by people, including from campfires, negligently discarded cigarettes and intentional acts of arson, according to the National Park Service.

Maui resident Katheleen Cardenas-Haro was stuck on an overpass with her husband and children while their town burned before them. She joined CBS News to describe her run for safety.

“Dead bodies on the rocks on the beach, bodies in the car…pets, cats, dogs, just all burnt right in the middle of the road”: This is what Maui’s historic town of Lahaina was like as a deadly wildfire raged through.

As Hurricane Hilary approaches Southern California, experts offer tips to help you prepare and stay safe during hurricane season.

Hurricane Hilary continued to strengthen Thursday as it headed toward Southern California. Weather Channel meteorologist Jen Carfagno joined CBS News with more.

A sole official in Maui is tasked with deciding when to activate warning sirens that sound out on Hawaii’s second-largest island during emergencies. In the case of blazing wildfires that leveled the historic town of Lahaina and left over 100 dead last week, that official chose not to sound the alarms — a decision he is now defending. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti has more on the wildfire response. And Kristina Lee-Garrido, who was visiting…

Kristina Lee-Garrido was in a rental unit in Lahaina with her best friend when last week’s wildfires broke out. She joined CBS News to describe the lack of warning they had and the hours she spent riding out the fire in a swimming pool.

“To our ‘ohana on Maui, we see you and love you,” the company wrote.

Gov. Josh Green said the state is working toward a moratorium on real estate sales “to make sure that no one is victimized.”

“I do not” regret not sounding the sirens, Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya told CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti at a news conference Wednesday in his first public comments since the wildfires broke out.

The storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall to the state after hitting Mexico.

Only nine of the more than 110 confirmed victims of last week’s wildfire in Hawaii have been identified and hundreds more are still missing. Lilia Luciano is in Maui with the latest on recovery efforts.