Wind-whipped Hawaii wildfires force evacuations, water rescues

Wildfires whipped by hurricane winds triggered evacuations in parts of Hawaii on Wednesday with the Coast Guard rescuing some residents forced into the ocean to escape the smoke and flames, officials said. Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke issued an emergency declaration and told CNN that the hospital system on the island of Maui “was overburdened with […]

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