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Maui Fires: How Weather Fanned Them Into A Deadly Catastrophe
At a Glance Several factors made the Maui wildfires so deadly and destructive. A stronger difference in pressure from a distant hurricane produced high winds. There was also extremely dry air in place, even by summer standards.Grasses and brush were also dried out by drought over Maui. Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterto get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. The Maui wildfires, the deadliest and largest on record in Hawaii, were fanned by a...