As wildfires ripped across Maui, a communications breakdown left authorities and residents in the dark, says a report that lauds firefighters' bravery .
As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency was slow to return to the island amid the unfolding crisis, while a broad communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without emergency alerts, according to a report released this week. Communications problems were also encountered by the Hawaiian Electric Co.
The report says the third phase will try to answer the critical question “How do we prevent this from happening again?” “The tragedy serves as a sobering reminder that the threat of grassland fires, wildfires, and wildfire-initiated urban conflagrations, fueled by climate change and urban encroachment into wildland areas, is a reality that must be addressed with the utmost urgency and diligence — not just in Hawaii, but around the globe,” the authors wrote.
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