Record fires in Hawaii, likely to have killed hundreds, USA

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 03 August 2023 at 21:09:31 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR & SLSTR RBT acquired on 08 August 2023 from 20:28:43 to 20:31:43 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 08 August 2023 at 21:09:29 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 August 2023 at 21:09:31 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, disaster, wildfire, archipelago, wind, Hawaii islands, United States, USA
Fig. 1 - S3 OLCI (08.08.2023) - The wind-driven fires burned over 68 km² and killed at least 99 people in the town of Lahaina, in Maui island.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (03, 08 & 13.08.2023) - At least 1300 people remain missing, the death toll from the fires is foreseen to double or triple.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (08 & 13.08.2023) - Fires in the centre of Maui island. It is likely the worst disaster to have affected Hawaiʻi islands.
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Fig. 4 - S2 (08 & 13.08.2023) - Over 2200 buildings had been destroyed, overwhelmingly residential in nature. The damage caused by the fire has been estimated at nearly $6 billion.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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