Hawaii recovery deepens after Hurricane Lala with one death and tens of thousands still dark; Indiana readies major disaster request after seven deaths
Hawaii Island enters a second week of recovery from Hurricane Lala with one confirmed death, roughly 88,000 customers still without power statewide, and Pahala cut off by a destroyed section of Highway 11 with no water or sewer service. Indiana counts at least seven dead and more than a thousand displaced as the state finalizes a major disaster declaration request and activates relief grants and replacement food benefits. The national wildfire preparedness level holds at 5 with 80 uncontained large fires and evacuations running in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana and New Mexico. Also in this…
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