- Firefighters continued working to extinguish flare-ups and contain fires in Lahaina, Pulehu/Kihei and Upcountry Maui. The firefighting effort was bolstered by 21 firefighters from the Honolulu Fire Department, seven supervisory personnel and four vehicles. A nine-member search-and-rescue team also arrived on island.
- Power was restored to all Upcountry water pumping stations today, water will be restored after lines are flushed.
- County refuse collection in West Maui will resume on Friday, 8/11.
- Six emergency shelters are open.
- Wailuku: War Memorial Gymnasium.
- Pukalani: Hannibal Tavares Community Center
- Kahului: Maui High School, King’s Cathedral Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Maui Lani and Grace Bible Church
- Visitors wanting to leave Maui are asked to book a flight with an airline. Travelers can book flights to Honolulu, then continue on another flight to the Mainland.
- A Maui Oil tanker parked on the side of the road in North Kaʻanapali provided fuel for West Maui residents from noon to 5:30 p.m., pumped 370 gallons of diesel and 2,198 gallons of gas.
- Food, water, supplies and clothing will be distributed to residents from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. A limited supply of baby products will also be given out.
- A Federal Emergency Management Area search-and-rescue team with the Nevada Task Force arrived last night with two K-9 cadaver dogs.
- Donations of non-perishable food, bottled water, hygiene items and blankets are being accepted from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the War Memorial Complex. Also needed are slippers, menʻs underwear, clothing, pillows, large duffel bags and storage containers.
- Some cellphone service was available in West Maui today. If you have a cell signal and cannot make a call, try texting instead.
- Twenty-five buses operating a shuttle service from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.Thursday transported more than 1,200 visitors from Kaʻanapali hotel areas to Kahului Airport. On Thursday, 14,900 visitors left on flights departing Maui.
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RESOURCES / County of Maui video: A convoy of buses head to West Maui to pick up visitors to transport to Kahului Airport.
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