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News Wrap: Tens of thousands flee as wildfire spreads in Canada’s Northwest Territories [1]
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Date: 2023-08-17 18:55:31-04:00
William Brangham:
Survivors on Maui spent another day picking up the pieces more than a week after wildfires devastated parts of the island. The confirmed death toll now stands at 111 people, even as rescue crews work to find more of the missing.
Donation centers have been set up to distribute food, clothing, and other essential supplies and to offer encouragement in the wake of such devastating loss.
Uilani Kapu, Director, Na 'Aikane o Maui Cultural Center: People are telling us, get out of here. The air is not good. The water is not good. It's like, but people that lost their clothes, their cars, people that lost everything, and they're living in neighbors' houses or whatever, they need — we need to be close to them, so they can come and get supplies.
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[1] Url:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-tens-of-thousands-flee-as-wildfire-spreads-in-canadas-northwest-territories
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