92119820GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Standard » Hawaii vows to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfireshttps://www.standardmedia.co.ke/america/article/2001479598/hawaii-vows-to-protect-landowners-on-maui-from-being-pressured-to-sell-after-wildfiresA general view shows the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Aug 17, 2023. [AP Photo] Hawaii's governor vowed to protect local landowners from being “victimised” by opportunistic buyers when Maui rebuilds from deadly wildfires that incinerated a historic island community and killed more than 100 people.2023-08-18T10:47+0200kenyamoja-cde89f67627d81e06ca48277e73fa65420230818104700Maui official explains why sirens were not sounded during wildfires Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya said the protocol is to use the coastal sirens only during tsunami warnings, and not during wildfires.https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3126710246050-maui-official-explains-why-sirens-were-not-sounded-during-wildfiresA Maui official defended not activating sirens during last week's deadly wildfires , as the county's emergency response has come under scrutiny over what more could have been done to possibly save lives. Maui Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya said the protocol is to use the....2023-08-18T10:44+0200newsbreak-USA-c06b1bf51591a9adbd06ada46401fd5e20230818104400Debate on siren's role in deadly Hawaii wildfires forces local official to resignhttp://english.sina.com/world/2023-08-18/detail-imzhqzta2030733.shtmlAs the death toll from the Hawaii wildfires keeps rising, the debate has got heated around whether sirens could have made a difference against the deadliest fires in modern US history. The fires that started on August 8 in Maui Island killed 111 people as of Thursday, with the death toll expected to rise as searches continue.2023-08-18T10:41+0200sinacom-en-ffaa50a231c191ea685861afb6e7eafa20230818104100Le chef des urgences de Maui démissionnehttps://www.nouvelles-du-monde.com/le-chef-des-urgences-de-maui-demissionne/2023-08-18 08:56:00 Herman Andaya a attaqué et critiqué pour ne pas avoir sonné l’alarme. “Activé par le tsunami, il aurait poussé les gens vers les flammes”, s’est-il défendu. Le chef de l’agence d’urgence de Maui, Herman Andaya, a démissionné après avoir été critiqué pour ne pas avoir fait....2023-08-18T10:37+0200nouvelles-du-monde-5b294f5305e8f4f728ade94d0e2516aa20230818103700