Among the parts of Maui that were destroyed by the wildfires are a sacred, 200-year-old church and an immersion school that taught children Hawaiian culture.
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Drought and wind: How Maui's wildfires turned into a historic tragedy
The catastrophic wildfires in Hawaii that have killed at least 53 people in Maui and reduced much of a historic seaside town to ash were fueled by severe drought conditions and fierce, hurricane-strength winds — a confluence of extremes amplified by climate change that experts say quickly turned a bad situation into a worst-case scenario.