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At least six people have been killed in "unprecedented" wildfires that are raging across Hawaii's Big Island and Maui, officials said Wednesday.Much of Lahaina, a touristic and economic hub of 9,000 people, has been destroyed and hundreds of families displaced, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said. Residents reported heartbreaking destruction. "We have no more Lahaina. It’s gone," Mark Stefl told CNN.

Most of the fires on Maui – fueled in part by violent winds from Hurricane Dora, churning more than 800 miles away – have not yet been contained, Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. said. Here's how to help victims of the wildfires in Hawaii.In an area with limited connectivity? Get the latest news here.

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unprecedented（a.）史無前例的，空前的;絕無僅有的

be raging across=肆虐

touristic （a.）旅客的

displaced （a.） 背井離鄉的，流離失所的； 失業的，下崗的

heartbreaking destruction 令人心碎的破壞

violent winds = 狂風

have not yet been contained 尚未被抑制、控制

Maui Town Is Devastated by Deadliest Wildfire to Strike Hawaii

New York times

At least six people were killed in an inferno that tore through Lahaina, leveling entire neighborhoods.

From the air, the town of Lahaina looks incinerated. Charred palm trees are reduced to slender matchsticks protruding into the smoky sky. Homes are ash. Streets are deserted.

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devastated＝被徹底摧毀的；毀滅的 　completely destroyed  （極度震驚的；極為煩亂的）

She was utterly devastated when her husband died.（丈夫死時她整個人都垮掉了）

leveling entire neighborhoods 夷為整個周邊區域平地

inferno  火海

“Oh, my Gosh! Unbelievable,” said Richard Olsten as he piloted a helicopter along the Maui coast on Wednesday. “This looks like Baghdad or something.”The firestorm that tore through the western shores of Hawaii’s Maui island on Tuesday and continued on Wednesday has killed at least six people and forced the evacuation of more than 2,000, the authorities said. It was the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, according to Clay Trauernicht, a tropical fire specialist at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

單字  It was the deadliest wildfire..... = 這是最致命的野火

It was a scene familiar to residents of California and other states in the American West that have suffered a spate of hot-burning and fast-moving wildfires. This week they were ravaging a part of the United States that many consider paradise.

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a spate of （尤指不愉快的）大量突發事件

in (full) spate UK

Videos show wildfires burning across parts of Hawaii that have damaged buildings and prompted evacuations. The fires on Maui and the Big Island were driven in part by high winds that were made stronger by Hurricane Dora.

**credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/us/hurricane-dora-hawaii-wildfires.html?smid=threads-nytimes**

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