At least 36 people have been killed by wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui which have also destroyed the historic city of Lahaina, once the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Climate and forestry experts have noted that the climate crisis likely contributed to the conditions that made the fires so deadly.
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