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Maui

island, Hawaii, United States

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Last Updated: Dec 23, 2024 • Article History

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A Maui program kept Lahaina families together by paying households to take in fire survivors • Dec. 23, 2024, 9:23 PM ET (AP)

Farmers, business owners, fire survivors face uncertainty after $100B in disaster relief flounders • Dec. 19, 2024, 8:38 PM ET (AP)

Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui • Dec. 4, 2024, 9:48 PM ET (AP)

Broome has 23 points and 19 rebounds as No. 4 Auburn tops No. 12 UNC 85-72 to reach Maui title game • Nov. 27, 2024, 2:20 AM ET (AP)

No. 2 UConn falls again in Maui, losing 73-72 to Colorado on Jakimovski's off-balance layup • Nov. 27, 2024, 1:14 AM ET (AP)

Maui, volcanic island, Maui county, Hawaii, U.S. It is separated from Molokai (northwest) by the Pailolo Channel, from Hawaii (southeast) by the Alenuihaha Channel, and from the small islands of Lanai and Kahoolawe (both to the west) by the Auau and Alalakeiki channels, respectively. With an area of 728 square miles (1,886 square km), the island is the second largest of the Hawaiian chain (after Hawaii island); it is also the second youngest of the Hawaiian Islands. Maui takes its name from a Polynesian demigod. It was created by two volcanoes, Puu Kukui and Haleakala, which constitute east and west ...(100 of 385 words)

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