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[Fox News] Maui wildfires seen from International Space Station
The scene of the deadly wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui was captured in satellite imagery from the International Space Station last weekend.
An Aug. 12 image, shared by NASA, shows the community of Lahaina on the coast at the lower left.
The space station was orbiting 259 miles above the Pacific Ocean, according to the space agency.
Previous Maxar Technologies satellite imagery includes tighter shots of Lahaina, with “before-and-after” pictures revealing the extent of the destruction that took the lives of more than 110 people.
HAWAII GOVERNOR VOWS TO PROTECT LOCALS FROM OUTSIDE BUYERS SEEKING REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES IN MAUI
Previously lush and green landscapes were charred by the wind-fueled wildfires, with “after” images largely brown and gray.
Residents were forced to flee their homes – some directly into the ocean – and many are still missing.
As the death roll rose to 111 on Wednesday, the leader of the Maui Emergency Management Agency defended not sounding sirens during the blaze.
Hawaii has what it touts as the largest system of outdoor alert sirens in the world, created following a 1946 tsunami that killed more than 150 people on the Big Island.
MAUI WILDFIRE DEATH TOLL REACHES 110, IS EXPECTED TO RISE AQS RECOVERY EFFORT CONTINUES
“We were afraid that people would have gone mauka,” agency administrator Herman Andaya, who used a Hawaiian navigational term that can mean toward the mountains or inland, said. “If that was the case, then they would have gone into the fire.”
On Tuesday, Maui officials said in a post that the fires have mostly been contained – but noted that contained does not mean extinguished.
“Know that our hearts are with every family,” Gov. Josh Green said in a press conference on Wednesday.
While the start of the wildfires, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, remains under investigation, an Associated Press analysis of FEMA records found that Hawaii is increasingly at risk from disasters.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are expected to visit Maui early next week.
“Like we saw in the pandemic, decisions we made can affect everyone across the islands. So what we’re saying now is travel should not be to West Maui. But the other parts of Maui are safe,” Green said Thursday, according to FOX Weather. “And the rest of the state, of course, is also safe.”
FOX News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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[Fox Business] Maryland man wins big in lottery with 15 identical jackpot tickets
A Maryland man has hit big money in a lottery drawing after purchasing multiple tickets and playing the same numbers on each.
“He plated the same numbers on 15 different tickets for the same drawing and won a $50,000 top-prize 15 times,” the Maryland Lottery shared in a recent press release about the Accokeek, Maryland, man’s win.
The “grand total” came out to $750,000 in winnings, the release continued.
MARYLAND MAN WINS LOTTERY THREE TIMES WITH SAME NUMBER: ‘IT HIT AGAIN’
The 65-year-old has reportedly won several others prizes in the state lottery over the years, with most earnings coming from the lottery’s Pick 4.
On Sunday, Aug. 13, the man, a Prince George’s County resident, had purchased Pick 5 tickets from Brother Liquors at 12788-B Old Fort Road in Fort Washington, Maryland, according to the media release.
NORTH CAROLINA MOM AND SON BOTH WIN BIG IN LOTTERY LESS THAN ONE MONTH APART: ‘WE ARE BLESSED’
The next day, the winner discovered he would be awarded a prize worth $750,000.
“That’s when he told his wife that her days of working were over,” lottery officials stated in the release.
“He has also been planning for his retirement after 20 years as a federal employee,” the release continued.
The soon-to-be retiree and his wife are likely financially set for the near future, the Maryland resident told the Maryland Lottery.
VIRGINIA MAN WINS $100K IN LOTTERY AFTER PLAYING SAME NUMBERS ON 20 TICKETS
The local retailer where the winning tickets were purchased, Brother Liquor, will also celebrate a win as the store received a $500 bonus for every winning ticket — which equates to $7,500 from the lottery.
In the year 2023, the Maryland Lottery along with the Gaming Control Agency, generated upwards of $1.589 billion “in contributions to the state during Fiscal Year 2023 from Lottery ticket sales, the state’s six casinos, sports wagering and daily fantasy sports,” the Maryland Lottery and Gaming website reported.
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Since the founding of the Maryland Lottery in 1973, the state agency has “contributed more than $18.6 billion in revenue to the State” and the winners have taken home more than $31.5 billion in prizes, the Maryland Lottery shared on its website.