About 50 residents on Hawaii's Maui island evacuated their homes as a fast-moving brush fire fueled by strong winds encroached on their rural community.

American farmers, small business owners and wildfire survivors are among those who will suffer if Congress cannot agree on a new spending bill after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan that included more than $100 billion in disaster aid.

Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

Some Lahaina wildfire survivors in Hawaii are vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until the mayor shuts down unpermitted vacation rentals and turns them into housing for those in need.

Maui County's mayor says all of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1.

The head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency has resigned after facing criticism for not activating disaster sirens during last week’s deadly wildfires that killed at least 111 people.