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A truck destroyed by fire sits on Joshua Kihe’s property near Waimea, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021.

Hawaii increasingly seems under siege from disasters, and what is increasing most is wildfire, according to an analysis of Federal Emergency Management Agency records by The Associated Press.

There were as many federally-declared disaster wildfires this month in Hawaii, as in the 50 years between 1953 and 2003.

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