A year after the 2023 Maui wildfires devastated large swathes of the island, residents of the historic town of Lahaina are celebrating the recovery of a 151-year-old banyan tree that was heavily ...

Like the banyan tree, his family has been in Lahaina since the 1800s, and they were among the last local families living on Front Street before their oceanfront home was destroyed by the flames.

Update at 3:12 a.m. July 21, 2025: Hawai‘i Island police on Sunday afternoon recovered the bodies of two women from within a massive iconic banyan tree that uprooted and crashed down a week ago across ...

Carvings are seen on the historic banyan tree on Aug. 11, 2023, in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.© PAULA RAMON, AFP via Getty Images From ash to action ...

Hopes rise by survival of Lahaina’s banyan tree After losing nearly 25,000 trees in the wildfire, 300 have survived including the famed banyan tree, and Maui finds hope. Local News Feb 17, 2024 ...

Badly burned from the August wildfires on Maui, Lahaina's historic banyan tree is showing signs of life.\u00a0KSL-TV's Tamara Vaifanua was one of the first journalists escorted in to get an up ...

Hope is blooming on fire-ravaged Maui. An iconic 151-year-old banyan tree on the island is healing one year after it was scorched by wildfires that ripped through the Hawaiian island last year.

The historic, 151-year-old banyan tree that was burned during the Maui wildfires in August 2023 is still healing. The Lahaina landmark was charred one year ago when the fires tore through the area ...

Now, it’s healing. Maui wildfires in 2023 scorched the historic banyan tree of Lahaina, but thanks to conservation and restoration efforts, parts of it are sprouting back to life.

Duane Sparkman, Maui County Arborist Committee chairman and founder of Treecovery, said this time of year brings back memories of Lahaina’s beloved banyan tree. When asked what memories he had ...

LAHAINA, Hawaii — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town’s Front Street.

A historic, 151-year-old banyan tree that was burned during the Maui wildfires in August 2023 is still healing, and remarkable photos show its recovery so far.