Another study looked at suicides and drug overdoses before and after the Maui fires. Researchers found a 97% jump in suicide and overdose deaths in Maui during August 2023 — the same month the fires hit. Hawaii as a whole saw a 46% increase that month.

Rising temperatures on Wednesday posed new challenges for firefighters who have made incremental progress against a massive wildfire in central California that injured four people as it became the biggest blaze in the state so far this year.