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    How Hindi emerged as the lingua franca of the ‘Hindi Heartland’ at the cost of other languages

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    ‘The Salt Path’ scandal: Defending a memoir’s ‘emotional truth’ is a high-risk strategy

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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

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    First-Class Railway Curry, Quick Bengali Murgir Korma: Two monsoon recipes by chef Asma Khan

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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom

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    A Jammu family’s fight to get their mother back from Pakistan

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    Rush Hour: SC limits SIT probe to Ashoka professor’s posts, stay on ‘Udaipur Files’ upheld and more

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    Why ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ is the perfect show for an India afraid of the future

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    ‘At his feet I pay homage, cupping my hands in reverence’: The Buddha as man, animal, and god

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Watch: Scenes of devastation as wildfire caused by hurricane rages through Hawaii’s Maui island

The seaside town of Lahaina has been completely destroyed by forest fires fanned by strong winds from Hurricane Dora, leaving several homeless and dead.

Scroll Staff
Aug 10, 2023 · 04:28 pm
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All of Lahaina pretty much wiped out. Friend said they are all in Kahului and Kihei for safety, roads to Lahaina closed. pic.twitter.com/DNcLGVV582

— Alex Alekhine (@AlekhineA) August 9, 2023

#WATCH: New video shows the moment a wildfire tore though homes in Lahaina.

READ MORE: https://t.co/hGkr7eRdpv #HINews #HNN pic.twitter.com/U7ZdftV7S3

— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) August 10, 2023

Utter devastation left by the wildfires in Maui, Hawaï. It is far from hyperbole to say that Lahaina has been wiped off the map.

Credit: Vince Carter pic.twitter.com/dlwxTNY51R

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) August 9, 2023

BREAKING: Popular 'Front Street' is on fire in Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, where, authorities said, people jumped into the water to escape flames and smoke from a wind-fueled wildfire. pic.twitter.com/vPRXufhbHc

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 9, 2023

Imagine escaping to the ocean to flee the flames and smoke. The U.S. Coast Guard says it's rescued a dozen people. @ABC7 #MauiFires pic.twitter.com/DKpwBLqC7O

— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) August 9, 2023

Devastation from #wildfires at #Maui are just too heartbreaking to watch💔😔 #Hawaii #MauiFires pic.twitter.com/sz8YeAT0pi

— Mario Pawlowski #ViralMario🇵🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 (@PawlowskiMario) August 10, 2023

Front Street Lahaina from the ground. Everything is gone #lahainafire pic.twitter.com/zzEkbvPa31

— Nohead (@nohea_d) August 9, 2023

#Lahaina gone. 😢 pic.twitter.com/0SeSVZbW3w

— Jen ☮️🌎🌱🌊💙🇺🇸🌴😷🇺🇦 (@liliefleur) August 10, 2023

Not my video- a ground view of Lahaina today shows the Banyan Tree somehow still stands amidst so much destruction, for those who have been worried.
Only time will tell if it survives the injuries sustained in the fires, but it feels like a small beacon of hope in this disaster. pic.twitter.com/xZ4x2hJ3Li

— Panda’s Toybox (@PandaToybox) August 9, 2023

Before and after photographs of the fire damage in Lahaina, Maui.

Absolutely devastating. pic.twitter.com/rYfLYN2bAg

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 10, 2023
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