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Scientists say climate change, driven by fossil fuel use, has led to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//summer-of-extremes-is-climate-change-to-blame-for-heatwaves-and-flooding/">more frequent and more powerful extreme weather events<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7813726,7826640\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//17//locals-beg-tourists-to-stay-away-from-maui-as-they-start-to-rebuild-after-devastating-wild/">Locals beg tourists to stay away from Maui as they start to rebuild after devastating wildfires<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug/">'The worst disaster I've ever seen': Residents dived into the ocean as wildfires ripped through Maui<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Maui wildfires: Were fallen power lines the cause?<\/h2><p>As the death toll climbs, there is increasing discussion of what role downed power lines may have played in starting or exacerbating the fires.<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric Co. faces criticism for not shutting off the power amid high wind warnings and keeping it on even as dozens of poles began to topple.<\/p>\n<p>A class-action lawsuit has been filed seeking to hold the company responsible for the deaths of more than 100 people.<\/p>\n<p>It claims that power lines blown over by Hurricane Dora led to the spread of the Lahaina wildfire.<\/p>\n<p>\"These power lines foreseeably ignited the fast-moving, deadly, and destructive Lahaina Fire, which destroyed homes, businesses, churches, schools, and historic cultural sites,\" it alleges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x454_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"REUTERS&#47;Mike Blake&#47;File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x216_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x360_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x422_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x466_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x608_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x675_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b52aa80f-19f6-55ee-9259-df44ceabf373-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers repair utility lines in the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, U.S., August 15, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">REUTERS&#47;Mike Blake&#47;File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Why was the power not shut off in Maui?<\/h2><p>The lawsuit cites the utility\u2019s own documents showing it was aware that preemptive power shutoffs such as those used in California were an effective strategy to prevent wildfires but never adopted them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody likes to turn the power off - it\u2019s inconvenient - but any utility that has significant wildfire risk, especially wind-driven wildfire risk, needs to do it and needs to have a plan in place,\u201d says Michael Wara, a wildfire expert who is director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University. \u201cIn this case, the utility did not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may turn out that there are other causes of this fire, and the utility lines are not the main cause,\u201d Wara said. \u201cBut if they are, boy, this didn\u2019t need to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiian Electric declined to comment on the accusations in the lawsuit or whether it has ever shut down power before due to high winds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But President and CEO Shelee Kimura noted at a news conference Monday that many factors go into that decision, including the possible effect on people who rely on specialized medical equipment and firefighters who need power to pump water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in places where this has been used, it is controversial, and it\u2019s not universally accepted,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Why didn't emergency sirens go off in Hawaii?<\/h2><p>Hawaii has one of the world&#039;s largest emergency siren systems. But, as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//13//as-death-toll-from-maui-fire-reaches-89-authorities-say-effort-to-count-the-losses-is-just/">the deadly wildfires broke out<\/strong><\/a>, it remained silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials have said that the 400-siren system wasn&#039;t activated.\u00a0Some residents have said they didn&#039;t receive an official text or phone warning either.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many were taken by surprise as fires spread at an astonishing speed. Some say that the blaze may simply have moved too quickly for a formal response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency has confirmed that mobile phone alerts and messages on televisions and radio stations were activated. As wildfires spread on Tuesday, power and most communication services - including emergency calls and cell phones - were cut off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials had to resort to public radio stations and posts on official websites and social media to update residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez has called for an official review of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//23//alert-alert-early-warning-systems-have-saved-10000s-of-lives-as-extreme-weather-takes-hold/">emergency response<\/strong><\/a> to the wildfires with the hope of \"understanding the decisions that were made before and during\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What is driving Hawaii's wildfires?<\/h2><p>Winds from Hurricane Dora, hundreds of miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, have fanned the flames across the US state, officials say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//13//as-death-toll-from-maui-fire-reaches-89-authorities-say-effort-to-count-the-losses-is-just/">The Lahaina fire on Maui<\/strong><\/a> travelled at an incredible speed of around \"one mile every minute,\" according to Governor Green. He blamed high winds for the speed of the spread.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7504132231404959\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x608_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1441_cmsv2_4338e11a-6204-5644-a174-23883ef86d87-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii on 9 August.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In addition to Dora, a low-pressure system to the west near Japan is also contributing to the high sustained winds. Dry vegetation is also a factor.<\/p>\n<p>The spread of flammable non-native grasses such as Guinea grass in areas of former farmland and forest has created large amounts of small, easily ignited materials that increase the risk and severity of fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such grasses comprise 26 per cent of Hawaii, according to Pickett.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7811324,7806982\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//07//in-pictures-slovenia-faces-worst-ever-natural-disaster-after-extreme-flooding/">In pictures: Slovenia faces \u2018worst-ever natural disaster\u2019 after extreme flooding<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//09//volcanoes-shipping-and-dust-what-else-could-be-fuelling-this-summers-heatwaves/">Volcanoes, shipping and dust: What else could be fuelling this summer\u2019s heatwaves?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where are the fires and how contained are they?<\/h2><p>The fires have caused widespread devastation in Lahaina, a beach resort city of about 13,000 people on northwestern Maui that was once a whaling centre and the Hawaiian Kingdom&#039;s capital. It now draws 2 million <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//07//disaster-is-on-the-horizon-for-travel-and-tourism-if-we-dont-start-doing-things-differentl/">tourists a year.<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday evening, the Lahaina fire was 85 per cent contained, while the Pulehu fire, burning to the east, has remained 100 per cent contained. The Upcountry fire in the mountainous centre of the eastern mass of the island is now 60 per cent contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fires have also scorched parts of the Big Island.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7504132231404959\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//16//72//808x608_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg/" alt=\"Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/384x288_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/640x480_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/750x563_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/828x621_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1080x810_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1200x900_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/1920x1441_cmsv2_dbeddfe5-1d6e-524f-916e-2ea562b24657-7821672.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A view of the charred remains after wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Erin Hawk&#47;via REUTERS<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some 271 structures were destroyed or damaged, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser said, citing official reports from the US Civil Air Patrol and Maui Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//14//as-maui-rescue-continues-families-and-faith-leaders-cling-to-hope-but-tackle-reality-of-lo/">Hawaii is an archipelago about 3,200km west of the US mainland. It is made up of eight main islands, including Hawaii, known as the Big Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The island of Maui lies to the north and west of the island of Hawaii.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692010070,"publishedAt":1692017336,"updatedAt":1692266307,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/14\/hawaii-wildfires-what-caused-the-deadly-blazes-and-is-climate-change-to-blame","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/16\/72\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d227cf66-a9aa-550b-b5f8-b7aacf5656da-7821672.jpg","altText":"A view of damage cause by wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.","caption":"A view of damage cause by wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.","captionCredit":"Mike 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Re-View: The longest-running theatrical release in film history launches","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Culture Re-View: How did 'Rocky Horror' become such a cult favourite?","titleListing2":"On this day in 1975, arguably the king of cult films, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', was released - but it wasn't a runaway hit off the bat.","leadin":"On this day in 1975, arguably the king of cult films, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', was released - but it wasn't a runaway hit off the bat.","summary":"On this day in 1975, arguably the king of cult films, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', was released - but it wasn't a runaway hit off the bat.","url":"culture-re-view-the-longest-running-theatrical-release-in-film-history-launches","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"On 14 August, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show had its premiere, almost immediately turning viewers off. \n\nBut 48 years later, it remains a cult classic and the longest-running theatrical release in film history. \n\nThe quirky horror-comedy musical movie follows Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), who find themselves trapped in the castle of mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter, played by Tim Curry. \n\nIt was the British actor\u2019s first film role and his arrival on screen, singing the endlessly catchy \u2018Sweet Transvestite\u2019 could be the greatest debut by an actor in film history. \n\nRocky Horror started its life as a stage play, opening in London\u2019s West End in 1973 to rave reviews. \n\nThe Jim Sharman and Richard O\u2019Brien-penned musical gained huge popularity in Los Angeles the following year, which inspired 20th Century Fox to quickly purchase the film rights. \n\nFollowing a premiere in London, the film bombed in most locations in Europe and the United States. \n\n20th Century Fox made plans to pull the movie from cinemas but, after seeing its success at one location in Los Angeles, executives began to rethink how to rerelease the film. \n\nAt the the United Artists Theater in LA\u2019s Westwood neighbourhood, moviegoers had been selling out every showing of Rocky Horror , with some singing and dancing along to the catchy songs, including the seminal 'Time Warp' . \n\nInspired, film executives initially sent the film to college campuses in the US as a double bill with Brian De Palma\u2019s 1974 rock and roll horror spoof Phantom Of The Paradise . \n\nAudiences were initially small but grew after a second film poster was created using a set of red lips with the tagline \u2018A Different Set of Jaws\u2019, a spoof of the poster for the film Jaws, released the same year. \n\nRocky Horror \u2019s release coincided with the 1970s trend for \u2018midnight movies\u2019. \n\nCinemas screened non-mainstream films at 12am, with the aim to build a cult film audience, by encouraging repeat viewing and discussion in a countercultural setting. \n\nFollowing in the footsteps of classics like Harold and Maude and Pink Flamingos , Rocky Horror began screening again at midnight, starting in New York City on April Fools' Day, 1976. \n\nThe next month, it was the \u2018secret\u2019 movie at the Seattle International Film Festival, cementing its place as a cult picture. \n\nAt the Waverly Theatre in New York, some of the Rocky Horror fandom\u2019s biggest traditions were born. Fans would watch the film in full costume and a \u2018shadow cast\u2019 of actors would dress as the film\u2019s characters, mimicking their lines and actions and talk back to the personas on screen. \n\nBy October 1976, the tradition of audience callbacks was in full swing, with one notable example aimed at the character of Janet, when she places a newspaper over her head to protect herself from the rain. \n\nAn audience member called out: \u201cBuy an umbrella you cheap bitch!\u201d to the delight of the crowd. \n\nFrom its cult following in New York and Los Angeles, the cult of Rocky Horror soon spread, making it a huge smash hit. \n\nDespite its terrible opening, it\u2019s technically still in its initial theatrical release. That\u2019s thanks to a 20th Century Fox policy that made archival films available to cinemas at any time.\u00a0 It\u2019s never been pulled from its original 1975 release and continues to play in cinemas to this day. \n\nIn 2019, after the the Walt Disney Company acquired 20th Century Fox, Rocky Horror was saved from the archival Disney Vault, with executives deciding to allow the traditional midnight screenings to continue. \n\nIn spite of a rocky launch, the film now has a huge, international cult following and is considered by many to be one of the greatest musical films of all time.\u00a0 In 2005, that was made official when it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>On 14 August, 1975, <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show<\/em> had its premiere, almost immediately turning viewers off.<\/p>\n<p>But 48 years later, it remains a cult classic and the longest-running theatrical release in film history.<\/p>\n<p>The quirky horror-comedy musical movie follows Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon), who find themselves trapped in the castle of mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter, played by Tim Curry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7911547911547911\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x641_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Movie Poster Image Art&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x304_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x506_cmsv2_89f7cc7b-cf9d-5d21-bee5-290d04f2c46f-7816758.jpg 640w, 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Magenta, pictured on a lobby card for the film<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Movie Poster Image Art&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was the British actor\u2019s first film role and his arrival on screen, singing the endlessly catchy \u2018Sweet Transvestite\u2019 could be the greatest debut by an actor in film history.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rocky Horror<\/em> started its life as a stage play, opening in London\u2019s West End in 1973 to rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The Jim Sharman and Richard O\u2019Brien-penned musical gained huge popularity in Los Angeles the following year, which inspired 20th Century Fox to quickly purchase the film rights.<\/p>\n<p>Following a premiere in London, the film bombed in most locations in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6678266371401456\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x539_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Michael Ochs Archives&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x256_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x427_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x501_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x553_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x721_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x801_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1282_cmsv2_1cff5300-060e-50c8-9ca6-ef382e596894-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon in a scene from the cult movie<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Michael Ochs Archives&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>20th Century Fox made plans to pull the movie from cinemas but, after seeing its success at one location in Los Angeles, executives began to rethink how to rerelease the film.<\/p>\n<p>At the the United Artists Theater in LA\u2019s Westwood neighbourhood, moviegoers had been selling out every showing of <em>Rocky Horror<\/em>, with some singing and dancing along to the catchy songs, including the seminal &#039;Time Warp&#039;<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inspired, film executives initially sent the film to college campuses in the US as a double bill with Brian De Palma\u2019s 1974 rock and roll horror spoof <em>Phantom Of The Paradise<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.515527950310559\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x1224_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"LMPC via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x582_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x970_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x1137_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x1255_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x1637_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x1819_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x2910_cmsv2_22cdeda3-a0e3-5400-970d-1d4d9b1e0864-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The revamped, Jaws-inspired poster, featuring the lips of former Playboy model Lorelei Shark<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">LMPC via Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Audiences were initially small but grew after a second film poster was created using a set of red lips with the tagline \u2018A Different Set of Jaws\u2019, a spoof of the poster for the film <em>Jaws,<\/em> released the same year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Rocky Horror<\/em> \u2019s release coincided with the 1970s trend for \u2018midnight movies\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7378048780487805\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x594_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Bromberger Hoover Photography&#47;Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x283_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x472_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x553_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x611_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x797_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x885_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1417_cmsv2_3795542d-b9c5-5f55-a0e8-6edb625d1e72-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Perfomers smiling as they get ready before a screening of the film &apos;The Rocky Horror Picture Show,&apos; in Hayward, California, 1985<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bromberger Hoover Photography&#47;Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cinemas screened non-mainstream films at 12am, with the aim to build a cult film audience, by encouraging repeat viewing and discussion in a countercultural setting.<\/p>\n<p>Following in the footsteps of classics like <em>Harold and Maude<\/em> and <em>Pink Flamingos<\/em>, <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> began screening again at midnight, starting in New York City on April Fools&#039; Day, 1976.<\/p>\n<p>The next month, it was the \u2018secret\u2019 movie at the Seattle International Film Festival, cementing its place as a cult picture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.8656666666666667\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x697_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Bobby Bank&#47;2008 Bobby Bank\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x332_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x554_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x649_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x717_cmsv2_af815151-a7cc-56cd-ba22-94145660c357-7816758.jpg 828w, 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fandom\u2019s biggest traditions were born. Fans would watch the film in full costume and a \u2018shadow cast\u2019 of actors would dress as the film\u2019s characters, mimicking their lines and actions and talk back to the personas on screen.<\/p>\n<p>By October 1976, the tradition of audience callbacks was in full swing, with one notable example aimed at the character of Janet, when she places a newspaper over her head to protect herself from the rain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7882136279926335\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x636_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"LMPC via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x303_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/640x504_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/750x591_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/828x653_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1080x851_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1200x946_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/1920x1513_cmsv2_aaeead26-53ab-5002-b9d7-7b6d27cafaa0-7816758.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Rocky Horror Picture Show lobbycard, featuring L-R: Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry and Richard O&apos;Brien<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">LMPC via Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>An audience member called out: \u201cBuy an umbrella you cheap bitch!\u201d to the delight of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>From its cult following in New York and Los Angeles, the cult of <em>Rocky Horror<\/em> soon spread, making it a huge smash hit.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its terrible opening, it\u2019s technically still in its initial theatrical release. That\u2019s thanks to a 20th Century Fox policy that made archival films available to cinemas at any time.\u00a0It\u2019s never been pulled from its original 1975 release and continues to play in cinemas to this day.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5720081135902637\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//58//808x462_cmsv2_b4cd184d-d131-54af-bd65-bfa9ad78f315-7816758.jpg/" alt=\"Frank Lennon&#47;Toronto Star via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/58\/384x220_cmsv2_b4cd184d-d131-54af-bd65-bfa9ad78f315-7816758.jpg 384w, 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This is equipment designed for war, not to help process asylum seekers at the southern border,\" tweeted the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. \n\nThis floating barrier was installed in July close to the town of Eagle Pass located on the bank of the Rio Grande River, bordering Mexico and the United States.\u00a0 \n\nIt\u2019s part of the state\u2019s operation called \u201cLone Star\u201d to fight illegal immigration. \n\nIn a press release published in August, Texas authorities said the operation was a success claiming to have arrested nearly 402,000 illegal immigrants in the last two years.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, the razor-like blades seen on the orange barrels aren\u2019t technically circular chainsaws because they aren\u2019t motor-powered.\u00a0 \n\nInstead, these razor-like blades are more like floating barbed wire.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to a report by Texas Public Radio , \u201cThere are serrated metal plates that look like circular saw blades between each buoy to deter anyone from climbing over it.\u201d \n\nHowever, a Texas state trooper deployed as part of Operation Lone Star had told a superior the razor wire and buoys are \"nothing more than an inhumane trap.\" \n\nSince the installation of this barrier, bodies of migrants have been discovered in the river. \n\nTexas officials say the men likely drowned upstream. One body was caught in the buoys, according to the New York Times. \n\nOfficials from the Texas Department of Public Safety said the body appeared to have floated there after having drowned. \n\nIn mid-July, the US Department of Justice sued Greg Abbott over the floating device claiming it threatens public safety and violates treaties with Mexico.\u00a0 \n\nBut Greg Abbott remained defiant and in a letter to the US President Joe Biden said Texas \u201cwill see you in court.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The viral video was originally posted on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Democrat Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>She had recently traveled to the US-Mexico border to document the new anti-immigration measures taken by the Republican Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multiple politicians in the US and abroad are now claiming that these orange barrels are not only meant to deter migrants but also to injure and even kill them due to what they claim are circular chainsaws attached to the buoys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1688964826582638593\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//JoaquinCastrotx//status//1689015922202132480/">explained Joaquin Castro<\/strong><\/a>, the Democrat Texas Congressman on his X account.<\/p>\n<p>\"Razor wire. Buoys meant to inflict harm. Helicopters. Military vehicles. 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Teams marked the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains. \n\nPelletier said that identifying the dead is extremely challenging because \u201cwe pick up the remains and they fall apart... When we find our family and our friends, the remains that we\u2019re finding is through a fire that melted metal.\" \n\nDogs worked the rubble, and their occasional bark - used to alert their handlers to a possible corpse - echoed over the hot and colourless landscape. \n\n\u201cIt will certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced,\u201d Gov. Josh Green remarked Saturday as he toured the devastation on historic Front Street. \"We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.\u201d \n\nAt least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, of which 86 per cent were residential. Across the island, he added, the damage was estimated at close to $6 billion. He said it would take \u201can incredible amount of time\u201d to recover.\" \n\nAt least two other fires have been burning in Maui, with no fatalities reported thus far: in south Maui\u2019s Kihei area and in the mountainous, inland communities known as Upcountry. A fourth broke out Friday evening in Kaanapali, a coastal community in West Maui north of Lahaina, but crews were able to extinguish it, authorities said. \n\nGreen said the Upcountry fire had affected 544 structures, of which 96% were residential. \n\nEmergency managers in Maui were searching for places to house people displaced from their homes. As many as 4,500 people are in need of shelter, county officials said on Facebook early Saturday, citing figures from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pacific Disaster Center. \n\nPelletier said the police are bringing in more dogs, but the search for remains is still in the early stages. \n\nHe encouraged those with missing family members to go to the family assistance centre. \n\n\u201cWe need you to do the DNA test. We need to identify your loved ones,\u201d Pelletier said. He noted that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d \n\nThose who escaped counted their blessings, thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn't make it. \n\nRetired fire captain Geoff Bogar and his friend of 35 years, Franklin Trejos, initially stayed behind to help others in Lahaina and save Bogar's house. But as the flames moved closer and closer Tuesday afternoon, they knew they had to get out. Each escaped to his own car. When Bogar's wouldn't start, he broke through a window to get out, then crawled on the ground until a police patrol found him and brought him to a hospital. \n\nTrejos wasn't as lucky. When Bogar returned the next day, he found the bones of his 68-year-old friend in the back seat of his car, lying on top of the remains of the Bogars' beloved 3-year-old golden retriever Sam, whom he had tried to protect. \n\nTrejos, a native of Costa Rica, had lived for years with Bogar and his wife, Shannon Weber-Bogar, helping her with her seizures when her husband couldn't. He filled their lives with love and laughter. \n\n\u201cGod took a really good man,\u201d Weber-Bogar said. \n\nThe newly released death toll surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a number of rural communities, destroying thousands of homes and killing hundreds. \n\nThe wildfires are the state\u2019s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people. An even deadlier tsunami in 1946, which killed more than 150 on the Big Island, prompted the development of a territory-wide emergency alert system with sirens that are tested monthly. \n\nHawaii emergency management records do not indicate the warning sirens sounded before fire hit the town. Officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations, but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach. \n\nFueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the wildfires on Maui raced through parched brush covering the island. \n\nUS Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell said the Lahaina fire moved quickly. \u201cIt was a low-to-the-ground fire. It was grass-fed by all evidence that we could observe today,\u201d she said. \n\n\u201cIt outpaced anything firefighters could have done in the early hours,\u201d she said, adding that it moved horizontally, structure to structure and \u201cincredibly fast.\u201d \n\nThe most serious blaze swept into Lahaina on Tuesday and destroyed nearly every building in the town of 13,000, leaving a grid of grey rubble wedged between the blue ocean and lush green slopes. \n\nMaui water officials warned Lahaina and Kula residents not to drink running water, which may be contaminated even after boiling, and to only take short, lukewarm showers in well-ventilated rooms to avoid possible chemical vapor exposure. \n\nThe danger on Maui was well known. Maui County\u2019s hazard mitigation plan updated in 2020 identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and several buildings at risk. The report also noted West Maui had the island\u2019s second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers. \n\n\u201cThis may limit the population\u2019s ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events,\u201d the plan stated. \n\nMaui\u2019s firefighting efforts may have been hampered by limited staff and equipment. \n\nBobby Lee, president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association, said there are a maximum of 65 county firefighters working at any given time, who are responsible for three islands: Maui, Molokai and Lanai. \n\nGreen said officials will review policies and procedures to improve safety. \n\n\u201cPeople have asked why we are reviewing what\u2019s going on and it\u2019s because the world has changed. A storm now can be a hurricane-fire or a fire-hurricane,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s what we experienced, that\u2019s why we\u2019re looking into these policies, to find out how we can best protect our people.\u201d \n\nRiley Curran said he fled his Front Street home after seeing the oncoming fire from the roof of a neighbouring building. He doubts county officials could have done more, given the speed of the onrushing flames. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not that people didn\u2019t try to do anything,\" Curran said. \u201cThe fire went from zero to 100.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Crews with cadaver dogs have completed just three per cent of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got an area that we have to contain that is at least 5 square miles and it is full of our loved ones... Today we identified two,\u201d noting that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He spoke as federal emergency workers picked through an ashen moonscape left by the fire that razed the centuries-old town of Lahaina. Teams marked the ruins of homes with a bright orange X for an initial search and HR when they found human remains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//90//90//808x539_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/384x256_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/640x427_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/750x500_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/828x552_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1080x720_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1200x800_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1920x1281_cmsv2_c173f942-3484-51ec-9250-f7081c13197b-7819090.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Wildfire damage is shown, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pelletier said that identifying the dead is extremely challenging because \u201cwe pick up the remains and they fall apart... When we find our family and our friends, the remains that we\u2019re finding is through a fire that melted metal.\"<\/p>\n<p>Dogs worked the rubble, and their occasional bark - used to alert their handlers to a possible corpse - echoed over the hot and colourless landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will certainly be the worst natural disaster that Hawaii ever faced,\u201d Gov. Josh Green remarked Saturday as he toured the devastation on historic Front Street. \"We can only wait and support those who are living. Our focus now is to reunite people when we can and get them housing and get them health care, and then turn to rebuilding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 2,200 buildings were damaged or destroyed in West Maui, Green said, of which 86 per cent were residential. Across the island, he added, the damage was estimated at close to $6 billion. He said it would take \u201can incredible amount of time\u201d to recover.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7813726\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//10//the-worst-disaster-ive-ever-seen-residents-dived-into-the-ocean-as-wildfires-ripped-throug/">'The worst disaster I've ever seen': Residents dived into the ocean as wildfires ripped through Maui<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At least two other fires have been burning in Maui, with no fatalities reported thus far: in south Maui\u2019s Kihei area and in the mountainous, inland communities known as Upcountry. A fourth broke out Friday evening in Kaanapali, a coastal community in West Maui north of Lahaina, but crews were able to extinguish it, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Green said the Upcountry fire had affected 544 structures, of which 96% were residential.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency managers in Maui were searching for places to house people displaced from their homes. As many as 4,500 people are in need of shelter, county officials said on Facebook early Saturday, citing figures from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Pacific Disaster Center.<\/p>\n<p>Pelletier said the police are bringing in more dogs, but the search for remains is still in the early stages.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged those with missing family members to go to the family assistance centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need you to do the DNA test. We need to identify your loved ones,\u201d Pelletier said. He noted that the death toll is likely to grow and \u201cnone of us really know the size of it yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who escaped counted their blessings, thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn&#039;t make it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//90//90//808x454_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/384x216_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/640x360_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/750x422_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/828x466_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1080x608_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1200x675_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/90\/90\/1920x1080_cmsv2_2a8bd9bd-c89b-565a-a0f3-7f04fa85623c-7819090.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Governor of Hawaii Josh Green, center, points to damage as he speaks with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell during a tour of wildfire damage on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Bowmer&#47;Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Retired fire captain Geoff Bogar and his friend of 35 years, Franklin Trejos, initially stayed behind to help others in Lahaina and save Bogar&#039;s house. But as the flames moved closer and closer Tuesday afternoon, they knew they had to get out. Each escaped to his own car. When Bogar&#039;s wouldn&#039;t start, he broke through a window to get out, then crawled on the ground until a police patrol found him and brought him to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Trejos wasn&#039;t as lucky. When Bogar returned the next day, he found the bones of his 68-year-old friend in the back seat of his car, lying on top of the remains of the Bogars&#039; beloved 3-year-old golden retriever Sam, whom he had tried to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Trejos, a native of Costa Rica, had lived for years with Bogar and his wife, Shannon Weber-Bogar, helping her with her seizures when her husband couldn&#039;t. He filled their lives with love and laughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod took a really good man,\u201d Weber-Bogar said.<\/p>\n<p>The newly released death toll surpassed the toll of the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise. A century earlier, the 1918 Cloquet Fire broke out in drought-stricken northern Minnesota and raced through a number of rural communities, destroying thousands of homes and killing hundreds.<\/p>\n<p>The wildfires are the state\u2019s deadliest natural disaster in decades, surpassing a 1960 tsunami that killed 61 people. An even deadlier tsunami in 1946, which killed more than 150 on the Big Island, prompted the development of a territory-wide emergency alert system with sirens that are tested monthly.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7797436,7796218\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//climate-change-made-july-hotter-for-4-out-of-5-humans-on-earth/">Climate change made July hotter for 4 out of 5 humans on Earth<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hawaii emergency management records do not indicate the warning sirens sounded before fire hit the town. Officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations, but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach.<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by a dry summer and strong winds from a passing hurricane, the wildfires on Maui raced through parched brush covering the island.<\/p>\n<p>US Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell said the Lahaina fire moved quickly. \u201cIt was a low-to-the-ground fire. It was grass-fed by all evidence that we could observe today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt outpaced anything firefighters could have done in the early hours,\u201d she said, adding that it moved horizontally, structure to structure and \u201cincredibly fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//embed//2343934/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The most serious blaze swept into Lahaina on Tuesday and destroyed nearly every building in the town of 13,000, leaving a grid of grey rubble wedged between the blue ocean and lush green slopes.<\/p>\n<p>Maui water officials warned Lahaina and Kula residents not to drink running water, which may be contaminated even after boiling, and to only take short, lukewarm showers in well-ventilated rooms to avoid possible chemical vapor exposure.<\/p>\n<p>The danger on Maui was well known. Maui County\u2019s hazard mitigation plan updated in 2020 identified Lahaina and other West Maui communities as having frequent wildfires and several buildings at risk. The report also noted West Maui had the island\u2019s second-highest rate of households without a vehicle and the highest rate of non-English speakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis may limit the population\u2019s ability to receive, understand and take expedient action during hazard events,\u201d the plan stated.<\/p>\n<p>Maui\u2019s firefighting efforts may have been hampered by limited staff and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Lee, president of the Hawaii Firefighters Association, said there are a maximum of 65 county firefighters working at any given time, who are responsible for three islands: Maui, Molokai and Lanai.<\/p>\n<p>Green said officials will review policies and procedures to improve safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have asked why we are reviewing what\u2019s going on and it\u2019s because the world has changed. 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Will it work as sea levels rise?","leadin":"Works are underway to restore damage done by the world's biggest marine oil spill in 2010, but rising sea levels are likely to complicate efforts.","summary":"Works are underway to restore damage done by the world's biggest marine oil spill in 2010, but rising sea levels are likely to complicate efforts.","url":"restoration-begins-in-louisiana-years-after-the-worlds-largest-marine-oil-spill-but-will-i","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A massive ecosystem restoration project has begun in Louisiana, US, 13 years after its coastline was devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. \n\nNearly $3 billion (over \u20ac2.7 billion) in settlement money from BP\u00a0is being funnelled into southeastern Louisiana\u2019s Plaquemines Parish, where the biggest ever oil spill\u00a0devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals. \n\nThe flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps and shrimp boats share the region with oil rig supply vessels and industrial storage. And it's about to host a vast undertaking meant to mimic Mother Nature: Enormous gates will soon be incorporated into a flood protection levee. \n\nA 'first-of-its-kind project' \n\nThe aim is to divert some of the river's sediment-laden water into a new channel and guide it into the Barataria Basin southeast of New Orleans. \n\nIf it works, the sediment will settle out in the basin and gradually restore land that has been steadily disappearing for decades. State coastal officials call it a first-of-its-kind project they are certain will work, even as climate change-induced rising sea levels threaten the disappearing coast. \n\nGovernor John Bel Edwards called it the largest such ecosystem restoration project in the state's history. \"Quite frankly I\u2019m not aware of one on this scale any where in the country and there are few in the world that can match the size of this project,\u201d he said at Thursday's groundbreaking. \n\nBren Haase, chair of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, estimates the project will build anywhere from 52 square kilometres to 104 square kilometres over the next 30 to 50 years. \n\nSubsistence and rising sea levels make net loss of land likely \n\nThe US Army Corps of Engineers, which permitted the project last year, projected creating as much as 54 square kilometres by 2070. Subsidence \u2013 the natural sinking of land - and sea level rise will diminish the returns, so much so that a net loss of land remains likely. But that can be seen as a factor increasing the importance of the effort. \n\n\u201cAs land loss accelerates due to sea-level rise and subsidence, more of the remaining wetland area would be attributed to diversion operations,\u201d the statement\u2019s executive summary said. \n\nCoastal experts say south Louisiana was built by sediment deposited as the powerful river continuously altered its own crooked, meandering course over thousands of years. \n\nHuman efforts to constrain the river with flood protection levees and huge flow-control structures safeguarded cities and communities that developed along the banks as the river became a medium of navigation and commerce. But the development also stopped the millennia-old process of building land naturally. \n\nThat is a major reason Louisiana's marshy coastal wetlands have given way to growing swaths of open water, posing a myriad of environmental concerns. Those concerns include worry about the erosion of land that serves as a natural hurricane buffer for New Orleans. \n\n\u201cThe Mississippi River built Louisiana \u2013 and finally reconnecting it with coastal areas that are currently starved of freshwater and sediment will ensure our future,\u201d US Rep Garrett Graves, a Republican, said in a news release. Graves supported the project in Congress and served as a top coastal restoration official under former Governor Bobby Jindal. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A massive ecosystem restoration project has begun in Louisiana, US, 13 years after its coastline was devastated by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly $3 billion (over \u20ac2.7 billion) in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2015//10//05//bp-finally-agrees-record-breaking-deepwater-horizon-settlement/">settlement money<\/strong><\/a> from BP\u00a0is being funnelled into southeastern Louisiana\u2019s Plaquemines Parish, where the biggest ever oil spill\u00a0devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals.<\/p>\n<p>The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays. Farms, fishing camps and shrimp boats share the region with oil rig supply vessels and industrial storage. And it&#039;s about to host a vast undertaking meant to mimic Mother Nature: Enormous gates will soon be incorporated into a flood protection levee.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"3042476,4485024\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2017//12//29//trump-moves-roll-back-deepwater-horizon-safety-rules-n833456/">Trump moves to roll back Deepwater Horizon safety rules<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//02//09//watch-shrinking-pelican-breeding-grounds-restored-after-bp-oil-spill/">WATCH | Shrinking pelican breeding grounds restored after BP oil spill<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>A 'first-of-its-kind project'<\/h2><p>The aim is to divert some of the river&#039;s sediment-laden water into a new channel and guide it into the Barataria Basin southeast of New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>If it works, the sediment will settle out in the basin and gradually restore land that has been steadily disappearing for decades. State coastal officials call it a first-of-its-kind project they are certain will work, even as climate change-induced rising sea levels threaten the disappearing coast.<\/p>\n<p>Governor John Bel Edwards called it the largest such ecosystem <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//a-blessing-wounded-soldiers-help-us-scientists-to-save-coral-reefs/">restoration project in the state&#039;s history. \"Quite frankly I\u2019m not aware of one on this scale any where in the country and there are few in the world that can match the size of this project,\u201d he said at Thursday&#039;s groundbreaking.<\/p>\n<p>Bren Haase, chair of Louisiana&#039;s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, estimates the project will build anywhere from 52 square kilometres to 104 square kilometres over the next 30 to 50 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7003095975232199\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//67//40//808x565_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg/" alt=\"AP&#47;AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/384x269_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/640x448_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/750x525_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/828x580_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/1080x756_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/1200x840_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/1920x1345_cmsv2_38420e3a-28ce-5644-8172-185e20333a60-7816740.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this April 21, 2010 file photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning BP Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. An April 20, 201<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP&#47;AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Subsistence and rising sea levels make net loss of land likely<\/h2><p>The US Army Corps of Engineers, which permitted the project last year, projected creating as much as 54 square kilometres by 2070. Subsidence \u2013 the natural sinking of land - and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//03//03//rising-sea-levels-the-silent-killer-that-is-already-a-reality#:~:text=By%20Euronews%2C%20AP&amp;text=Since%201990%2C%20sea%20levels%20have%20increased%20by%20about%2010%20centimetres.&amp;text=According%20to%20scientists%2C%20even%20in,reach%201.5%20meters%20by%202100.\"><strong>sea level rise<\/strong><\/a> will diminish the returns, so much so that a net loss of land remains likely. But that can be seen as a factor increasing the importance of the effort.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs land loss accelerates due to sea-level rise and subsidence, more of the remaining wetland area would be attributed to diversion operations,\u201d the statement\u2019s executive summary said.<\/p>\n<p>Coastal experts say south Louisiana was built by sediment deposited as the powerful river continuously altered its own crooked, meandering course over thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>Human efforts to constrain the river with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//08//torrential-rain-flash-floods-and-raging-wildfires-europes-extreme-summer/">flood protection levees and huge flow-control structures safeguarded cities and communities that developed along the banks as the river became a medium of navigation and commerce. But the development also stopped the millennia-old process of building land naturally.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7288166,4718284\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//05//ecological-disaster-spanish-energy-giant-repsol-hit-with-further-55m-fine-for-oil-spill-in/">/u2018Ecological disaster\u2019: Spanish energy giant Repsol hit with further \u20ac5.5m fine for oil spill in Peru<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//06//02//massive-sponge-created-to-soak-up-oil-spills-in-the-ocean/">Massive sponge created to soak up oil spills in the ocean<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>That is a major reason Louisiana&#039;s marshy coastal wetlands have given way to growing swaths of open water, posing a myriad of environmental concerns. Those concerns include worry about the erosion of land that serves as a natural hurricane buffer for New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mississippi River built Louisiana \u2013 and finally reconnecting it with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//06//they-are-completely-flooded-rising-sea-levels-endanger-life-in-marseilles-coastal-huts/">coastal areas that are currently starved of freshwater and sediment will ensure our future,\u201d US Rep Garrett Graves, a Republican, said in a news release. Graves supported the project in Congress and served as a top coastal restoration official under former Governor Bobby Jindal.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691747171,"publishedAt":1691751613,"updatedAt":1691751614,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/11\/restoration-begins-in-louisiana-years-after-the-worlds-largest-marine-oil-spill-but-will-i","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/67\/40\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3774892c-6eee-5314-9c6d-4c3ad89655a0-7816740.jpg","altText":"In this April 21, 2010, file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. ","caption":"In this April 21, 2010, file photo, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. 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Catastrophic wildfires lay waste to historic Maui town of Lahaina","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"WATCH: Catastrophic wildfires lay waste to historic Maui town","titleListing2":"Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.","leadin":"Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.","summary":"Flyover footage of the once-vibrant tourist town of Lahaina shows street after street reduced to grey and black rubble.","url":"watch-catastrophic-wildfires-lay-waste-to-historic-maui-town-of-lahaina","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Devastating wildfires have laid waste to the historic and once-vibrant Maui town of Lahaina, in the US state of Hawaii. \n\nA flyover of the area on Thursday showed street after street reduced to grey and black rubble. \n\nPresident Joe Biden has declared Hawaii a disaster area, clearing the way for federal aid to help Maui 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\n\nPeople pay a fee of almost \u20ac5 to sponsor one of the ducks. \n\nOrganisers say the funds help them to provide children and adults with intellectual disabilities \u201copportunities in competitive sports, health education, leadership, and personal development\u201d. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Tens of thousands of yellow rubber ducks floated along the Chicago River in the United States on Thursday as part of an initiative to raise funds for the Special Olympics Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The Duck Derby splashdown was launched from a bridge in the city as crowds gathered to watch them race to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>People pay a fee of almost \u20ac5 to sponsor one of the ducks.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers say the funds help them to provide children and adults with intellectual disabilities \u201copportunities in competitive sports, health education, leadership, and personal 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Awards officially pushed back to next year as Hollywood strikes rage on ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Emmy Awards pushed back to next year as Hollywood strikes rage on ","titleListing2":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","leadin":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","summary":"The high profile ceremony has been postponed until January, a move not taken since 9\/11.","url":"emmy-awards-officially-pushed-back-to-next-year-as-hollywood-strikes-rage-on","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, as Hollywood writers and actors continue their strike. \n\nSet to air on 18 September, the ceremony has now been pushed back to 15 January 2024. \n\nThe 75th iteration of the event is the latest of a number of industry happenings affected by the ongoing labour disputes with major studios. \n\nNominations for the highest honours in television were 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