The 150-year-old local landmark dating back to the island's time as a kingdom has been scorched by the rapidly spreading flames—but may yet survive.
, that the tree was"a staple of my memory when I would see my family on Maui. Gone. It hurts. Lahaina town will never be the same.""The Banyan Tree somehow still stands amidst so much destruction," one social media user tweeted, adding:"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."
"I've seen trees survive much worse in [California], all my fingers and toes crossed for this old girl," another wrote."Her branches are upright—good sign to me." Planted in 1873 in what was then the capital of Hawaii, the Banyan Tree in Lahaina, Maui is the oldest of its kind on the island and the largest in the United States.Planted in 1873 in what was then the capital of Hawaii, the Banyan Tree in Lahaina is the oldest of its kind on the island and the largest in the U.S.
The tree was brought to what was then the Kingdom of Hawaii to mark the fiftieth anniversary of a Protestant mission arriving there. It was planted in a fort—later rebuilt as a courthouse—that has since become a site of local historical importance. The blazes in Hawaii have come amid a spate of heat wave-induced wildfires that have spread across the southwest United States. Early in August, an 80,000-acre wildfire spread across California and Nevada, and in late June aSeveral states in the southwest have been regularly experiencing temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Experts have
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