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Floyd Mayweather & Oprah Winfrey Assist Maui Residents As Death Toll Rises Following Devastating Wildfires

<p>Floyd Mayweather and Oprah Winfrey are coming to the aid of Maui residents&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;help-for-hawaii-president-says-of-maui-wildfires-will-get-help-immediately-as-death-toll-hits-at-least-36&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the island and its residents have been impacted by the spread of wildfires which began Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;hawaii-fires-maui-lahaina-sirens-c0f3cc5c7718bd41dd54d38479fb29b2" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">AP News<&sol;a>&comma; the emergency has decimated an entire town and claimed the lives of at least 55 people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;help-for-hawaii-president-says-of-maui-wildfires-will-get-help-immediately-as-death-toll-hits-at-least-36&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Help For Hawaii&colon; President Biden Says Victims Of Maui Wildfires Will &&num;8216&semi;Get Help Immediately&&num;8217&semi; As Death Toll Hits At Least 36<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">How Floyd Mayweather &amp&semi; Oprah Winfrey Have Stepped In To Assist Maui Residents<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;10&sol;floyd-mayweather-helping-families-affected-maui-wildfires-food-shelter-clothing-airfare&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather has assisted 68 families in leaving Maui and &&num;8220&semi;flying to safety&&num;8221&semi; in Honolulu&period; Additionally&comma; he has reportedly provided the entire group with &&num;8220&semi;a place to stay&comma; food to eat&comma; and clothing to wear&&num;8221&semi; since the disaster unfolded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The outlet adds that Mayweather will provide the group with &&num;8220&semi;hotel rooms&comma;&&num;8221&semi; catered food&comma; and clothing for the upcoming weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvzmPm8Lyea&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CvzmPm8Lyea&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In addition to Floyd Mayweather&comma; talk show host and philanthropist&comma; Oprah Winfrey&comma; is also giving aid to the island&&num;8217&semi;s residents&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;com&sol;news&sol;av&sol;world-us-canada-66470296" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">BBC<&sol;a>&comma; the 69-year-old was spotted handing out supplies at Maui&&num;8217&semi;s war memorial stadium on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;com&sol;news&sol;av&sol;world-us-canada-66470296" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">BBC<&sol;a> reports that Winfrey visited the stadium at an earlier point &&num;8220&semi;to ask what people needed&period;&&num;8221&semi; Then returned with a plethora of supplies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the 69-year-old spoke with the outlet&comma; sharing her thoughts and plans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;It’s a little overwhelming&comma; you know&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said before a long pause&period; &&num;8220&semi;But I’m really so pleased to have so many people&comma; you know&comma; supporting&comma; and people are just bringing what they can and doing what they can&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Winfrey then shared why she went out to purchase the supplies independently instead of making a large donation to the relief efforts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;So I came earlier&comma; just to see what people needed&comma; and then went shopping because often you make donations of clothes or whatever&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s not really what people need&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she explained&period; &&num;8220&semi;So I actually went to Walmart and Costco and got pillows&comma; shampoo&comma; diapers&comma; sheets&comma; pillowcases&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><iframe frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"500" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;com&sol;news&sol;av-embeds&sol;66470296" width&equals;"400"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After Winfrey concluded her statements&comma; the footage showed her placing the supplies on the resident&&num;8217&semi;s beds at the stadium&period; Additionally&comma; a photo shared via Instagram showed her posing alongside Maui evacuees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvyQ9IoJPIh" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;oprah-winfrey-maui-land-purchase&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Winfrey is also a longtime Maui resident&period; In March&comma; she purchased 870 acres of land on the island&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;oprah-winfrey-helps-residents-amid-overwhelming-hawaii-wildfires-7642339" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; Winfrey has been a resident of the island for over 15 years and owns over 2&comma;000 acres of land there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details Regarding The Wildfire Emergency In Maui<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;help-for-hawaii-president-says-of-maui-wildfires-will-get-help-immediately-as-death-toll-hits-at-least-36&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the disaster began Tuesday evening&period; At the time&comma; it was noted that 2&comma;000 acres of Maui land were decimated&period; On Thursday&comma; it was then reported that 36 people lost their lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1689284636361248768" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of Friday&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;apnews&period;com&sol;article&sol;hawaii-fires-maui-lahaina-sirens-c0f3cc5c7718bd41dd54d38479fb29b2" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">AP News<&sol;a> reports that the death toll has risen to 55&period; Additionally&comma; the outlet adds that there is no current indication that &&num;8220&semi;warning sirens&&num;8221&semi; alerted residents of the oncoming disaster&period; Instead&comma; residents say they were only made aware of the disaster after they saw flames nearby&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the outlet&comma; the incident is the deadliest that the Hawaiin island has seen since a tsunami that killed 61 people in 1960&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"140571" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;floyd-mayweather-oprah-winfrey-assist-maui-residents-wildfires&sol;" data-secure&equals;"48a9db8d67"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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