“There are still about 6,900 people in short-term lodging more than two months later.” #Lahaina #Maui
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-maui-wildfires-lahaina-housing-5a43b95a20e17dd3679c6ebc580994c7
“There are still about 6,900 people in short-term lodging more than two months later.” #Lahaina #Maui
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-maui-wildfires-lahaina-housing-5a43b95a20e17dd3679c6ebc580994c7
“Some are bouncing from hotel room to hotel room, in some cases to make way for the return of tourists…Many are struggling to find places to rent amid a housing shortage — and steep prices — that plagued the island even before the fire” #Maui #Lahaina
https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-maui-wildfires-lahaina-housing-5a43b95a20e17dd3679c6ebc580994c7
“Just one month after the deadliest #wildfires in US history ravaged West Maui — killing at least 97 people, displacing thousands, and incinerating the historic town of #Lāhainā — Hawaii’s governor announced that the island would fully reopen to tourism. Beginning October 8, travel restrictions will be lifted and visitors will be welcome to resume their vacations.” #DisasterCapitalism https://www.vox.com/2023/10/6/23898399/maui-reopening-wildfires-hawaii-tourism-displaced-residents
I would like to get in touch with someone from the indigenous community in Lahaina if possible, to ask about their experience and thoughts about what's happened to the town. Can anyone help please? This is for a climate week on uk community radio. Thank you. #Lahaina #hawaii #wildfires
Welcome to #climate hell, everyone. It only gets worse from here.
"IT'S ALL GONE"
- Mayor of Lahaina
*55 dead
*300+ structures burned
*1,000+ still missing
*Bodies in the ocean
Complete destruction of historic Maui city Lahaina - the heart of Hawaiins.
Many had no warning.
Devastating aerial images capture aftermath of Maui wildfires...