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“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”
apnews.com/article/hawaii-maui

AP News · Evacuees live nomadic life after Maui wildfire as housing shortage intensifies and tourists returnBy AUDREY McAVOY

“Just one month after the deadliest in US history ravaged West Maui — killing at least 97 people, displacing thousands, and incinerating the historic town of — 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.” vox.com/2023/10/6/23898399/mau

Vox · Maui reopening: Tourists will soon return to a traumatized islandBy Frances Nguyen

@Free_Press

Welcome to 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...

#News#maui#lahaina