The death toll in Maui has rised to 93 with 2,200 structures destroyed or damaged.
Concerns are multiplying that any homes rebuilt there will target affluent outsiders seeking a tropical haven. That would turbo-charge what is already one of Hawaii’s gravest and biggest challenges: the exodus and displacement of Native Hawaiian and local-born residents who can no longer afford to live in their homeland.
Still, Palalay vows to stay. “I don’t have any money to help rebuild. I’ll put on a construction hat and help get this ship going. I’m not going to leave this place,” he said. “Where am I going to go?” “In the weeks ahead, the collective resources and attention of the federal, state and county government, the West Maui community, and the travel industry must be focused on the recovery of residents who were forced to evacuate their homes and businesses,” the agency said in a statement late Saturday.
“There is not enough recognition that we are going to have to combat these kinds of wildfires,” Hirono said. The catamaran belonged to boat tour agency Kai Kanani Sailing. David Taylor, the agency’s marketing director, said many of the supplies were for hotel employees on the western side of the island who lost their homes and were now living with their families at their place of employment.
Green said he expects the death toll to rise. While walking down Front Street, he told reporters that some victims were positively identified Saturday. “I think they could have very well made it out,” said Rice, who now lives in California. “They may or may not have made it. I’m not going to sit around with a sense of impending doom waiting to find out.”
There also was new information Saturday about damage to boats, with nine confirmed to have sunk in Lahaina Harbor, according to sonar. One fire engine and a few construction trucks were seen driving through the neighborhood, but it remained eerily devoid of human and official government activity.
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