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🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Wildfires have become a tragic part of life in many communities. After a summer of wildfires, rethinking how we live in combustible landscapes.
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0:00.0 | This is on point. |
0:10.6 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
0:12.6 | Earlier this week, Maui County officials told Hawaiians that the search for victims of |
0:17.8 | the deadly Lahaina, Olinda and Kulafires is essentially complete. |
0:23.5 | They've searched 99% of the devastated areas and do not expect the death toll to rise |
0:29.2 | much higher than the 115 people declared dead so far. |
0:33.9 | However, a list of missing people still contains almost 390 names. |
0:40.2 | In addition, the threat of future fires is still urgently real in Hawai'i. |
0:46.4 | This weekend, Tana Swanson was in the middle of an interview with Hawai'i News Now when |
0:52.0 | she was told that fires were burning in the Kanai Poly Gulf Estates only about two miles |
0:58.0 | from the Lahaina Civic Center. |
1:00.2 | So it's hard to fathom and you find out that you're still required to make a mortgage |
1:05.0 | payment even though your house is burnt to the ground and you've lost your jobs because |
1:11.9 | your business has gone so high. |
1:15.1 | I've got to go, I have staff member that are in Kahana Poly and they need to be evacuated |
1:22.1 | so I must go and evacuate more staff right now. |
1:25.1 | Thank you so much. |
1:26.3 | The static noises you just heard was the sound of producers trying to quickly remove Tana's |
1:34.3 | microphone as she hurried away. |
1:36.8 | Well that fire was contained before it jumped to homes in the neighborhood but the flames |
1:40.7 | came within about 20 feet from houses. |
1:44.6 | Meanwhile, Maui County Mayor Richard Bison says communities will rebuild. |
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