Today marks one year since the deadliest wildfire in modern US history

tore through the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui.

The fires killed 102 people, displaced thousands of families, and destroyed a precious place in Hawaiian history.

Even though the state just reached a $4 billion settlement that will help pay for the ongoing cost of rebuilding,

as William Bringham reports, one year later, help pay for the ongoing cost of rebuilding.

As William Bringham reports, one year later,

it's still a very slow process.

From the air, Lahaina looks like a ghost town.

This once vibrant community by the sea, a place steeped. a

place steeped in Hawaiian history, now a patchwork of empty lots and charred debris.

But on the ground, however slow, there are signs of progress.

A lot of folks said they want to come back to West Maui, they want to be in West Maui, and we took that seriously.

One year ago today, flames broke out on this island, driven by hurricane force winds

which fed on fields of dry invasive grasses.

It came on so fast and so violently the main road out of town

was choked off. In just hours thousands of structures were consumed. To escape the flames, some people jumped into the ocean. But

many weren't so lucky. Over 100 people lost their lives in that inferno.

It's been so hard, very hard.

Never, I think in my life, what I have imagined that we would have something like this.

Left behind are broken hearts and a monumental recovery effort.

Hawaii Senator Democrat Brian Schatz. One year later, people's lives

are nowhere near back to normal. National headlines may have moved on. But life for survivors has not. They still need help.

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