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Hi, I'm Amy Walters, a senior producer with the take, back with another take, where we resurface an episode from the archives.

This week, we're back in Hawaii,

almost a year after devastating wildfires swept through the island of Maui,

claiming over 100 lives and destroying much of the historic town of Lahaina.

A year later, Maui's made a lot of progress. Most of the debris has been cleared.

The majority of displaced families have found new homes, and rebuilding is happening. But some of what

was lost is irreplaceable, and in some ways it'll never be the same. In the immediate aftermath of the wildfires, we explored the cultural significance of Lahaina

and what had been lost beyond just the physical.

This episode originally aired August 17, 2023.

All dates and references are from that time.

We had family members that were burned alive,

I have family that's still stuck with no gas, no water, no power,

no way to tell our family in the mainland that we're safe.

Hawaii's wildfires have become the deadliest the United States has seen in more than 100 years.

I had a family member that was stuck in their house until 12 o'clock the night that the fire was going.

The death toll is already over 100.

But with some 1,000 people still missing, that number is constantly rising,

and the island of Maui was hardest hit. Oh my gosh, look at the harbor. Are you guys

believe in that? Oh my gosh. Oh my goodness. Look all these houses. Its clear high winds and drought fueled by climate change have played a role.

But Native Hawaiians who have borne the brunt of the disaster also blame man-made changes to Maui's landscape.

Now, that landscape is destroyed, along with much of the heritage of the

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