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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: What is Maui After the Fires?

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

It’s been over a week since blazing wildfires ripped through the island of Maui, killing over 100 people and causing billions of dollars of damage. While the outpouring of support has been significant, some locals have voiced anger over the official response, lingering tourist presence, and real estate speculators trying to buy up land. In today’s episode, we hear stories of survival and look at how disasters like this one are forcing communities to ask tough questions about how prepared they are for stronger and faster wildfires.  Guest: Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent  For more on how you can help the Hawaii wildfire victims, go here. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Fire is a lot of things. Hot obviously, bright destructive, but you don't always associate it with

0:37.0

speed and yet in the right conditions flames can rip through communities in an instant.

0:45.0

That's exactly what happened on the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month.

0:50.0

Strong winds fueled in part by a hurricane churning way offshore whipped up a wall of

0:59.4

fire that torched the coastal town of Lahaina.

1:03.0

Hawaii's governor says at one point, the flames were traveling one mile every minute.

1:08.0

Both sides to the left and the right are on fire.

1:12.0

It was going so fast, some people had no choice but to jump into the ocean.

1:16.0

Many were helplessly standing in shallow water for hours,

1:20.0

just watching their homes and businesses burn to the ground.

1:23.6

If you're okay, don't look at the front, don't look.

1:27.0

Look this way, this is good.

1:31.0

There's barely any time to think in a situation like that.

1:34.0

But after the flames have been extinguished and the relief workers move in,

1:38.0

there's seemingly endless amounts of time for survivors to ask themselves, what is my life going to look like now?

1:48.6

My guest this week is CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir. he's been all over Maui talking to those survivors

1:56.0

about who and what was lost in the deadliest American wildfire in a century and why they

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