Lahaina Maui is almost entirely gone.

Today it is in ashes there are portions of structures that are either

tilted over or completely leveled neighborhoods.

You see those who were able to evacuate coming back to their homes and

sort of going through the rubble looking for whatever they can find.

You know, there's things you think you'll always have.

You know, like things you think you'll give to your children.

You know, pictures.

You know, pictures of my parents.

Like I, I, I grabbed one wedding picture of my parents from my wall and I felt

silly doing it because I was like, we're going to come back.

No, it's the only one I have.

Coming up on today explained why Lahaina burned.

We still know that there are hundreds missing there in Lahaina and

unaccounted for cadaver dogs, sort of roaming the ashes there in Lahaina,

trying to identify as many victims as they can and those numbers are expected

to rise unfortunately as in these next coming days.

Kua Vehi here at Ishi is a general assignment reporter at Hawaii Public

Radio in Honolulu.

Lahaina was the home to Native Hawaiian Royal Tea.

Then it became the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1820.

It's also home to the first educational institution west of the Rockies.

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