“It’s like a gut punch,” Hawaiian News Now journalist Jonathan Masaki Shiroma said of his family’s loss to the wildfires, the deadliest in US history in more than a century.
A Hawaiian broadcaster described the devastating loss of four relatives to the Maui wildfires as a “gut punch” in a heartbreaking moment live on-air this weekend – as the death toll in the horrific blazes nears 100.
Hawaiian News Now broadcaster Jonathan Masaki Shiroma revealed on air he lost four relatives in the wildfires.
The blaze has destroyed nearly 3,000 structures and caused nearly $6 billion in damage in Lahaina on Maui.Shiroma shared pictures of Lahaina, where the most extensive devastation occurred. The massive blaze has ended up destroying more than 2,700 structures and causing damages estimated at nearly $6 billion there.
While Shiroma said he is trying to focus on memories of the island from when he was a child “before the big resorts” came in, he also remained hopeful that the spirit of “ohana” – or family – holds strong during the horrific tragedy.The wildfires have become the deadliest in the US in more than a century.“It’s amazing that in Hawaii, even in the midst of just everyday life, there’s always a sense of ‘ohana.
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