Shelters are overwhelmed in Maui as recovery efforts are underway following Hawaii’s devastating fires.
Shelters are overwhelmed in Maui as recovery efforts are underway following Hawaii’s devastating fires which have claimed the lives of 96 individuals.FEMA is there with their canines, which are in “search and recovery mode,” which he said will be a lengthy and “painful” process.
Eddy Garcia, founder of Regenerative Education Centers, poses for a portrait in Olowalu, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. Garcia and his nonprofit are gathering the community to build a shelter at his farm for 200 displaced people from the wildfire. “So just to brace yourself for that. The county is working with Lahaina town and the National Guard to try to secure the perimeter so that vehicular access can be restored to all of West Maui,” Schatz continued, adding that mobile health units will be deployed on Monday.But right now, “shelters are overwhelmed,” he said. “So housing is our highest priority, either hotels or local families that have a little space.”Mahalo to all of the volunteers at the shelters who are taking care of our people.
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