Some Hawaii residents are organizing their own relief efforts to get supplies to people who are unwilling or unable to venture far from their destroyed properties
and fearful of outsiders' swooping in to take their ancestral homes, they were organizing their own relief efforts to get food and supplies to people who are unwilling or unable to venture far from their destroyed properties.Rawlins-Fernandez, who hails from the nearby island of Molokai, said the reasons many native Hawaiians are staying put instead of evacuating are both practical and rooted in a history riven by colonialism and land speculation.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
As the search for missing loved ones continues, people who lost their homes are staying close by with family and friends, she said. Drone footage shows the aftermath of the devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, after it swept through the city, leaving scores of people dead and thousands homeless.
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