Hundreds of displaced residents are taking shelter at a gymnasium in north-central Maui, as devastating wildfires have swept through the island and killed at least 80 people near its western shore
A grassroots effort to reconnect families has launched in front of the War Memorial Gymnasium in Wailuku, where Post-It notes containing contact information and names are pinned to a board. The Red Cross, Maui County and other agencies and organizations have gathered to provide aid and supplies. Many residents at the gymnasium came from the historic town of Lahaina, fleeing with only the clothes on their back. Some say they have been unable to locate their loved ones.
“When we woke up in the morning, everything was destroyed around us,” Robison said, “it was like a warzone.” Robison returned to her apartment complex to find it burned to the ground – she then hitchhiked to the shelter at the gymnasium. With cell phone service down, Robison was unable to communicate with her children who live in the mainland. “They were just petrified,” Robison said, “That’s all I was concerned about. They lost their dad years ago, they don’t need to lose me.
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