“We think the number has dropped down into the double digits, so thank God,” Josh Green said on Thursday in a video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. But initially more than 1,000 people were considered unaccounted for, with family, friends or acquaintances reporting them as missing. The order aims to give residents some “breathing room” as they decide what to do next, Mr Green said. The fear is they would leave Lahaina, Maui or the state, and take their culture and traditions with them, contributing to the ongoing exodus of Hawaii’s people to less expensive places to live. Kīpuna Aloha No Maui We have so much healing to do from the un-imaginable disaster Maui has suffered.

Source: The Star September 02, 2023 08:20 UTC