00:00 A shelter here in Maui, Hawaii has been considered home for many over the past few days as wildfires
00:06 swept through the island. Aid and food are distributed here for people who have lost
00:11 virtually everything. Some wait anxiously to hear news of missing friends and relatives.
00:15 At least 4,500 people have lost their homes. For residents, rebuilding their lives and
00:21 homes is unthinkable right now.
00:24 We lost everything. Thank God that we still have each other and we're all alive and safe
00:30 and accounted for. It's like we're the only things we have now because everything that
00:34 we had in the past is gone.
00:38 On top of the emotional turmoil, material losses are huge. Early estimated costs of
00:43 rebuilding stand at 5.5 billion US dollars or 6 billion euros, making the wildfires among
00:49 the worst disaster in the state's history and the deadliest. More than 90 people have
00:54 died in the wildfires and authorities expect that number to rise.
00:57 [WHOOSH]
