Hawaiian officials urged tourists to avoid traveling to Maui.
Most Rev. Clarence "Larry" Silva, the Bishop of Honolulu, greets a parishioner after Mass at Sacred Hearts Mission Church in Kapalua, Hawaii, on Aug. 13, 2023. | Haven Daley/AP PhotoLAHAINA, Hawaii — Parishioners mourned the dead and prayed for the missing Sunday in Hawaii churches as communities began looking ahead to a long recovery from last week’s wildfire that demolished a historic Maui town and killed more than 90 people.
“The more they can be in a normal situation with their peers and learning and having fun, I think the better off they’ll be,” Silva said. Gov. Josh Green said 500 hotels rooms will be made available for locals who have been displaced. An additional 500 rooms will be set aside for workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Some hotels will carry on with normal business to help preserve jobs and sustain the local economy, Green said.
The family was grieving the death of four other relatives. The remains of Faaso and Malui Fonua Tone, their daughter, Salote Takafua, and her son, Tony Takafua, were found inside a charred car. His home and that of his father were spared. But his girlfriend, two young daughters, father and another local are all staying in a hotel room together, as it is safer than Lahaina, which is covered in toxic debris.
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