Some residents on the Hawaiian island are questioning why there is not more official aid.
For those still living inside Hawaii's disaster zone on the western side of the island of Maui, there's one vital lifeline to the outside world; volunteer effort.
"These islands they go through hurricanes, tsunamis, fires, everything and we're often having to be very self-reliant because we are isolated," Emily tells me. An hour into the journey, the devastation along the Maui shoreline comes into view. First the scorched grass and palm trees, then the charred remains of the Lahaina itself and the remnants of the shattered lives and livelihoods.
Sergio is still struggling, like so many others, to process what he saw that night. He has the same question as Emily.Driving through the disaster zone with one of the volunteer relief workers, we see, for the first time, uniformed soldiers helping to man some of the checkpoints. This is a sign perhaps that national assistance is now beginning to arrive.
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