Maui wildfire evacuees who lost their homes share stories of survival as they figure out what to do скачать в хорошем качестве

Maui wildfire evacuees who lost their homes share stories of survival as they figure out what to do

(13 Aug 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Wailuku, Hawaii - 12 August 2023 1. Evacuation shelter volunteers have group cheer before starting day 2. Red Cross Disaster Relief banner 3. Family with pets walks out of shelter 4. Volunteer carries newly inflated bed into shelter 5. Evacuees talk to each other outside shelter 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Thompson, Lahaina Evacuee, Lost Rental Home in Fire: "Honestly, I thought I was coping with it pretty well the first couple of days. But then some of my friends came in and started saying, you know who's still missing? Like, so and so and so and so and so and so. And I think that's what kind of like clicked in my head a little bit." 7. Booth to report missing persons 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Thompson, Lahaina Evacuee, Lost Rental Home in Fire: "It's kind of sad because I've been living here for 20 years and you'll walk down some of the streets and you don't even recognize which street you're on anymore. It's just all this chaos and mayhem. I'm not sure if a lot will be the same or if it's going to be for a long time. So it's just kind of hard in that way." 9. Various evacuees relax on inflatable mattresses set up outside shelter 10. SOUNDBITE (English) John Vea, Lahaina Evacuee (was homeless living on streets of Lahaina): "It's hard. I mean, I don't know how to cope. I lost everything, too. But I feel so bad for the families and stuff. It's really bad. It was really bad." 11. Red Cross volunteers greet evacuees at entrance 12. SOUNDBITE (English) John Vea, Lahaina Evacuee (was homeless living on streets of Lahaina): "I know some of the people died in the water when I was in the water. So that was really bad. I have never seen anything like this before. I'm never going to forget it." 13. Various booths outside shelter offering supplies and services 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Donnie Roxx, Lahaina Evacuee, Lost House in Fire: "Everybody in their cars were freaking out like, where do we go? And we have a big, long sea wall there. So everybody jumped over the seawall into the ocean because, do you want to get burned or you want to take your chances and drown? So 200 or 300 people were all jumping the seawall with their children. Cars are exploding. The cars are catching fire. It was dark. It was 4:00 in the afternoon, looked like midnight. And there's embers just flying at you. People were getting hit with them. The cars sound like bombs going off. And I was just freaking out. I've lived here a long time. Nobody's seen any kind of carnage like this." 15. Volunteer gives beverages to evacuees 16. SOUNDBITE (English) Donnie Roxx, Lahaina Evacuee, Lost House in Fire: "I'm still trying to process it. I don't know if I'll ever get over it. I lost my town. I lost my house. I'm not trying to be materialistic, but these are things that I can't replace. Not furniture or stuff like that, personal things. Plus, I've lost friends. There's people I still haven't seen." 17. Various donations for infants STORYLINE: Deadly wildfires that swept with alarming speed and strength through the Hawaiian island of Maui reduced hundreds of homes to ash, sending emergency workers scrambling Saturday to find temporary housing for those lucky enough to survive a conflagration that has taken at least 80 lives. The astonishing scope of the devastation became clearer Saturday, but communications were still difficult, with 30 cell towers still offline. Power outages were expected to last several weeks on the western side of the island. Authorities, meanwhile, warned that the death toll could rise as search efforts continue. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...