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Evacuees live nomadic life after Maui wildfire

Some 6,879 evacuees displaced by the Aug. 8 wildfires were still staying in Maui hotels this week, most of them in Kaanapali.

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Tiffany Teruya talks about her opinions on housing and education issues affected by August's wildfire on Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Lahaina. Teruya's two-bedroom apartment at Kaiaulu o Kupuohi, an 89-unit affordable rental housing, burned down from August's wildfire.
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Puʻuwai Nahoʻoikaika, left, leans on his mother, Tiffany Teruya, for a portrait at their temporary housing at Honua Kai Resort, Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
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Puʻuwai Nahoʻoikaika takes some cookies as he listens to his mother during an interview on Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Lahaina, Hawaii.
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Puʻuwai Nahoʻoikaika, front, reacts as his mother, Tiffany Teruya wipes a tear after sharing memories of their affordable housing unit that was burned down from August's wildfire on Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Lahaina.
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Charles Nahale is pictured during an interview at the Sands of Kahana Resort on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Lahaina. Nahale lived at a family compound on Front Street that was destroyed from August's wildfire.
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Charles Nahale plays the only guitar he took with him from the wildfire on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Lahaina. Nahale had many guitar and ukulele collections that were burned down in his home on Front Street.
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Charles Nahale plays the only guitar he took with him from the wildfire on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Lahaina.
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Charles Nahale lays the quilts gifted by his clients after the wildfire on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Lahaina.
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A person soaks in the sun at a pool of a nearby hotel while Charles Nahale shares his fears of displacement on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in Lahaina.
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Honua Kai Resort stands, Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Lahaina.

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