CNN: Setting Foot in the Charred Heart of Lahaina

As the boat approaches Lahaina, the sun is strong, the waves crest into whitecaps and on the shore, so much is black.

“Puamana is gone!” a crewmember shouts in shock, looking at one of the resort areas on Maui’s western coast that drew tourists to the area and is now wrecked by wildfire.

The ruins stretch as far as the eye can see, 100-foot coconut trees charred all the way up their trunks.

— CNN, “Setting Foot in the Charred Heart of Lahaina,” August 11, 2023