A man walks through wildfire wreckage Aug. 11, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
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The flooded St. Mark's Square on Nov. 15, 2019, in Venice, two days after the city suffered a high tide. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Venice may be put on the endangered list, thanks to human-created climate change
Modular container homes are set up in Kahului, Hawaii. A pop-up village of the buildings is in the process of being created by a local organization, the Family Life Center. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The extreme wildfire that hit Lahaina burned all the way to the coast. As the cleanup continues, rainstorms could wash toxic runoff into the ocean. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Pro surfers organized a Saturday morning surf session to help kids do something they love at Ho'okipa Beach on the island's north shore. It's about an hour's drive from Lahaina. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Activist Kekai Keahi says Native Hawaiian trauma over losing land goes back generations to when the U.S. overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom. Jennifer Ludden/NPR hide caption
Lahaina was expensive before the fire. Some worry rebuilding will price them out
A poster seeking help finding a man not seen after the Lahaina fire is taped to a store window. The number of people reported as "not accounted for" has changed drastically this week. Bill Chappell/NPR hide caption
Three RVs ready to be shipped to families in Maui. California Fire Foundation hide caption
Five-year-old cousins Layla and Mila Cabanilla Okano are among the many children staying with members of their extended family at one property on Maui in the wake of the wildfires. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. visits a distribution center at Lahaina Crossing. A deadly wildfire destroyed the city of Lahaina, Maui. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption
Luz Vargas, 45, lost her son Keyiro Fuentes in the fire in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 8. He was found in the remnants of their burned home. His 15th birthday would have been this Sunday. Deanne Fitzmaurice/NPR hide caption
Hawaii officials have said recovering from the Maui wildfires will be a long and costly process. Residents of Paradise, Calif., know what that's like. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
'Give yourself grace': Camp Fire survivors offer advice to people in Maui
Dr. Reza Danesh, the MODO Mobile Doctor, has been treating patients affected by the wildfires on Maui. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption
The destroyed Waiola Church is shown following wildfire, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
A wildfire in Maui destroyed the historic town of Lahaina and killed at least 101 people, making it the worst natural disaster in state history and the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Volunteers load donated items onto Maui Reef Adventures' boat to be distributed to people in Lahaina. Deanne Fitzmaurice for NPR hide caption
See how one volunteer group organized aid deliveries after fire decimates Lahaina
Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family's home on Friday in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, in western Maui, Hawaii. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lahaina's banyan tree has been an iconic part of the historic town center for 150 years. The tree is seen here in 2003. Peter Bischof/Getty Images hide caption
AFTER: Lahaina, Maui - Banyan Court Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies hide caption
Myrna Ah Hee reacts as she waits in front of an evacuation center at the War Memorial Gymnasium, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Wailuku, Hawaii. The Ah Hees were there because they were looking for her husband's brother. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption