Carrie Ching

Aug 5, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Carrie Ching

To some people, the story began in a dusty field, gone wild with invasive grass. It was a story about high winds and sparks turning to flames. It was a story about harrowing escapes and people fleeing in terror, the lucky ones rushing into the ocean as the deadly wildfire devoured an entire town. Those were the stories most people heard. Those were the stories most people told. But those of us who know this place and know its history know there is so much more.

Sep 19, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Jon Schuppe |Deon Hampton |Daniel Arkin |Brock Stoneham |Carrie Ching |Jake Lubbehusen | +1 more

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Aina Kohler woke before dawn on Aug. 8 and thought she saw a flying saucer hovering outside her window. Wind was shrieking past her home in Lahaina, a beach town on the west coast of Maui. Kohler, a firefighter for 13 years who was born and raised here, was due to go into work. It was hot and dry and winds powered by Hurricane Dora had prompted warnings of a high risk of wildfires. Then Kohler realized what she was looking at.

Aug 15, 2023 | msn.com | Jon Schuppe |Corky Siemaszko |Kelly O'Donnell |Brock Stoneham |Carrie Ching

WAILEA, Hawaii — One week after wildfires roared across Maui and devoured their property, residents who have called this island home for generations were watching over the ashes.