Naʻe hoko ʻa e toe fakaava ko ʻení hili hono fakamaʻa lahi ʻo e ngaahi veve mo e efu mei he fale ʻo e Vahefonua Mauí, kau ai hono vaitupu feʻauhi ʻoku laine valu, mita ʻe 50 ki he ʻiate ʻe 25.

Lolotonga e ʻikai ke maumauʻi ʻa e senitā ʻi he 245 Shaw St. ʻi he velá, ʻoku tuʻu ia ʻi loto ʻi he Lahaina Impact Zone pea naʻe ʻikai ha ʻuhila mo ha vai ʻi ha ngaahi māhina. Lolotonga e tāpuni ʻa e fale ngāué ki he kakaí, naʻe vakaiʻi ʻe he kau ngāue ʻa e Potungāue Paʻake mo e Fakafiefia ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻa e ngaahi meʻangāué ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku malu mo lava ke ngāueʻaki, siviʻi ʻa e tuʻunga ʻo e vai ʻi he vaitupú pea fokotuʻu ha sisitemi kololini foʻou.

Fakatatau ki he kautaha ʻikai fakatupu paʻanga ko e Red Lightning, ʻa ia naʻa nau fakahoko ʻa e feinga fakamaʻa lahi ko ʻení, naʻe tokonaki ʻe ha kau ngāue tokoni ʻe toko 100 ha houa ngāue ʻoku laka hake ʻi he 800 pea naʻe tokonaki ʻe ha ngaahi kautaha kehe ha poupou ki he ngāué, kau ai hono fakamaʻa ʻo e efu naʻe tānaki mei he vaitupú mo hono toe vali.

“ʻOku mau houngaʻia ʻi he tokoni ʻa e nima tokolahi ʻi hono tokoniʻi kimautolu ke toe fakaava ʻa e fale mahuʻinga ko ʻení maʻa homau komiunitī ʻi West Maui,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Tokoni Talēkita ʻo e Potungāue Paʻaké mo e Fakafiefiá, Shane Dudoit. “Ko e vaitupu ko ʻení ko ha konga mahuʻinga ia ʻo e ngaahi ngāue fakaʻaho ʻa e tokolahi ʻo homau kau nofo ʻi he ngaahi taʻu motuʻa kehekehe.”

Ko hono toe fakaava ʻo e Hala Lahi ʻo Honoapiʻilani ʻi he ʻaho 1 ʻo ʻAokosi 2024, naʻe ʻi ai ha hala ke hū ai ki he vaitupú.