As It Happens6:582 weeks after the devastating Hawaii fire, family of missing man holds onto hope
Whenever Ku’ulei Barut hears about someone from Hawaii being reunited with a lost family member, she’s simultaneously overjoyed and devastated.
That’s because Barut’s brother, Lahaina resident Po’omaika’i Estores-Losano, hasn’t been heard from in more than two weeks.
He’s one of more than 1,000 people still unaccounted for after a hurricane-fuelled wildfire ripped through the historic seaside town on the Hawaiian island of Maui earlier this month. So far, Maui police say 115 people are confirmed dead — but that toll is expected to grow.
It’s not clear where Estores-Losano was when
