A woman cradles her cat after finding him in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui. Photo: Moses Slovatizki / AFP
The Hawaii Department of Education says over three thousand kindergarten, primary and high school students have been displaced as a result of the wildfires in Lahaina.
Tonata Lolesio, the principal of Sacred Hearts high school in Lahaina - which was destroyed by the fires - says many students are traumatised.
RNZ Pacific's Finau Fonua spoke with Tonata Lolesio about how the children of Lahaina are coping.