Maui Fire Survivors Are Confronting Huge Mental Health Hurdles, Many While Still Living in Shelters

Maui Fire Survivors Are Confronting Huge Mental Health Hurdles, Many While Still Living in Shelters
Anne Landon walks along a beach in Kihei, Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2023. Rick Bowmer/AP Photo
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KIHEI, Hawaii—The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books, and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours.

But all it took was a strong wind gust for her to be immediately transported back to the terrifying moment a deadly fire overtook her senior apartment complex in Lahaina last week.