News and Media: Disaster 4724

'E a'u atu 'a e ngaahi tokoni mei he pule'anga fakataha moe ngaahi tokoni 'a e FEMA ki he pa'anga 'oku fe'unga moe 3 piliona 'a hono lahi ki he kau fakaakeake mei he vela 'o Maui ʻOku kau heni ha ngaahi ngaue fakafaifekau ʻe $1.3 billion tupu ʻi he ngaahi ngaue fakafaifekau ke toʻo ʻa e veve mo e fakaʻauha, nofoʻanga fakataimi, langa ʻo e ako, mo e fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi fokotuʻutuʻu.

Kapau naʻa ke maʻu ha tokoni mei he FEMA 'o fe'unga moe mahina ʻe ua ʻi he hili ʻa e vela 'i Maui pea fiemaʻu ha taimi lahi ange ke palani hoʻo fakaakeake, ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ha tokoni fakataimi mo ho'o nofoʻanga. ʻI he malumalu ʻo e polokalama fakafoʻituitui mo e ngaahi famili, kapau te ke ʻomi ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala fakapepa ʻoku fiemaʻu, ʻe lava ke ke maʻu ha tokoni totongi ʻi ha mahina ʻe tolu pea mahalo ʻe loloa ange, kapau ʻoku fiemaʻu.

'Oku fu'u fiema'u 'e he FEMA 'a e kau ngaue ke nau tokanga'i mo tauhi 'a e Group SIte moe ngaahi nofo'anga 'oku 'i lalo 'i he malumalu 'o e FEMA 'a ia 'oku ngaue'aki ki he ngaahi fale nofo'anga ma'a kinautolu kuo uesia 'i he vela 'i Maui.

ʻOku fakamafaiʻi ʻe he Stafford ngaue ʻa e FEMA ke ʻomi ha nofoʻanga fakataimi ʻo aʻu ki he mahina ʻe 18 ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻikai lava ai ʻe he kau tohi kole ʻo maʻu ha nofoʻanga fakataimi koeʻuhi ko e siʻisiʻi ʻa e ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni ki he nofoʻanga. ʻOku ʻoatu ʻi lalo ha ngaahi tali ki hoʻo ngaahi fehuʻi ʻoku faʻa fai fekauʻaki mo e nofoʻanga fakataimi.

ʻe fakaava ʻe he pule pisinisi iki ʻa e U.S. ha senita tokoni ki he noo ʻi he hoʻata Tusite, 19 ʻo Tisema, ʻi he Laipeli ʻa e Kahului ke tokoni ki he kakai ʻoku nofo mo e kau pisinisi naʻe uesia ʻe he vela ʻo ʻAokosi ʻi Maui ne fakaʻaongaʻi ki he ngaahi no fakatuʻutamaki.