The Aug. 8 wildfire that tore through Lahaina destroyed more than a dozen cultural landmarks and historic structures. View an interactive of before and after images featuring some of the historic sites lost in the inferno.
Most of Lahaina’s surviving historical and cultural artifacts remain buried under ash and debris a month and a half after a horrific wildfire ravaged the center of the historic town.
Summer break should be a chance to kick back and relax. For many travelers this year, it quickly descended into the kind of nightmares you need another break to recover from.
Environmental disasters, aviation industry mishaps and strikes, dirty beaches, soaring temperatures, deluges, price hikes and overcrowding all seem to have conspired to ruin getaways for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people this year. Here s a roundup of some of the adversity that vacationers have faced over the past few months.