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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Tagami,Carolyn Jones and Tatiana Daz Ramos

Youth mental health challenges keep mounting 2 years after Maui wildfires

Education-Natural Disasters-Mental Health - (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat)

Mia Palacio felt like she lost a piece of herself when wildfires destroyed her hometown of Lahaina.

She isolated from loved ones after the 2023 disaster while struggling to process the grief, often angry that her family didn't have a permanent place to stay and that so many others were unable to evacuate.

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