Two years after wildfires, how is Lahaina rebuilding?

By Emily Kwong

Published August 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM PDT

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Emily Kwong (she/her) is the founding reporter and now co-host for Short Wave, NPR's daily science podcast. Her first homework assignment in kindergarten was to bring in a leaf to class. She's been looking at trees ever since.

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