Letter From America

Marion McKeone: Disaster vultures quick to swoop on Hawaiians’ misery

Predatory speculators made rich by lowballing the vulnerable with pitiful cash offers for distressed or destroyed properties already have their sights on those who lost their homes in Lahaina’s deadly wildfires

Destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. Picture: Getty