There were a lot of hardships and failures that occurred in the response to this, to this tragedy. But I'm going to give you a summary of what we know now. Federal officials estimate damages at $5.5 billion with over 2200 structures destroyed. From the governor of the state of Hawaii. Their their initial estimates to the damage to infrastructure and lost revenue because of loss and downed rates of tourism put the losses at around $6 billion. (04:46–04:55)
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