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Peeling back the trash bags, it revealed a torso of a white male. The torso contained the arms, hands, and head of the white male. Narrator as with the body parts in the first suitcase, there was no way to identify the remains, but the contents of the second suitcase at least provided some clues to the victims identity. The description white male between 25 and 35, about 180, 160 pounds, a shortcropped military haircut, but no other scars, marks, or tattoos. Narrator in addition to the plastic bags that wrapped the body, there was a hospital blanket around his head. An autopsy on the remains i...

You know, it's multicultural. there's over eight languages spoken there and you know, but it's also, this isn't like a tourist town. this is a working class town where the average income is $30,000. individuals might not have had enough money in their account to buy food so what we're working on right now is getting direct payments with our partners from united way that have dealt with tease things before into those accounts. gift cards. it's all hands on deck. it's scaling. but look, this is something that hawaii has never dealt with. the u.s. has never dealt with and in all honesty, i don't ...

We chose this location because what you see behind me, those were elevator shafts there and what you see was a new energy efficient, 89 unit, low income housing project. lahaina is a largely working class town where people working here work in the high-end resorts. now, the state needs to help find these landscapers and plumbers and restaurant workers and temporary housing. without them, maui does not work as the tourist mecca that it is. down the street is a tow yard, no a junk yard where every card is now worthless and burnt down to the tires that don't exist. another big question being aske...

Are people in the homes still, or do they have to leave? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, listen, there are evacuation orders all over the place. but here some people have decided to stay. a couple of hours ago a kid paddled past me in a kayak and she was pretty upbeat. she said there was some water in the home but, you know, it wasn't too bad. about an hour after that i saw her and her mom leaving carrying their dog. also for about an hour there was a man out here with, you know, a household broom basically trying to just get this water, get the flow moving out of the neighborhood. about 20 minutes...

Flow moving out of the neighborhood. about 20 minutes ago he just gave up. you know, this is a small farming town, watsonville, southeast of santa cruz, working class town. so far it's had about 6 inches of snow -- rain, i'm sorry. some other parts of the state double that. here, anderson, it's not over, not by a long shot. it's going to rain here on and off until the middle of next week, that 11th atmospheric river of the winter is going to bowl through here again monday, tuesday. i mean, it's just so sad to see peoples lives just washed away. i mean there are cars on the road and people are ...