HONOLULU -- For some parts of the Big Island, things may never get back to normal after the damage left behind by Sunday's powerful 6.7 earthquake.

Civil Defense officials are still getting damage reports from Big Island residents and businesses.

Their focus on Monday was working with agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross to get detailed damage assessments.

Hawaii County Civil Defense announced on Monday that it will dispatch teams to survey residents' homes for structural damage. They urged residents to call 935-0031 on the Big Island. Teams will evaluate whether the homes are safe to remain in and help to survey the total damage on the Big Island.

The historic Kalahikiola Church in Kapaau was one of the hardest-hit buildings. The first protestant church on the Kohala Coast was built in the 1850s.

The minister believes it is a miracle the quake hit so early when no one was there -- only two hours before the congregation was about to arrive.

The small congregation of about 100 will be meeting in the next couple of days to decide on rebuilding plans. The minister said that the church has insurance, but it is not clear if it covers earthquakes.

Near Kona, residents spent Monday cleaning up after the quake and its aftershocks knocked down many rock walls.

Some water catchments systems were broken during the shaking and rumbling. Water was rushing out, residents said.

Three roads remained closed on Monday as teams began clearing debris. Police redirected traffic from Akonepule Highway onto Kohala Ranch Road because Kawaihae Bridge was closed. Officials also closed part of Mountainview Road and Hamakua Road at the 35-mile marker.

Everywhere along the coast people had stories of the big quake.

Residents stressed that while the damage is inconvenient, they are thankful that no one was injured.

Just hours after the quake, muddy waters surrounded the Big Island's west coast where the remnants of landslides could be seen.

Officials blamed the quake for a house fire in Waimea. Firefighters said that a gas main burst. Then something sparked the gas causing a fire that destroyed the home.

"The gas was shooting out this way and we were fighting it here the other side of the corner is the big gas holding tank we were afraid it was just going to blow up," Waimea neighbor Bob Martino said.

Kona Community Hospital is in the recovery process. Its nursing home patients were relocated to a Sheraton Hotel shortly after the quake.

Damaged hotels on the Kohala coast are working together to accommodate visitors. Some sustained major damage, including the Mauna Kea Hotel.

"The hotel was shaking so much it looked like it was doing a hula," Steve Taylor said.

U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye and Sen. Daniel Akaka spent the day surveying Big Island earthquake damage from the ground and the air.

An Army National Guard helicopter flew the senators over the Kona coast. The arrived back in Honolulu on an Army National Guard plane.

They said they were especially surprised by extent of damage at Kawaihae Harbor.

"It was terrible to see the piers were disconnected from the land and then put back again," Akaka said. "So it will require some extensive work there. We looked at it with the idea of repairing it, but we may have to rebuild it." Inouye is scheduled to return to Washington on Tuesday, where he said he will push for immediate federal funds to help repair damaged roads and bridges.

Akaka said a bill moving through Congress should enable the Federal Emergency Management Administration to make more money available for disasters like the Big Island earthquake.

Inouye said he expects President George W. Bush to almost immediately declare Hawaii's earthquake a national disaster.