All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 11 2014 // A new forecast says Hawaii’s Big Island can expect below-average rainfall this winter. But it’s not likely to experience severe drought.The National Weather Service says there is a 55- to 60 percent chance of...
Nov 11 2014 // A stream of lava set a home on fire Monday in a rural Hawaii town that has seen the slow-moving flow approach for months.The molten rock hit the house just before noon, according to Hawaii County Civil Defense Director...
Nov 4 2014 // Ten miles from the Hawaii town of Pahoa that is being menaced by a stream of lava from Kilauea volcano, there’s another community that was almost entirely swallowed by the molten rock nearly 30 years ago.Today, a few...
Oct 28 2014 // Hawaii officials will make arrangements for those living in the path of a lava flow to watch the destruction of their homes.That accommodation is being made to “provide for a means of closure,” Hawaii County...
Oct 20 2014 // Hawaii residents started to relax Sunday after days of keeping a cautious eye on Hurricane Ana, which was downgraded by late afternoon into a tropical storm.After being dangerously close for several days the closest Ana...
Oct 17 2014 // A Central Pacific Hurricane Center advisory shows Tropical Storm Ana is located 315 miles south-southwest of Hilo, Hawaii, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.While Ana is gradually strengthening, and may achieve...
Oct 15 2014 // Hurricane Gonzalo grew into a major storm that threatens Bermuda later this week, while half a world away Tropical Storm Ana may become the second system this year to sweep Hawaii’s Big Island.Gonzalo, with top winds...
Oct 6 2014 // Say aloha for the best agency in the Western U.S. to work for.A skeptic might say that Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. essentially bribed its employees to love the firm, but that’s not the way the story...
Sep 15 2014 // Road crews on Hawaii’s Big Island have begun clearing access roads in case a lava flow from a nearby volcano cuts a main highway. The Hawaii County Civil Defense agency reported Sunday that the lava flow had advanced...
Sep 10 2014 // Lava from one of the world’s most active volcanoes has been advancing at a slower pace the past few days and is now moving parallel to a sparsely populated subdivision on Hawaii’s Big Island.Lava from Kilauea...
Sep 8 2014 // Residents in a sparsely populated neighborhood near Hawaii’s active volcano are still on alert while officials say a dangerous lava flow has slowed its advance. The Hawaii Civil Defense Agency said Saturday that an...
Sep 8 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency in late August denied Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration after Tropical Storm Iselle.Iselle made landfall over the Big Island’s isolated and rural Puna...
Sep 2 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency late last week denied Hawaii’s request for a major disaster declaration after Tropical Storm Iselle.Iselle made landfall over the Big Island’s isolated and rural Puna...
Aug 29 2014 // A University of Hawaii report is warning the state’s tourism industry to start preparing now for the effects of climate change.The study says Hawaii will likely see more competition for visitors as warmer climate...
Aug 15 2014 // Farmers on the Big Island of Hawaii are assessing damage to crops after Tropical Storm Iselle made landfall last weekend.“It was pretty clear to us that the papaya farmers took the highest amount of damage,”...
Aug 12 2014 // Insured losses stemming from two Hawaii hurricanes won’t break the bank, in large part because both storms diminished in intensity or avoided a direct hit.Fitch Ratings concluded in a review of the situation that...
Aug 11 2014 // Hurricane Julio weakened Sunday night as it neared Hawaii, where a rural swath of the Big Island was still coping with power outages and downed trees in the wake of Tropical Storm Iselle.On the island of Kauai, rescuers...
Aug 8 2014 // Hawaii escaped its first hurricane strike in 22 years as Iselle was downgraded to a tropical storm just before making landfall at the Big Island.Iselle, bearing winds of 60 miles (96 kilometers) per hour, was 80 miles...
Aug 6 2014 // Hurricane Iselle, which has been tracking toward Hawaii since last week, is projected to make landfall on the Big Island of Hawaii Thursday night local time, according the catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide.Iselle has...
Aug 4 2014 // A $1.1 million settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a 26-year-old pedestrian.The settlement came in a civil lawsuit against Robert Wayne Yount, 83, and the civil case will be...