Quantcast
Channel: Hawaii

Jason Momoa Has 5 Blunt Words For Tourists Considering A Vacation Amid Maui...

A post on the actor's Instagram page also declared that "survivors are the priority" as wildfires wreaked havoc on the Hawaiian island this week.

View Article


Survivors Of The Deadly Maui Wildfires Start Returning To Ruins. The Death...

Officials scrambled to find temporary housing for more than 4,000 people as the astonishing scope of the devastation became clear.

View Article


Maui Officials And Scientists Warn Toxic Particles Will Remain After Flames...

Hawaii’s state toxicologist Diana Felton told Hawaii Public Radio that it could take weeks or months to clean up the pollutants.

View Article

Lauren Boebert Accused Of Using Maui Wildfires To Score 'MAGA Points'

Commenters accused the Colorado Republican of trying to notch political points instead of doing something meaningful to support victims.

View Article

Rescuers Scramble To Help Pets Who Fled From Maui Wildfires

“We have seen dogs that have essentially had their paws all the way burnt down to the bone from running from the fire," said Katie Shannon of the Maui Humane Society in Hawaii.

View Article


Maui Death Toll To Likely Climb As Rescuers Keep Searching Rubble: Governor

The death toll from the devastating fire in Lahaina stands at 99 as search teams continue to carefully search the razed centuries-old town.

View Article

Hawaii Is Not Your Playground

As Maui residents reel from disaster, some tourists appear to remain unbothered.

View Article

Death Toll From Maui Fires Exceeds 100 As Search Efforts Continue

President Joe Biden will also travel to the island, where the historic town of Lahaina was razed by the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century.

View Article


Maui Official Defends Not Sounding Warning Sirens For Deadly Fire

"The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded,” emergency administrator Herman Andaya explained.

View Article


Maui's Emergency Services Chief Resigns After Facing Criticism For Not...

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen accepted the resignation of Herman Andaya, the County of Maui announced on Facebook.

View Article

Odds Of Survival For Still-Missing Loved Ones Wane After Maui Fire

“We don’t want him to be lost,” one woman said of her missing son. “If we don’t get his body back, he’ll just be lost.”

View Article

Maui Officials Warn Water Is Unsafe Even With Filters

Experts are warning residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap water, after the fires damaged hundreds of drinking water pipes.

View Article

Maui Fire Has Left Immigrant Workers’ Lives, Livelihoods And Documents In...

For foreign workers, Lahaina was an oasis before they lost everything in a devastating wildfire that razed the town and killed over 100 people.

View Article


850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit

A total of 114 people have been confirmed dead, but only 27 of them have been identified, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen said Monday.

View Article

Republican National Committee’s Doggie Diss Fail

The GOP may have learned a lesson from its failed attack on the president: Don’t mess with man’s best friend.

View Article


Maui Faces Challenge Of Finding Hundreds Of Missing People After Deadly...

Maui authorities say anywhere between 500 and 1,000 people remain unaccounted for two weeks after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed Lahaina.

View Article

Maui Fires Renew Centuries-old Tensions Over Water Rights. The Streams Are...

During the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, a developer of land around a threatened Maui community urgently asked state officials for permission to divert stream water to help fight the...

View Article


Maui County Sues Utility Over Fires That Ravaged Lahaina, Alleging Negligence

Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.

View Article

Maui Releases Names Of 388 People Still Missing After Deadly Wildfire

Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Co. on Thursday, saying the utility negligently failed to shut off power despite exceptionally high winds and dry conditions.

View Article

Hawaii Senator On GOP Wildfire Attacks: ‘Maui Is Not A Political Talking...

Lahaina “is a community that has been flattened, and it needs our support,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said in pushing for increased federal funding.

View Article

Oprah Winfrey And Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Donate $10 Million To Maui...

The People’s Fund of Maui will put “money directly in the pockets of those who were affected by the recent wildfires,” the duo announced.

View Article


Steven Tyler Urges Tourists To Return To Maui To Help Economy Recover

The Aerosmith singer and Maui homeowner wants his fans to visit the Hawaiian island of Maui to help its economy recover from last month's devastating wildfires.

View Article


Hawaii Volcano Kilauea Erupts After Nearly 2 Months Of Quiet

Kilauea began erupting Sunday, displaying glowing lava that is a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island.

View Article

Maui Wildfire Death Toll Lowered To 97 Following DNA Analysis

Determining the death toll from the Lahaina fires has been complicated because of the damage caused by the fire and the chaos as people tried to escape.

View Article

Lahaina Residents Prepare To Return To Homes Scorched By Massive Wildfire

Authorities will begin allowing the first residents to return to their properties in the burn zone, many for the first time since the historic town was demolished.

View Article


Lahaina Residents Deliver Petition Asking Hawaii Governor To Delay Tourism...

Residents from fire-stricken Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii's governor to delay his plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend.

View Article

West Maui To Reopen To Tourists Months After Deadly Wildfire

All of the region except for the burned sections of historic Lahaina town will reopen Nov. 1.

View Article

A Pond In Hawaii Turned Barbie Pink. Here's What Scientists Think That Means.

No one at Maui's Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge has seen the pond this color before — not even volunteers who have been around it for 70 years.

View Article

Jason Momoa Names 1 Surprise Career He Wanted As A Kid In 'SNL' Monologue

The "Aquaman" actor and "Saturday Night Live" host discussed his early years and spilled on what movie inspired him to move to Hawaii.

View Article



Navy Plane Overshoots Runway And Ends Up In Ocean, But All 9 Aboard Escape

The plane splashed into Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii on Monday amid rainy weather.

View Article

She Died Weeks After Fleeing The Maui Wildfire. Her Family Fought To Have...

A wildfire that tore through the heart of the Hawaii island of Maui this summer showed how older residents are at particular risk from disasters.

View Article

New Law Means Fuzzy Dice Are Finally Free To Dangle In Illinois

The state's police officers are no longer be allowed to pull over motorists solely because they have something hanging from the rearview mirror of the windshield.

View Article


<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>