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Could this Hawaii community be the next Lahaina? Some residents fear a similar wildfire fate
A development called Sea Country, near the neighborhood that was recently ordered to evacuate during a wildfire, is close to ...
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Waikapu brush fire completely shuts down Kuihelani Highway
A brush fire in Waikapu has closed Kuihelani Highway in both directions on Friday afternoon. The brush fire was reported just after 4:30 p.m. on July 11 in the Waiko Road and Kuihelani Highway area.
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In Hawaiian Electric’s first proactive power shutdown, Upcountry customers frustrated by long outage but supportive of fire prevention program
These financial blows were a tough introduction to the first intentional outage under the Public Sa f ety Power Shutoff ...
We Can Adapt and Prepare for Floods. But Will We?
Two summers ago, in Hawaii, flames blasted by winds upward of 80 miles per hour rolled downslope like an avalanche of fire, ...
HECO ends Public Safety Power Shutoff, restores power to Upcountry Maui customers
Due to the threat of wildfires from high winds and dry conditions, HECO activated its Public Safety Power Shutoff program at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday and proactively shut off power to approximately 330 ...
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Wildfire safety watch: Hawaiian Electric monitoring risk conditions
Hawaiian Electric has deployed artificial intelligence cameras to spot wildfires. These cameras cover a portion of West Maui.