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Jason Momoa Flees Oahu's North Shore Amidst Extreme Flooding: 'We're Safe for Now but There's a Lot of People Who Weren't'
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Jason Momoa was forced to evacuate the area where his family was staying on Oahu after a massive storm hit Hawaii, causing the worst flooding the island has seen in 20 years.
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Officials warn 120-year-old Hawaiian dam could fail as thousands told to evacuate flooding
HONOLULU (AP) -- Muddy floodwaters from severe rains inundated streets, pushed homes off their foundations, swallowed vehicles and prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents in towns north of Honolulu on Friday as officials warned of the possible failure of a a 120-year-old dam.
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A Do-Or-Die Moment for One of Hawaii's Most Contested Trades
Hawaiʻi island resident Kekoa Alip knows there are recent state reports showing at least some aquarium-trade fishing could resume off the Kona Coast without shrinking the region's current numbers of prized reef fish.
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Kona low storm prompts flash flood and evacuation warnings, power outages
More than 130,000 customers are without power in Hawaii, with crews working to restore electricity as long as weather conditions permit, while emergency responders have conducted multiple rescues and handled numerous storm-related incidents.
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Oahu, Maui and Kauai under flood advisories as Kona-low storm pounds state
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Oahu, Maui and Kauai are under flood advisories this morning as the Hawaii begins to feel the worst of this week's drenching Kona-low storm.
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Rare storm to pummel 1.4 million people: "Relentless"
Numerous weather warnings are in place for all Hawaiian islands on Thursday as a rare storm is set to pummel the entire state this week with dangerous thunderstorms, high elevation snow, and feet of rain.
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Warnings issued as nearly entire year of rain to fall in just 5 days
The entire state of Hawaii is under a flood watch on Wednesday as the National Weather Service (NWS) warns that between 15 and 20 inches of rain could slam Honolulu over the next seven days.
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts prompts ashfall warning
Kilauea erupted at its summit in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Tuesday, prompting the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) to raise the Volcano Alert Level to Warning and the Aviation Color Code to Red as ash and tephra fell across downwind communities on Hawaii Island, officials said.
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Map shows areas to be hit hardest as 4 months' of rain possible in 1 week
Hawaii is bracing for a dangerous stretch of storms this week as a powerful Kona low drags deep tropical moisture over the islands, setting the stage for rainfall totals that could reach a foot in the hardest‑hit areas, National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Prediction Center meteorologist Scott Kleebauer told Newsweek.
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Hawaii wrongly jailed him for 20 years. Reparations came too late
Alvin Jardine spent more than a third of his life in prison for a rape he did not commit.
After his release, he spent another decade fighting the state for money he was entitled to through Hawaiʻi's wrongful conviction compensation law.
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Just 13 Letters: How The Hawaiian Language Works With A Tiny Alphabet
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With just 13 letters, the Hawaiian language is among the shortest alphabets in the world (the shortest, by the way, belongs to the Rotokas language, spoken in parts of Papua New Guinea, which uses only 12 letters).
