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Tonga Is Still Cut Off Following Massive Eruption Tonga Geological Services/2022

Tonga Is Still Cut Off Following Massive Eruption

The Hunga Tonga volcano spewed ash and rock, setting off tsunamis across the Pacific and cutting off the Pacific nation’s key communication lines with the rest of the world.

Pacific Nations Cope With Increasing Climate Uncertainty Graham Crumb/Wikimedia Commons/2015

Pacific Nations Cope With Increasing Climate Uncertainty

At the same time, money to prepare for natural disasters is getting harder to come by.

How A Volcano And Flaming Red Sunsets Led An Amateur Scientist In Hawaii To Discover Jet Streams William Ashcroft via Houghton Library/Harvard University

How A Volcano And Flaming Red Sunsets Led An Amateur Scientist In Hawaii To Discover Jet Streams

Rev. Sereno Edwards Bishop’s discoveries led to scientific investigations of the winds high above the ground and ultimately yielded information that today is used to forecast weather.

Molokai’s Fabled Axis Deer Are Starving To Death In Droves Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Molokai’s Fabled Axis Deer Are Starving To Death In Droves

The crisis, triggered in part by drought, exposes rifts in the community and raises questions about how to manage the herd in the future.

Is Rapid Intensification Of Hurricanes Becoming More Common? CSU/CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS

Is Rapid Intensification Of Hurricanes Becoming More Common?

Some scientists conclude that the warming climate is likely playing a role. But there have also been more active hurricane seasons in recent years.

Kauai: 14 Days Of Emergency Supplies? Who Has That? Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Kauai: 14 Days Of Emergency Supplies? Who Has That?

Health department surveys provide the most detailed assessment yet of how people are responding to new state preparedness recommendations.

2018 Storms, Lava Cost More Than Half A Billion Dollars Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

2018 Storms, Lava Cost More Than Half A Billion Dollars

The latest $67 million in federal disaster recovery aid was announced Monday.

Kauai: Picking Up The Pieces After Big Disasters Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Kauai: Picking Up The Pieces After Big Disasters

After last year’s big flood and hurricane damage, two local communities are finding their footing with disaster plans tailored for their areas.

Big Island: The Vog Is Gone — For The First Time In Decades Courtesy of Lance Owens

Big Island: The Vog Is Gone — For The First Time In Decades

Kilauea didn’t just stop spewing lava. It ceased emissions that have been constant since 1983.