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Kirstin Downey: How To Save A Royal Palace From A Punishing Storm Neil Averitt/Civil Beat/2026

Kirstin Downey: How To Save A Royal Palace From A Punishing Storm

Caretakers for Hulihe‘e Palace, the oldest royal palace in the country, have been on high alert for days to protect the Big Island property.

Hawaiʻi Storm Latest: Forecast, Outages, Closures, Shelters, More Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Storm Latest: Forecast, Outages, Closures, Shelters, More

Updated news from officials on the Kona low storm passing over Hawaiʻi amid concerns of flooding and high winds.

Hawaiʻi Storm Shutters Schools, State Offices As Weather Expected To Worsen Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Hawaiʻi Storm Shutters Schools, State Offices As Weather Expected To Worsen

UPDATED: Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency order as winds and flooding from a Kona low storm threaten major population centers.

Hawaiʻi Storm Latest: State Shuts Down, 1,000s Lose Power Courtesy of Natalie Scarborough

Hawaiʻi Storm Latest: State Shuts Down, 1,000s Lose Power

High winds whipped the islands as a storm came through on Sunday, with more expected overnight and into Monday.

How Do Hawaiʻi Residents Handle The Heat? Here’s What You Told Us (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

How Do Hawaiʻi Residents Handle The Heat? Here’s What You Told Us

Rising temperatures have Hawaiʻi residents searching for solutions in a state where nearly half of us don’t have A/C.

Hawaiʻi Officials Discuss Lessons Learned From Tsunami Scare Kawika Lopez/Civil Beat/2025

Hawaiʻi Officials Discuss Lessons Learned From Tsunami Scare

Agencies like the Department of Transportation plan to publish after-action reports by the end of the year, officials said.

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers (Leilani Combs/Civil Beat/2025)

Student Scientists Are Tracking Heat Risk For Their Peers

Students are helping with summer research to measure temperatures at Hawaiʻi’s K-12 schools and set guidelines to prevent heat-related illness.

Tsunami Prediction Has Gotten Much Better. Hawaiʻi Just Needs More Data John Hill/Civil Beat/2025

Tsunami Prediction Has Gotten Much Better. Hawaiʻi Just Needs More Data

Specialized buoys can monitor waves on the seafloor. But there are few sea-level stations between Asia and Hawaiʻi to test the accuracy of the forecast.

Hawaiʻi Tsunami History: How They’ve Shaped The Islands Pacific Tsunami Center

Hawaiʻi Tsunami History: How They’ve Shaped The Islands

Hawaiʻi got lucky Tuesday, but we haven’t always been let off the hook — and may not next time.

2 More Tropical Cyclones Churn In The Pacific As Hone Moves Past Hawaii AP

2 More Tropical Cyclones Churn In The Pacific As Hone Moves Past Hawaii

The biggest impacts from Tropical Storm Hone were rainfall and flash floods on the Big Island.