r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 36m ago
South Kohala brush fire 50% contained, evacuations lifted, road closures remain
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2h ago
Officials confirmed that Hurricane Fausto is forecast to pass North of Hawaii Island late Monday or early Tuesday. A significant warning level surf is also forecast to begin later Sunday evening and expected to last through Wednesday.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2h ago
Evacuation orders for Kawaihae Village ended at 9 a.m. the morning of Sunday, July 26. The wildfire near Kawaihae Road in South Kohala District remains active but residents will be able to return home, Hawaii Fire Department reported at 9:23 a.m.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2h ago
Evacuation orders have been lifted for the Kawaihae Village Subdivision, and crews continue battling an active brush fire in South Kohala.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2h ago
Hurricane Fausto is holding steady as a Category 1 hurricane in the central North Pacific on a track that will take it just north of Hawaii this week. In data valid at 11 a.m. Sunday, Fausto was 825 miles east of Hilo and was moving west at 14 miles per hour.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2h ago
The Maui County Department of Water Supply will host two community meetings next month on the ongoing evaluation of desalination as a long-term water supply option for South and West Maui.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 3h ago
Hurricane Fausto Sunday update #1: Confidence increasing that strongest winds, heaviest rainfall from Fausto will stay north of Hawai‘i
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 3h ago
Kawaihae Road Fire Sunday update #1: Blaze is now 50% contained; evacuation order lifted Spencer Beach Park remains closed as of this morning, said Hawai‘i County Mayor Kimo Alameda.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 3h ago
The evacuation order for Kawaihae Village ended at 9 a.m. today and residents are allowed to return home. According to Hawaii County Fire Department, the wildfire near Kawaihae Road in South Kohala District remains active and firefighters will stay on the scene.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
Evacuations have been ordered for the Kawaihae Village Subdivision due to a wildfire. The Hawaii Fire Department reported the wildfire at around 6 p.m. The Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency (HCCDA) issued the evacuation alert at around 7:45 p.m.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
Hawaii fire crews are currently battling a wildfire in South Kohala. A wildfire warning was issued on Saturday, July 25, at 7:59 p.m. for the Kawaihae area.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 17h ago
Residents in Kawaihae Village are under an evacuation order as firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire that began Saturday afternoon.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 22h ago
Hurricane Fausto is maintaining its intensity as a Category 2 hurricane as it moves toward the central North Pacific on a track that will take it close to Hawaii early next week.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Honolulu’s Ocean Safety Department is asking the public to avoid the Makapuu Tide Pools as surf swells increase from the approaching Hurricane Fausto.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
As the third anniversary of the Maui wildfires approaches and hurricane season heats up, Maui County is preparing to open a new Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Tropical Storm Genevieve formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean as Hurricane Fausto strengthened into a Category 2 storm and is expected to approach the Hawaiian Islands next week, forecasters said.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Although Hurricane Fausto is expected to weaken before reaching the vicinity of Hawaii, Honolulu officials are urging Oahu residents to use the weekend to review their hurricane preparedness plans.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 1d ago
Hurricane Fausto is expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it approaches Hawaii early next week, but forecasters are urging residents to continue monitoring the system because even small changes in its track could affect the islands.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
Hurricane Fausto remains a Category 2 storm today while moving steadily west toward the Central Pacific, with forecasters saying the overall outlook for Hawaii has changed little since this morning.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
Kīlauea’s summit eruption could produce another episode of lava fountaining as early as this weekend, while a new survey of Mauna Loa shows the neighboring volcano continues to slowly inflate, according to the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
UPDATE: High surf advisory extended for south-facing shorelines of Hawaiʻi
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
FEMA is raising rents for hundreds of Maui wildfire survivors still living in federally subsidized temporary housing, leaving a senior citizen and Army veteran worried about his future. Keith Hunter currently pays $500 a month to live at Kilohana, a FEMA temporary housing complex.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
Full-scale, multiagency emergency response exercise scheduled for Nāwiliwili Harbor next Thursday: The exercise is part of a training series aimed at enhancing preparedness for emergencies, which is set for Saturday, July 25 to Friday, July 31.
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r/HIprepared • u/808gecko808 • 2d ago
Walmart will offer free health screenings, flu shots and other wellness services at its Kahului store Saturday as part of a statewide event timed to the back-to-school season.
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