Hawaii is sinking 40 times faster than previously predicted — homes and businesses could soon be wiped out
Conditions have gotten so dire that low-lying areas in Honolulu, Waikiki and Pearl Harbor could be inundated in the coming ...
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UH study: Some parts of Hawaiʻi sinking faster than others
Some parts of Hawaiʻi are sinking faster than others. That discovery, published recently in a study by researchers at the ...
Appeals process opening on new flood insurance rate maps on Oahu
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate ...
Hawaii's sinking coastlines: Flooding threat looms sooner than expected
Some parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others. That discovery, published in Communications Earth & Environment by ...
Near Maui's Road to Hana, a forgotten piece of Hawaii history
I found it when driving through Paia, a small community on Maui’s North Shore that marks the start of the Road to Hana. The town is littered with locally owned shops and eateries — including the world ...
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A ‘super-aged’ population poses major challenges for Hawaii
Status quo trends will not rise to the challenge, according to Lopez, of the AARP. “With Hawaii’s growing senior population and the fact that so many of our younger, working residents are leaving the ...
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A ‘super-aged’ population poses major challenges for Hawaii
Hawaiʻi faces a reckoning as its population of kūpuna age 75 and older surges, consuming more resources than they bring in. The challenge, outlined in a recent report, is on the state’s ...
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Hawaii’s wildlife refuges, national parks feel sting of federal cuts
The akepa was once found on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii island but is believed to ... a honeycreeper with an estimated remaining population of fewer than 2, 000 individuals. The e is doing the same ...
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Hawaii health officials warn public about Kilauea vog risk
State Department of Health officials are advising residents and visitors to monitor air quality conditions due to the ongoing eruption of Kilauea within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Elevated ...
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More Than 70 Million Americans Are on Medicaid. This Is Where They Live.
More than 40 percent of the population there relies on Medicaid, the public health insurance plan for low-income Americans. In eastern Louisiana, where Representative Julia Letlow, a Republican ...
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Religious Landscape Study
The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) – conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2023-24 – surveys more than 35,000 Americans in all 50 states about their religious affiliations, beliefs and practices along with ...
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The highest and lowest natural elevation in each of the 50 states
What’s the highest natural elevation in your state? What’s the lowest? While the United States’ topography provides plenty to marvel at across the map, it’s not uncommon for people to take a ...