HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – About $4.6 million in federal funding was accredited Friday to assist Hawaii change into extra resilient to pure disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency accredited greater than $137 million as a part of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. Funding might be distributed to at the very least 50 initiatives nationwide, together with…
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — For some evangelical Christians, religion is about having a private relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech firm Just Like Me is taking that idea to a brand new degree. Users of the platform can be a part of video calls with an avatar of Jesus generated by synthetic…
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The state Department of Education says the Kona low storms final month induced about $171 million in harm to its public schools. The quantity was shared by DOE superintendent Keith Hayashi on the state board of schooling assembly Thursday. He mentioned the DOE acquired greater than 500 storm associated work orders and…
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – City officials held a press convention at present warning the public of the upcoming storm that’s anticipated to hit the state later this week. Mayor Rick Blangiardi stated town will activate its Emergency Operations Center on Wednesday. The floor remains to be saturated from the earlier two Kona low storms, and dam…
Reading time: 2 minutes One of many pairs of effectively worn child sneakers worn by orphans evacuated from Vietnam throughout Operation Babylift (Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum) The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) introduced historical past into sharp focus with a go to from Devaki Murch, a Vietnam War…
COURTESY USGS A magnitude 7.6 earthquake between Tonga and Fiji in the South Pacific as we speak didn’t generate a tsunami that may threaten Hawaii, officers stated. The pink dot on this USGS map marks the approximate epicenter of the quake. A significant earthquake in the South Pacific didn’t generate a tsunami that may threaten…
Key Points Jason Momoa has been forced to evacuate the North Shore of Oahu as storms proceed to ravage Hawaii. “I got my family with me. We got out of the North Shore,” he stated in a now-expired Instagram story on Saturday. “We’re safe for now, but there’s a lot of people who weren’t, so…
“Don’t take this storm lightly,” Green mentioned in a video assertion. No deaths had been reported, he mentioned, however there have been few critical accidents. The state has activated a programme for individuals displaced by the storm that enables them to get discounted resort charges. In a subsequent put up, the governor warned that, as…
HONOLULU (AP) — Muddy floodwaters from extreme rains inundated streets, pushed houses off their foundations, swallowed autos and prompted evacuation orders for 1000’s of residents in cities north of Honolulu on Friday as officers warned of the potential failure of a 120-year-old dam. Emergency sirens blared alongside Oahu’s North Shore, the place rising waters broken…
CHUCK Norris was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii after struggling a medical emergency, days after celebrating his 86th birthday. The martial artist and actor had a medical emergency in the final 24 hours, TMZ reported on Thursday. Sign up for the Entertainment and TV e-newsletter Thank you! Chuck Norris, 86, was lately hospitalized after…