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New maps developed by the University of Hawaiʻi improve wildfire risk warnings
Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state.
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University of Hawaiʻi develops new map to detect wildfire risk
University of Hawaiʻi scientists developed a new wildfire risk map to help predict fire danger across the islands. “This new ...
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Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed
Kahoʻohalahala thinks the reality is no Pacific nation is truly independent of one another: Any decision the Cook Islands makes, that Tonga makes, will affect the same ocean that also belongs to ...
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The World's Autonomous Regions
Autonomous regions exist in many different contexts around the world. While some countries decide to embrace autonomy fully ...
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6 Cruise Port Cities With World-Class Food Scenes
Japanese immigrants brought shave ice—fluffier than your average snow cone—to Hawaii in the early 1900s ... Plan your day ...
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Pacific governments warned of ‘threat’ from Cambodia’s Prince Group
The governments of Taiwan and Palau have both been warned that offers of investment from the Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group represent threats to each nation’s security and sovereignty.
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New voter registration law caused confusion during town elections
In towns like Derry, Londonderry and Bedford, not everyone had the proper documentation to register to vote during Tuesday’s elections. A Derry voter went back home to grab her birth certificate ...
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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 Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks ...
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Cal Fire rolls out new fire hazard maps for Central California. Up next: L.A.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released new fire-hazard severity maps Monday that added thousands of acres within the purview of local fire departments across ...
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Oahu residents can soon submit appeals, comments on updated flood maps
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Starting this week, residents on Oahu will have an opportunity to submit feedback on updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), including appeals to their property’s ...
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Supes pressure mayor to expand shelters across SF
Just a few neighborhoods are home to the vast majority of San Francisco’s services for the homeless. But city leaders are increasingly calling on San Francisco’s outer neighborhoods to pull ...
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Australia’s defences must be ready in two years. Here’s what to do
Beijing deployed a naval task group to the waters around Australia for three related reasons. First, to demonstrate the reach and potency of Chinese sea power and to put Australia on notice that it is ...