Maui County assesses damages and initiates recoveries after a severe winter storm causes widespread disruptions.

After months of teasing, a La Niña winter has finally started – but we don’t blame you if you haven’t noticed.

The storm bearing heavy rain and strong winds downed powerlines and trees, causing flooding in several regions, complicating restoration efforts. The National Weather Service said rain gauges recorded ...

The first big storm of the year battered West Hawaii on Thursday night, with heavy rain and strong wind uprooting trees and littering roads with rocks and debris.

It wasn’t the images of flames ripping through neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena this month that really triggered Jordan Hocker’s anxiety. It was the flood of social media posts about ...

On Maui, multiple outages have been reported, impacting thousands of customers in East Maui, the North Shore, Upcountry and the North Shore. As of 9:40 a.m., nearly 3,400 customers are without power ...

Kihei saw the most flooding, which washed away a part of South Kihei Road, forcing county officials to close much of the ...

Flash flood warnings and several inches of rain fell across parts of the chain of islands as part of a storm system moving southeast.

Hawaiian Electric and Kauai Island Utility Cooperative crews are hard at work as they respond to multiple power outages ...

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM A woman crosses South King Street in the rain today in Honolulu. A flash flood warning is in effect for Oahu through 5 p.m. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO ...

Strong wind and heavy rain forced multiple closures and opened emergency shelters on Maui on Thursday. The county’s Emergency Operations Center was activated around 6:45 a.m. “Avoid unnecessary travel ...

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...