Third victim identified in fatal tour helicopter crash on Kaua‘i

Forecasters are sounding the alarm as a powerful weather system is set to bring heavy rain and thunderstorms to Kauaʻi and Niʻihau starting Wednesday.

The temporary April 7 water service shutdown is necessary to perform water system improvements.

Hawaiian Electric is urging Hawaii residents to prepare for severe weather expected later this week.

Input gathered during the community workshops will help shape strategies to improve defensible space, emergency access, fuel reduction efforts, public education and interagency coordination.

Sixty-five-year-old Margaret Rimmler and 59-year-old Patrick Haskell, both from Massachusetts, were also killed in the crash.

Kaua‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation thanks the community for its patience and understanding while the pool was closed.

Hawaiian Electric is urging Hawaii residents to prepare for severe weather expected later this week.

The briefing scheduled for Monday afternoon, April 6, comes at a critical time as Hawaiʻi continues to respond to impacts from recent back-to-back kona lows that slammed into the state in March.

National Weather Service says confidence is increasing that unsettled weather — possibly even a fifth kona low since the beginning of the year — will impact the state from midweek and possibly into this weekend even as some places continue to recover from back-to-back kona lows in March and majority of Merrie Monarch Festival activities kick off Wednesday, April 8, in Hilo.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the temblor struck about 2 miles east-northeast of Pāhala in Kaʻū on the south-southeast side of the island at a depth of just 2 miles; it had no apparent impact on either Mauna Loa or Kīlauea volcanoes.

ʻĀina Momona hopes to gather perspectives from those who work in, care for and steward ocean spaces to help guide how future ocean projects engage with Hawaiʻi’s communities, especially as climate change continues to affect coastal and island communities.

Annual Hoʻolauleʻa on Sunday, April 5, kicks off the weeklong celebration of everything Hawaiian on the Big Island in Hilo, with competition in the ‘Super Bowl of hula’ beginning Thursday, April 9, with Miss Aloha Hula contest.