In 2024, Hawaiian Electric is spending about $120 million to make wildfire safety improvements and is also developing a ...
The National Weather Service forecast office in Honolulu has issued a fire weather watch for all leeward portions of the ...
The National Weather Service has issued both a Fire Weather Watch and a Wind Advisory for several areas of Hawaii, with ...
Hawaiian Electric is closely monitoring weather conditions across the state ahead of strong winds expected Friday, which ...
To make matters worse, recent data reveals that human-triggered fires are often more destructive and harder to contain than ...
In a multi-year grid resilience program to harden against wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and flooding and to adapt to ...
Utility companies have been sued to bankruptcy over downed power lines that caused deadly wildfires in Hawaii and California. A Colorado utility's power shutoff to prevent fire also caused problems.
Wildfires are a terrifying and increasingly common threat, as seen with the local Decker Fire, Colorado’s Marshall Fire and ...
HECO's actions include introducing a PSPS program, replacing and testing thousands of utility poles, upgrading miles of overhead power lines, clearing intrusive vegetation near electrical equipment, ...
Widespread drought in the U.S. sets up the ideal conditions for fire to spread—and humans are making it worse, experts say.
Despite the extraordinary cost of the Maui wildfire disaster last year and the impact of the largest tax cut in state history ...
We are so excited to be featuring 30 Lahaina small businesses that were impacted by the August 8th wildfires.” ...