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The five-member Purdy family gather in one of two bedrooms they share in a house they rent with extended family in Kapolei, Hawaii, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. The family moved to Las Vegas in 2017 to escape Hawaii’s high cost of living and returned last year and share two bedrooms in a home they rent with extended family. Native Hawaiians, like the Purdys, who have been priced out of Hawaii are finding more affordable places to live in cities like Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Native Hawaiians flock to Las Vegas for affordable living

The median price for a single-family home in Hawaii topped $900,000 during the pandemic

 

This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the inside of the summit crater of the Kilauea Volcano on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has begun erupting less than one month after Kilauea and its larger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

VIDEO: Hawaii eruption not dangerous but offers spectacular sight

Lava from Kilauea shot as high as 50 meters into the air last Thursday

 

This photo shows the exterior of The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu where some patients injured by air turbulence on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu were taken, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Dozens hurt in turbulent Hawaii flight, 11 seriously

Flight had nearly 300 people aboard, many traveling to Hawaii for the holidays

 

This image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby. The U.S. Geological Survey says the eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island. Early Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, it said lava flows were contained within the summit area and weren’t threatening nearby communities. (USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory via AP)

Hawaii’s Mauna Loa starts to erupt, sending ash nearby

Eruption Sunday contained within the summit area, weren’t threatening nearby communities

This image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory shows Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, has started to erupt, prompting volcanic ash and debris to fall nearby. The U.S. Geological Survey says the eruption began late Sunday night in the summit caldera of the volcano on the Big Island. Early Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, it said lava flows were contained within the summit area and weren’t threatening nearby communities. (USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory via AP)
Pohue Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island is pictured April 11, 2022. (Trust for Public Land via AP)

Hawaii’s Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Eruption not considered imminent for Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984

Pohue Bay on Hawaii’s Big Island is pictured April 11, 2022. (Trust for Public Land via AP)
Shaney Hoyhoy lifted a piece of plywood off a downed fence at her Nanakai Place home after heavy rains flooded her Pearl City neighborhood on Monday. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Floodwaters keep ‘coming and coming’ as storms bring widespread damage to parts of Hawaii

Schools, homes, businesses all bore the brunt of heavy rains

  • Dec 8, 2021
Shaney Hoyhoy lifted a piece of plywood off a downed fence at her Nanakai Place home after heavy rains flooded her Pearl City neighborhood on Monday. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo a surfer walks out of the ocean on Oahu’s North Shore near Haleiwa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones,File)

Canadians can travel to Hawaii in September; no quarantine with negative COVID test

Travellers will be required to pay for their own tests prior to arriving

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo a surfer walks out of the ocean on Oahu’s North Shore near Haleiwa, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones,File)
Hurricane Douglas was 440 miles (705 kilometres) east of Hilo early Saturday, July 25, 2020 (The Associated Press)

Hurricane threatens Hawaii with surf, winds, flooding

Hurricane Douglas was 440 miles (705 kilometres) east of Hilo early Saturday

Hurricane Douglas was 440 miles (705 kilometres) east of Hilo early Saturday, July 25, 2020 (The Associated Press)
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