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Hawaii Should Have A Milder Hurricane Season This Year, Experts Say CSU/CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS

Hawaii Should Have A Milder Hurricane Season This Year, Experts Say

Experts at NOAA predict a below-normal hurricane season as a result of La Nina conditions.

What Do People In The Pacific Really Think Of China? Getty Images/iStockphoto

What Do People In The Pacific Really Think Of China?

Local populations donʻt always welcome Chinaʻs growing engagement in the same way as their government.

Hawaii Will Receive Another $3.5 Million For Food Security Microgrants Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat

Hawaii Will Receive Another $3.5 Million For Food Security Microgrants

The money will be distributed across Hawaii to bolster community-level food security.

Nuclear Descendants In Hawaii Are Incensed By Blown Bikini Atoll Reparation Funds Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Nuclear Descendants In Hawaii Are Incensed By Blown Bikini Atoll Reparation Funds

The council spent money on two ships, vehicles, an airplane and a block of land near Hilo.

The Day After: Guam Assesses Damage After Typhoon Mawar Hits US Pacific Territory AP

The Day After: Guam Assesses Damage After Typhoon Mawar Hits US Pacific Territory

It was the strongest typhoon to hit the island territory of roughly 150,000 people since 2002.

Destructive Beetle Could Thrive If Natural Disaster Strikes Courtesy: Secretariat of the Pacific Community

Destructive Beetle Could Thrive If Natural Disaster Strikes

Pacific neighbors are fighting back against the coconut rhinoceros beetle, and there are lessons for Hawaii.

Biden Backs Plan To Restore Benefits For COFA Migrants Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Biden Backs Plan To Restore Benefits For COFA Migrants

The endorsement comes as the U.S. is in negotiations over new deals with Compacts of Free Association nations.

Pacific Territories Are Getting Millions To Address Climate Change. Is It Enough? Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2019

Pacific Territories Are Getting Millions To Address Climate Change. Is It Enough?

Congress approved a large influx of money to American Samoa and other territories, but threats from rising temperatures are evolving.

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska Courtesy: Matson

Matson Commits Another $5 million For Food Banks In Hawaii, Guam and Alaska

Lower shipping costs have freed up funds for more food supplies, Hawaii Foodbank said.

Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Pint-Sized Plants Could Be Our Secret Weapon In Fight Against Invasive Beetle

Coconut rhinoceros beetles have decimated yields across the Pacific, but there may be a surprising workaround.