Hurricane Nolo stalls near Hawaii, testing soaked ground
Hurricane Nolo stalls south of Hawaii's Big Island, unleashing heavy rain on saturated soil and threatening infrastructure already weakened by Hurricane Lala.
By Daniel Okafor ·
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Hurricane Nolo tests a Hawaii still digging out from storm damage
As Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii with severe rain, repeated storms compound existing damage and force vulnerable communities into a long recovery before basic repairs are finished.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Hurricane Polo exposes the deadly cost of fossil fuel delay
As Category 5 winds tear off Mexico's coast, the physics of warming oceans expose the deadly cost of fossil fuel delay for the global south.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Lala proves local bonds matter more than state aid in Na’alehu
When a tropical storm like Lala sweeps through, it is easy for the reporting to focus on the spectacular wreckage: the 19 roofs lost, the flash floods that swept away homes in…
By Caroline Ashford ·
Big Island's Lala shows rot past Civil Defense Agency warnings
The first thing you learn when you live in a border region—or any place where water moves through human life—is that nothing is ever truly clean.
By Alma Cordero ·
Over 4k customers remain without power on Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu
The sheer volume of water—rain, surge, sediment—is always the story in Hawaii when Lala approaches.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
‘Life-threatening flooding’ possible in Hawaii this weekend from forming tropical storm
The headlines about Tropical Storm Lala striking Hawaii this weekend are framed in meteorology—a series of percentages and projected wind speeds.
By Sophie Naimi ·