Officials: Be prepared for wildfire season hawaiitribune-herald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hawaiitribune-herald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Derek Wroe of the National Weather Service cautioned about weather complacency: “While everything is green and lush right now, we are expecting below-average rainfall, as we enter the dry season in Hawai‘i. Our long-range modeling shows that even our normally wet winter (2023-2024) will be abnormally dry.”
Kauai getting $78K for wildfire preparedness thegardenisland.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thegardenisland.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
all-out assault on the so-called leilani fire on the northwestern end of the island with local, state and federal crews working with heavy equipment to stop the flames. but extremely dry conditions are making the fight quite difficult. five helicopters from the u.s. army s nearby training area are helping with aerial water drops. as many parts of the country experience longer and more destructive fire seasons, there is a constant need for more firefighters. but today only a fraction of career firefighters are women. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on the push to make the industry more inclusive. reporter: this is not the uniform olivia would have imagined for herself. she ll be the first to tell you she accidentally fell into fire fighting after her life violently changed almost ten years ago. when someone texting and driving ran her over.