and that s exactly what we saw. reporter: in a state report out just last year ranking natural disasters, hawaii officials classified the wildfire risk to human life as low in this color-coded chart. the assessment, though, coming ye years after hurricane lane ravaged o ahu in 2018. that highlighted the threat and how unprepared officials in hawaii were dealing with such a disaster, with a report noting hurricane lane made small swale, with strong winds grounding air support. that storm should have been a wakeup call according to this planning document. other state and local documents show hawaii lagged behind in preparedness for the devastating wildfires playing out now that have killed more than 50 people, left countless people missing, and triggered widespread
Officials warn locals about the dangers of having larvae in green waste bins at home as the first sighting of the invasive insect coconut rhinoceros beetle was reported outside of Oahu. Read more here.
The Honolulu Police Department reported the crash happened at around 6 p.m. when a speeding motorcyclist hit a car that was making a U-turn on Farrington Highway near Waikomo Beach