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Big Island officials, residents relieved after Hurricane Nolo passes without causing major damage | Big Island Now (opens the original)
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"I would say we're very fortunate on this one," said Darryl Oliveira, acting administrator for Hawaiâi County Civil Defense Agency. "It could have been a lot worse." For awhile, Hawaiâi county officials and community members were concerned that Hurricane Nolo was on a path to do more damage than Hurricane Lala, which just over a month earlier caused flash flooding, mudslides, destroyed homes, eroded roads, power outages, busted water systems, unearthed graves and two deaths. But after churni
Business Monday: Natural disasters devastated some Big Island business, while boosting income for others | Big Island Now (opens the original)
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After the Kona low storms struck the Big Island in March, Case Henderson, owner of KaâÅ« Ohiâa, started to see an uptick in his woodworking and hazardous tree removal business in Ocean View. Since then, Henderson said business has been steady with people requesting trees cut for preventative measures ahead of inclement weather and by people needing trees cleared that had fallen during the high winds and storm waters of Hurricane Lala in August. Henderson estimates he’s earned a gross income
Exhausted KaâÅ« residents still recovering from Hurricane Lala brace for Nolo | Big Island Now (opens the original)
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"It's like we've been beaten with a stick and we're getting beat again," said 62-year-old Owen Fritts, who owns a macadamia nut farm in South Point. Panic is in the air in the rural district of KaâÅ«. For the third time in six weeks, the small communities on the south end of the Big Island are in the path of a major storm. Hurricane Lala’s outerbands were devastating. Hurricane Lowell brought some more rain. And now, it’s Nolo, which meteorologists say could be the most damaging of them all. “
Hawaiâi faces $1B in recovery, resilience projects after 4 natural disasters strike in 6 months | Big Island Now (opens the original)
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As Hawaiʻi faces the threat of being hit by Tropical Storm Nolo, Gov. Josh Green outlined the $686 million in identified damage and recovery costs the islands and the residents already has suffered this year from four natural disasters. The destruction began with the Kona low storms in March that brought massive flooding across the state, followed by the magnitude-6.0 earthquake that struck the Big Island in May. Then there was Hurricane Lala in August that hit the Big Island the hardest, with
A month after Hurricane Lala’s outerbands struck the Big Island, recovery is slow but sure in hard hit Ka’Å« | Big Island Now (opens the original)
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Lala destroyed 27 homes and did much damage to many other homes, with HawaiÊ»i County estimating $53 million to its facilities and infrastructure. It’s been a month and two days since Hurricane Lala brought high winds, heavy rain and damaging flooding to the KaâÅ« District of the Big Island, leaving much of the area buried in mud, destroying homes and roads, unearthing graves, and taking the lives of two beloved residents. The road to recovery continues to be long and winding, but progress is
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