October 2016

President Barrack Obama signed a Major Disaster Declaration for Maui County on October 6, 2016. The declaration makes federal funding available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for assistance for emergency...

[caption id="attachment_1097" align="alignnone" width="1024"] The Kalāhikiola Congregational Church in Kapa‘au was extensively damaged on October 15, 2006, by two earthquakes (magnitudes 6.7 and 6.0) off the northwest coast of Hawaiʻi Island. The earthquakes were felt throughout the State of Hawaii,...