The Pacific Tsunami Museum, a fixture of the waterfront in Hilo on the island of Hawaii for nearly 30 years, is facing an uncertain future. In a recent interview with Hawai'i Public Radio ...
There was no tsunami threat to Hawaii, officials said. The quake shook the city of Hualien in Taiwan at about 1:58 p.m. today in Hawaii, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. “A tsunami ...
A group of lenders has turned the millions of dollars they were owed into the foundation of a ‘mom and pop’ private equity ...
Instead, a separate flood insurance policy is needed to pay for water damage from heavy rain, hurricanes, storm surge, tsunamis and overflowing rivers. Flood insurance in Hawaii costs an average of ...
The tsunami’s magnitude caused it to impact Hawaii as well, where waves of similar height killed 61 people in the town of Hilo. The event was also felt in far-flung locations such as Japan and the ...
The Pacific Tsunami Museum, which has fallen on financial hard times, received some good news to start its new year. “We’ve donated $100,000; we’ve got another $100,000 in process,” Paul ...
Tanya Alston’s father, David Furtado, owned Fairview Dairy, which became Excelsior Dairy and was an economic casualty of the 1960 tsunami. “The processing plant was wiped out in the tidal wave ...
Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the quake was centered, in the southwestern island of Kyushu, as well as nearby Kochi Prefecture, in Shikoku island, shortly after the ...
In the South Pacific there is no such thing as a deserted island. They may be the most isolated in the world, but every one of the region's 20,000 islands has been colonised, from New Guinea – home to ...
The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami to the U.S. West Coast or Hawaii. There were no immediate reports of damage or major injuries from the earthquake, but ...
The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a tsunami to the U.S. West Coast or Hawaii. There were no immediate reports of damage or major injuries from the earthquake, but residents ...