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The U.S. state of Hawaiʻi, which covers the Hawaiian Islands, is tropical but it experiences many different climates, depending on altitude and surroundings. The island of Hawaiʻi for example hosts 4 (out of 5 in total) climate groups on a surface as small as 4,028 square miles (10,430 km 2) according to the Köppen climate types: tropical ...
The Mauna Kea Observatories ( MKO) are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, United States. The facilities are located in a 525-acre (212 ha) special land use zone known as the "Astronomy Precinct", which is located ...
October 2014: Hurricane Ana skirted just south of the Hawaiian islands, passing 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Kauai as a category 1 hurricane. Damage was limited to a few downed trees. August 2015: Hurricane Hilda passed within 200 miles (320 km) southeast of Island of Hawaiʻi as a tropical depression.
Mauna Kea (⫽ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-⫽, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) is an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with multiple ...
Clay Trauernicht, a fire scientist at the University of Hawaii, said the wet season can spur plants like Guinea grass, a nonnative, invasive species found across parts of Maui, to grow as quickly ...
Nov. 6—The National Weather Service has canceled the red flag warning for Oahu, but it remains in place for the leeward areas of Maui County and Hawaii island until 6 p.m. today. "Conditions ...
A subtropical storm on December 19, 2010, originally a Kona storm. Kona storms (also called Kona lows) are a type of seasonal cyclone in the Hawaiian Islands, usually formed in the winter from winds coming from the westerly "kona" (normally leeward) direction. [1] They are mainly cold core cyclones, which places them in the extratropical ...
(Corrects last paragraph in Aug. 10 item to locate Maui north and west of the Big Island instead of east) By Jonathan Oatis (Reuters) -Wildfires on Hawaii's Maui island and Big Island have killed ...