See a plane that landed in the water after it overshot the runway in Hawaii

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This photo provided by Diane Dircks shows a U.S. Navy plane that overshot a Marine base on Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. An official says all nine people aboard the plane have escaped injury.

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Tourists are flocking to a strange bubblegum-pink pond in Hawaii

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Shad Hanohano, from left, Leilani Fagner and their daughter Meleana Hanohano view the pink water at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge in Kihei, Hawaii on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023
Visitors at the Kealia Pond in Hawaii in early November.

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'I don't want to die:' How 14 youth advocates in Hawaii are fighting climate change by taking the state to court

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One Planet Banner Test

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Recognizing the rights of climate refugees is the first step to relocating the millions of vulnerable island-nation residents who could be displaced in the next 3 decades

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One Planet Banner Test

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

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A house on fire being circled by vultures while money falls from the sky
Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

Hawaii Power Company Takes Partial Responsibility for One of Maui's Wildfires

Gizmodo : Environment

Hawaiian Electric Company, the electric company that was sued by Maui last week, responded to the lawsuit over the weekend. In the official response, the company also faulted local firefighters for leaving the scene of the fire too early.

Maui business owners need tourism to survive, but say visitors should rethink how they use resources: 'It's not Disneyland'

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Maui business owners Kyle Kawakami and Garrett Marrero
Maui business owners Kyle Kawakami and Garrett Marrero are helping out with the wildfire recovery while also trying to run businesses that rely on tourism.

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The Maui wildfires already caused widespread damage in Lahaina, but more remains at risk

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Buildings still smolder days after a wildfire gutted downtown Lahaina on August 11, 2023.
Buildings still smolder days after a wildfire gutted downtown Lahaina on August 11, 2023.

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On Maui, a perfect storm of climate, colonialism, and failed emergency systems made the deadliest US wildfire in over a century

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A burned cars sits among destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023.
A burned cars sits among destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina on August 11, 2023.

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Maui wildfires made Hawaii's housing market crisis worse — residents already feared being priced out

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An aerial view shows the historic Banyan Tree along with destroyed homes, boats, and buildings burned to the ground in the historic Lahaina town in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 10, 2023.
An aerial view shows the historic Banyan Tree along with destroyed homes, boats, and buildings burned to the ground in the historic Lahaina town in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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