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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The University of Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Disaster Center, based in Kihei, Maui and the independent nation of Samoa last Wednesday began a yearlong assessment of the island nation’s disaster risk, down to the village level, as forecasters warn El Niño could reach historic...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — The pilot of a plane declared an emergency shortly before landing at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Monday morning.
First responders were sent to the airport to await the arrival of the Amazon air cargo jet as it came in around 8 a.m.
Officials say a bomb threat...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Guam has begun recovering from Super Typhoon Champi, with government offices reopening and cargo operations partially resuming, although widespread power outages and dangerous marine conditions persist.
Meanwhile, the neighboring Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former editor of Samoa's only independent daily newspaper has characterized Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'auli) Leuatea Schmidt as a "dictator" under whose leadership the "law has been compromised".
Shalveen Chand, who led the Samoa Observer as its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US President Donald Trump has approved emergency declarations for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands after Super Typhoon Champi narrowly missed Guam, bringing destructive winds and dangerous seas to the Marianas.
Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero confirmed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nuclear power is safe and should be considered as an alternative energy source, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands leader says.
David Apatang believes that the safety record of nuclear-powered US Navy submarines and aircraft carriers is proof that nuclear...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A song celebrating ‘aiga ma atunu’u’ (family and homeland) and capturing themes of distance, yearning and commitment to the fa’asamoa (the ‘Samoan way’) won New Zealand’s top songwriting award in Auckland on Wednesday night.
David Feauai-Afaese, Navakatoa Tekela-Pule,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — China has rejected an allegation by the United States that it is backing malicious cyber activity that targets the Pacific Islands.
The allegation came in a series of statements from the US Embassy in Suva, which claimed that "in the Pacific Islands region, the United...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Earth Sciences New Zealand is predicting elevated cyclone activity for parts of the Pacific in the coming cyclone season.
Cyclone season starts November 1st.
In it’s outlook released on Wednesday morning, developed with contributions from New Zealand's MetService, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific Island leaders are expressing frustration over how long they have been discussing climate finance without seeing the results they want and need.
At Pre-COP31 meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu, leaders discussed how to make sure climate finance actually reaches the...