Hurricane-fueled flash floods and mudslides.
of any type every two years, according to the analysis of FEMA records. But now it averages more than two a year, about a four-fold increase, the data analysis shows.
Linda Hunt, who works at a horse stable in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island, had to evacuate in that 2021 fire. Given the abundance of dry grass on the islands from drought and worsening fires, Hunt said fire agencies need to “double or triple” spending on fire gear and personnel.and had to leave the truck,” she said. “Money should be spent on prevention and preparedness.”in America and the risk index in Maui County is higher than nearly 88% of the counties in the nation.
For most of the 20th century, Hawaii averaged about 5,000 acres burned per year, but that’s now up to 15,000 to 20,000 acres, said University of Hawaii Manoa fire scientist Clay Trauernicht.What's happening is mostly because of changes in land use and the plants that catch fire, said University of Hawaii's Trauernicht. From the 1990s on, there has been a “big decline in plantation agriculture and a big decline in ranching," he said.
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