A former settlement for people with Hansen's disease on Molokaʻi that’s been closed to tours and religious pilgrimages is reopening this month. Kalaupapa National Historical Park says it was closed since the COVID-19 pandemic because the disease posed a threat to its last remaining elderly patients.
Karl Kim, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professor of urban planning, heads the UH Pacific Urban Resilience Lab. He spoke to HPR's Catherine Cruz how past threats inform the future of natural disaster planning.