dam safety

A measure aiming to improve the integrity and safety of dams and spillways in the state is advancing at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol. HPR's Casey Harlow has more.

Updated 3/9/21, 4:23 p.m.HONOLULU — Heavy rains prompted evacuations over fears that a dam might breach on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and officials…

Until the death of one man in Nebraska this year, the last fatal dam failure in the U.S. occurred on the island of Kauai in 2006. An earthen wall of the…

At 10 am Thursday morning the Honolulu Board of Water Supply began notifying Oahu residents that one of its reservoirs was reaching dangerous levels. The…