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The tsunami warning issued for the state of Hawaiʻi on Tuesday has been downgraded to an advisory. Residents and visitors may return to evacuated areas.

A major hurricane is churning in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles away from Hawaiʻi. Forecasters say Iona is about 735 miles south-southeast of Honolulu with maximum sustained winds at 125 mph.

Sweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.

The Conversation spoke to Kwok Fai Cheung, a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, who researches the link between earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and tsunamis in Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiʻi’s sunshine, short rain showers and clean air together create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows. They’re so good a University of Hawaiʻi professor calls the state the “Rainbow Capital of the World.”

Snow has fallen on Hawaiʻi's tallest peak, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island got about 2 inches of white powder this week.

For hours on Tuesday, volunteers were fishing trash from the water or putting it into a floating trap that was already filled with tree branches and other waste.

Hazardous fire weather conditions in West Maui last week had Hawaiian Electric on high alert. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to HECO about its fire prevention program.

Hawaiian Electric has deactivated its Public Safety Power Shutoff watch for West Maui. HECO did not shut off power to any customers during the watch.

A report on the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century details steps communities can take to reduce the likelihood that grassland wildfires will turn into urban conflagrations.