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'Storm fatigue' in Hawaii as residents recover from back-to-back hurricanes and a tropical storm

WBUR
Published September 30, 2026 at 10:03 AM MDT
Fire Captain Lui Sales of the Hawaii Fire Department looks for residents to help as rainwater from nearby Hurricane Nolo flood a section of Mamalahoa highway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, near Naalehu, Hawaii. (Gregory Bull/AP)
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Fire Captain Lui Sales of the Hawaii Fire Department looks for residents to help as rainwater from nearby Hurricane Nolo flood a section of Mamalahoa highway Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, near Naalehu, Hawaii. (Gregory Bull/AP)

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Bill Dorman from Hawaii Public Radio about the three hurricanes and one tropical storm that have impacted the idyllic islands since mid-August. Rains, winds and flooding have caused damage to the land and left residents with what one mayor called “storm fatigue.”

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