HONOLULU — Jan Pappas and Ronald Yasuda hired a contractor to fasten the roof of their 1960s-era home to their walls with metal plates and nails so high winds of a potential hurricane wouldn’t ...

Hawaii lawmakers began a new legislative session Wednesday with a vow to try to stabilize the state's property insurance ...

After Hurricane Iniki destroyed some 2,000 homes on the island of Kauai in 1992, most of those homes were rebuilt within a year, says Kent. "Since then, there has been a lot more regulations ...