Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
On April 6, 2014, the Kauai County Fire Department had to rescue 121 hikers over a two-day period when several streams became impassable because of heavy rain. [12] In August 2014 According to the Kauai Police Department, a hiker died when he fell over the edge and landed on the rocks roughly 50 feet below.
The Hawaii National Guard, together with the U.S. 25th Infantry Division from Schofield Barracks on Oʻahu, deployed to Maui and Hawaii Island to assist with fire suppression support, search and rescue operations, and traffic control. Two UH-60 Blackhawk and one CH-47 Chinook helicopters were also deployed to support fire suppression efforts. [176]
A family in Hawaii is mourning the death of a young woman who died doing one of her favorite hobbies. Hawaii News Now reports 27-year-old Darlene Feliciano slipped and fell 500 feet while hiking ...
Kauai firefighters and other county personnel, as well as private landowners, began responding to the estimated 28-acre brush fire in Hanapepe west of Moi Road before noon today, the release said.
A hiker was rescued after calling 911, saying he was “hanging from a cliff,” according to Hawaii rescuers. After getting the hiker’s call shortly before 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, rescuers ...
A hiker from California who fell about 1,000 feet to the bottom of a mountain down a trail in Nuuanu, Hawaii, called his rescue “a miracle” after he survived three days before being found.
In June 2015, a 52-year-old retired Navy man fell approximately 200 feet to his death. [7] On April 1, 2018, a man was found 400 feet below the hiking trail. He was transferred by helicopter to a nearby park, where he was pronounced dead. [8] Helicopter rescues are costly for the local fire department.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us