MAILI (HawaiiNewsNow) – May isn’t over yet, but it’s already veery dry along Oahu’s Waianae Coast. And it’s not just the hillsides and the mountains; even the beach parks have very dry grass.
“We’re concerned, like how the Maui fires have started. We’re concerned with all the dry brush that we have on this side,” said Makaha resident Cheyanne Simmons.
The dry conditions are being seen up and down the leeward coast, which has been under moderate drought. Some areas there got two-tenths of an inch of rain ten days ago. There’s been no significant rainfall since then, and humidity levels at Honolulu’s airport fell to less than 40% Wednesday…