The state is still reeling from recent floods, but climatologists are already eyeing another potential hazard — wildfire.
Torrential rains in March and April have turned Hawaiʻi’s landscapes green with new plant growth. Much of that vegetation is thirsty invasive grasses, which dominate Hawaiʻi’s unmanaged lands. Those grasses likely won’t stay green for long.
“As soon as the dry season comes up, this grass will dry out almost immediately,” said Allyson Earl, a fire scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi…