2018 in Hawaii
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Incumbents
- Governor: David Ige
- Lieutenant Governor: Shan Tsutsui (until January 31), Doug Chin (from February 2 until December 3), Josh Green (from December 3)
Events
- January 13 – 2018 Hawaiʻi false missile alert: An error during a drill at the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency results in a ballistic missile warning being transmitted via the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts, causing widespread panic.[1][2]
- January 31 – Lieutenant governor Shan Tsutsui abruptly resigns to accept a job with a political strategy firm.[3] Attorney general Doug Chin is named his successor after Senate President Ron Kouchi and House Speaker Scott Saiki decline to accept the position.[4][5]
- February 13 – United Airlines Flight 1175: A United Airlines Boeing 777 en route from San Francisco International Airport to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport experiences a major engine failure about 120 miles (190 km) from Honolulu. The aircraft lands safely without any casualties.[6]
- April 13 – 2018 Hawaiʻi floods: Heavy rainfall on the islands of Kauaʻi and Oʻahu causes widespread flash flooding and landslides, resulting in $125 million in property damage.[7][8][9]
- May 3 –
- 2018 lower Puna eruption: Kīlauea on Hawaiʻi Island begins erupting in the residential neighborhood of Leilani Estates.[10] Over 700 homes are destroyed by the end of the eruption on September 5.[11][12] The end of the eruption in Puna is also the first time in 35 years that Kīlauea is not erupting.[13]
- The City and County of Honolulu enacts new fire safety requirements for residential high-rise buildings, which were prompted by the Marco Polo condo fire in July 2017.[14][15]
- August 22 – Hurricane Lane causes heavy rainfall and widespread flooding across the entire state,[16][17] and contributed to a wildfire in Kauaula Valley on Maui.[18][19]
- September 12 – Hurricane Olivia becomes the first named storm in recorded history to make landfall on the island of Maui.[20]
- October 8 – 2,700 union members of UNITE HERE Local 5 employed at four hotels on Oʻahu and one hotel on Maui go on strike as part of the nationwide 2018 Marriott Hotels strike.[21] The strike in Hawaiʻi ends after union members ratify a new contract on November 27.[22]
- November 6 –
- December 22 – 2018 Hawaiʻi Bowl: The Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors lose to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 14–31.[23]
