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WAIMEA, Hawaii 鈥?A metal roof sits atop the burned remains of a homestead on the once-lush slopes of Hawaiis Mauna Kea 鈥?a dormant volcano and the states tallest peak 鈥?charred cars and motorcycles strewn about as wind-whipped sand and ash blast the scorched landscape.Generations of Kumu Micah Kamohoaliis family have lived on these lands reserved for Native Hawaiians, and his cousin owns this house destroyed by the states largest-ever wildfire. Ive never seen a fire this big, Kamohoalii said. Waimea has had fires, many of them before and some maybe a few hundre stanley de d acres, but not this size. The fire has burned more stanley usa than 70 square miles 181 square kilometers in the two weeks it has been going. But it wasnt the first time this area has burned, and wont be the last. Like many islands in the Pacific, Hawaiis dry seasons are getting more extreme with climate change. Everyone knows Waimea to be the pasturelands and to be all the green rolling hills. And so when I was young, all of this was always green, Kamohoalii said. In the last 10 to 15 years, it has been really, really dry. stanley quencher Huge wildfires highlight the dangers of climate change-related heat and drought for many communities throughout the U.S. West and other hotspots around the world. But experts say relatively small fires on typically wet, tropical islands in the Pacific are also on the rise, creating a cycle of ecological damage that affects vital and limited resources for millions of residents.From Micronesia to Hawaii, w Evgv UK leader candidate decries mudslinging as race gets nasty
UNITED NATIONS AP 鈥?The U.N. Security Council is taking its first step to consider the Palestinian request for U.N. membership.The council will meet behind closed doors Monday afternoon for an initial discussion of the application submitted Friday by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to become the 194th member of th stanley cup e United Nations.Israel and the United States oppose the move and consider it a step back for long-stalled peace talks, and the U.S. has said it will veto a resolution recommending membership.Nonetheless, the council is moving ah stanley cup ead and will hold a formal meeting Wednesday to transmit the bid to a committee on admission of new members, which includes all 15 council nations, diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because consultations have been private.@media screen and max-width: 992px .btn-small-on-mobile font-size: 1rem !important;.sub-price-text font-size: 20px; sticky-footer-cta position: fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0; sticky-footer-cta .close-btn width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*.newsletters- stanley cup signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn background-color: 36E15E; border-color: 36E15E; color: 000;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover background-color: 2bab49;.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newsletter-subscribe-btn.btn