University of Hawaii Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Storm surge forces Roi-Namur evacuation

By Journal on January 25, 2024 Ailinglaplap Atoll, David Paul, Deltares, flooding, Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands National Weather Service, Mike Brantley, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Roi-Namur, supercharged waves, University of Hawaii, US Army, US Geological Survey News

GIFF JOHNSON Offshore storm surges supercharged waves Saturday night, causing flooding and some damage at Roi-Namur Island in Kwajalein Atoll, resulting in evacuation of 80 people from the island. Flooding caused by the waves also hit an airport at Ailinglaplap Atoll, leaving rocks, coral and debris in their wake that will keep the runway closed […]

CMI gears for WASC ‘visit’

By Journal on February 18, 2021 College of the Marshall Islands, Karen Earnshaw, Kathryn Relang, Rachel Solemsaas, University of Hawaii, WASC News Archive

KAREN EARNSHAW The College of the Marshall Islands Board of Regents chair, Kathryn Relang, is both nervous and excited to soon welcome Commissioners of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges to the CMI campus. Nervous because this will be her first WASC visit as chair; excited “because their visit gives us an opportunity to […]