Roger Morton, the city's transportation director, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the traffic nightmare that ...

Cars were backed up for hours, and miles, on Tuesday in Honolulu as residents responded to alerts by jumping in their cars.

Elected officials from Waikiki and Kakaako say Tuesday’s traffic gridlock during the tsunami warning was dangerous and should have been prevented with better planning.

"Everyone is trying to go inland, but they are stuck," one resident said shortly after the tsunami warning was issued.

Thousands in Hawaii are evacuating coastal areas after an 8.7 magnitude earthquake near eastern Russia triggered a statewide ...