"HONOLULU — Hawaii island is seeing more frequent heavy storms, and climate change may be the reason, according to two University of Hawaii researchers.

Ying Chen, a UH-Manoa graduate student at the time of the study, and Pao-Shin Chu, professor of atmospheric sciences at UH-Manoa, in a paper published in the International Journal of Climatology also conclude that heavy rain storms are occurring less frequently on leeward Oahu and central Maui, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/1KDuLiJ [2]) reported.

The study notes that climate is changing and public officials may need to reconsider current flood-control standards and other guidelines tied to rain."

The Associated Press had the story February 8, 2015. [3]