A banyan tree in Hilo that has been deemed a “public safety hazard” is being removed. A traffic lane closure is now in effect ...

Story originally published at 10:54 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026: Hawai‘i Police Department advises the public to avoid Banyan ...

A banyan tree that has been deemed a “public safety hazard” is being removed from Banyan Drive in Hilo, Hawaii County ...

A lane closure begins today on Banyan Drive in Hilo to allow for the removal of a banyan tree because of public safety concerns. A recent assessment — conducted by a certified arborist — of 48 banyan ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state is set to begin work to remove a fallen banyan tree that killed two women in Hilo. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) said the tree is ...

COURTESY HAWAII FIRE DEPARTMENT This Hawaii Fire Deparment drone photo shows a massive banyan tree that toppled over near Calvary Chapel Hilo on Kilauea Avenue at about 3 :43 p.m. Saturday. 1 /2 ...

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — An iconic banyan tree that toppled over in Hilo on Saturday is still being cleaned up by crews. Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda said the area could be closed for two to three ...

Who owns the historic banyan tree that uprooted and crashed Saturday, blocking all lanes of Kilauea Avenue and damaging Calvary Chapel Hilo? The parking lot was cordoned off with mesh fencing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi County Fire Department responded to a downed banyan tree in Hilo that had blocked the road, ...

Hawaii County’s fire chief says his department did what it could to discover if there were any victims — alive or dead — in the rubble of a banyan tree that collapsed July 13 in Hilo. The bodies of ...

A portion of Kilauea Avenue, a busy crosstown thoroughfare in Hilo, remained closed Sunday after a massive banyan tree near the corner of Aupuni Street uprooted, toppled and crashed Saturday afternoon ...