Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 25, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

IT'S BAD AIR AND IT'S NOT MOVING. SULFER DIOXIDE EMMISIONS FROM KILAUEA LINGERING WITHOUT TRADE WINDS KEPT THE VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK CLOSED THURSDAY. NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS ORDERED THE AREA CLOSED WEDNESDAY BECAUSE OF HIGH CONCENTRATION OF GAS. THE MAUI DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE ISSUED AN ADVISORY URGING INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS, ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO HEALTH. THAT HEALTH ADVISORY HAS JUST BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING.

MAUI COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS KEPT A WATCHFUL EYE ON A STUBBORN BRUSH FIRE ON THE WEST MAUI MOUNTAINS ABOVE MAALAEA THURSDAY. MAUI COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID THE FIRE WAS REPORTED AT 2:55 AM. A WITNESS SAID THE FIRE APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED FROM SPARKS FROM NEARBY ELECTRICAL LINES. THE AIR ONE HELICOPTER PERFORMED WATER DROPS WHILE CREWS FROM TWO ENGINE COMPANIES WERE STANDING BY.

ISLAND WEATHER…..TONIGHT HAZE, VOG AND SMOKE, LOW AROUND 60. LIGHT WINDS AND HAZY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING.

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