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Hawai‘i Electric Light announces a partial lane closure of Hawai‘i Belt Road in Kalōpā between mile marker 38 and 39 on Tuesday, Feb. 12. One lane will be closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. to allow crews to replace 15 damaged transmission poles and lines that were downed by gusty winds and […]

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Personnel from numerous DLNR Divisions continue monitoring the impacts of the major winter storm bearing down on Hawaii. DLNR Chair Suzanne Case and Sam Lemmo administrator of the DLNR Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands spent the day on Oahu’s north shore where there is particular concern about coastal erosion and wave inundation. They watched […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kohala Center is calling upon community members to assist with environmental restoration at Keokea Beach Park and the community of Niulii in North Kohala in the wake of a powerful storm that brought heavy winds and flooding to the Hawaiian Islands earlier this month. Volunteers are needed for a community cleanup day […]

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The Division of Forestry and Wildlife will close the Muliwai trail and Waimanu valley campground today for the weekend, in the interest of public safety, since the trail crosses several streams that may be subject to flash flooding. Campers holding permits for Waimanu campground are being notified. Depending on trail conditions, it should reopen on […]

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Lightning and thunder put on quite a show Saturday night (Oct 26) as seen in this image taken in Glenwood looking towards the Pu‘u ‘O‘o Crater area.

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At 8 p.m. Wednesday (Aug 7) Hurricane Henriette was located about 1,235 miles East of Hilo travelling West-Northwest at 10 mph and is forecast to weaken.

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AT 500 PM HST…0300 UTC…A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ANYONE ON OR NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND IS URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF NEKI. A HURRICANE WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND […]

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Felicia has winds near 140 mph with higher gusts and is expected to weaken Thursday (Aug 6). Felicia is moving northwest near 12 mph with hurricane force winds extend up to 40 miles from center, tropical storm force winds 155 miles from center.

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Felica is moving toward the west near 12 mph with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph with higher gusts. Felicia is now a category two hurricane and will likely become a major hurricane later Wednesday (Aug 5). Following Felicia is Tropical Storm Enrique which is weakening and expected to become absorbed by Hurricane Felicia.

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This year Tropical Storm Andres became the first named storm of the season after forming about 180 miles off of the southwestern coast of Mexico on the evening (local time) of June 21.

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION…UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 700 AM HST TUE MAR 17 2009 .SYNOPSIS… AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME UNSETTLE WEATHER TO THE 50TH STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THE BIG ISLAND EXPECTED TO GET MOST OF THE HEAVY WEATHER. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THROUGH THE […]

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It rained Thursday afternoon. That’s not really news to anyone who even looked outside any time after about 1p.m., but it is remarkable because some forecasts predicted Maui and the Big Island would be spared the nasty weather. Oahu and Kauai did take the brunt of the storm Thursday, although the National Weather Service did […]

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