Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. today to 5 a.m. tomorrow. This temporary outage is necessary to allow Hawai‘i Electric Light personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade equipment to improve system reliability. The affected communities are Hawi, Kapa‘au and Halaula, as well as customers along Kohala Mountain Road between mile marker 6 and […]
A humpback whale was spotted off Maui yesterday, the first official reported sighting of the season. It was a single adult off Lahaina, the Pacific Whale Foundation said.
WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL RESULT IN WINDY NORTHEAST TRADES THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE ALOHA STATE. THE WINDIEST WEATHER ON THE BIG ISLAND WILL BE CONFINED TO THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS AND AREAS DOWNWIND OF THESE MOUNTAINS...AS WELL AS LOCATIONS NEAR SOUTH POINT AND SOUTH OF VOLCANO. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF HILO. ON […]
Millions of people worldwide will practice how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On at 10:20 a.m. on October 20* during Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills! http://www.shakeout.org/hawaii/ From Wikipedia, 2006 Hawaii earthquake Date October 15, 2006 Origin time 17:07:49 UTC [1] Magnitude 6.7 Mw [1] Depth 29 kilometers (18 mi) [1] Epicenter 19.89°N 156.07°WCoordinates: 19.89°N 156.07°W [1] Type Oblique-normal [2] Areas affected Hawaii, United States Max. intensity VIII (Severe) Tsunami Yes Aftershocks 6.1 Mw Oct […]
Scheduled Outage in North Kohala on Nov. 3-4 HILO, Oct. 19, 2016 – Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, to 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. This temporary outage is necessary to allow Hawai‘i Electric Light personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade equipment to improve system reliability. […]
Hawaiʻi Island police are are advising the public to be aware of large numbers of runners on major highways between Hilo and South Kohala on Friday and Saturday (October 14 and October 15). The runners are participating in the Ragnar relay race, which began on today and is scheduled to run until Saturday or until the relay runners complete a 200-mile course. The course began at Bayfront Highway and ends at […]
The Ironman World Championships take place today. Road closures. Watch it live at http://livestream.com/ironman/events/6435012
Flash Flood Watch Alert: ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF HAWAII... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COULD TRIGGER HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM HST EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE BIG ISLAND. * FROM 4 AM HST EARLY […]
