Maui Electric crews are continuing restoration efforts on Moloka‘i today to bring approximately 700 customers on the East End and Kaluakoi area back online.

The Island of Maui is under a Flood Advisory until noon on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.

All public schools and Hawaiʻi State Department of Education offices will be open today, Thursday, Sept. 13 except for Kilohana Elementary in Kaunakakai on Molokaʻi.

Tropical Storm Olivia has passed by Maui County, allowing all county services to resume today, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.

Maui fire crews responded to reports of persons unaccounted for as flash flooding occurred in Honokohau Valley at approximately 3:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018.

WEST MAUI: Several homes in the 4700 to 4800 block of Lower Honoapiʻilani Highway are being evacuated due to rising waters in a nearby river. Motorists are being asked to avoid the area. Transportation officials are reporting

“It’s important not to assume that the impacts of the storm are done since the eye of the storm has already passed us,” said Mayor Arakawa.

An Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense intercept flight test was successfully completed off the coast of Kauaʻi last night.

Much of Maui is closed for business on Wednesday as Maui County stands to bear the brunt of the incoming storm. Olivia has been described as an “erratic” system, shifting in track, intensity and speed over the past 24 hours. 

A 16-year-old girl from Makawao, sustained life threatening injuries in a motor vehicle crash reported at around 1 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2018 on Hansen Road.

Effective at 6 p.m. tonight, emergency shelters will open at several locations in Maui County. All non-essential county offices will be closed on Wednesday.

All public schools and Hawaiʻi DOE offices in Maui County will be closed Wednesday, Sept. 12, and afterschool activities remain canceled for Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

The Hawaiʻi Dept of Transportation is preparing for potential impacts to state routes on Maui and is focusing on pre-staging plans for Hāna Hwy ahead of Olivia.

The National Weather Service has CONTINUED the TROPICAL STORM WARNING for MAUI COUNTY. 

Maui Olivia Traffic Advisories: Road Closures, Landslides, Detours

Olivia will be moving over the main Hawaiian Islands late Tuesday night into Wednesday. The chance for flooding rainfall will increase rapidly Tuesday night.

As Maui County braces for the impacts associated with Tropical Storm Olivia, Maui Now is keeping track of what’s open and closed. Check back frequently…

Below is an ongoing list of Power Outages and Power Restoration happening in Maui County.  This post will be updated regularly over the duration of the storm.

As of now, the only school closure in effect for Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 will be for Hāna High and Elementary School. On Tuesday, all after school programs have been cancelled on Maui and the Big Island. 

Mayor Arakawa said he is not anticipating the closure of county facilities because most of the impacts are forecast for the evening and early morning hours over the course of an 8-12 hour period between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.