Maui News

A Circuit Judge in Honolulu issued a long awaited ruling in the battle over control of the Abigail K. K. Kawānanakoa Trust, heir to the Hawaiian Monarchy and great grand niece of Queen Liliʻuokalani.  

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.

Gov. David Ige’s request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for Tropical Storm Olivia has been granted, one day after the request was submitted.

As Tropical Storm Olivia moves through the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) urges residents and visitors to be safe and follow these recommended health precautions.

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.

Heavy rain from tropical storm Olivia has resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters.

The National Weather Service estimates that the storm made landfall at around 9:10 a.m. near Kahakuloa on the windward coast of the West Maui Mountains, 10 miles NW of Kahului, Maui.  Forecasters say the system also made a second landfall on the island of Lānaʻi at around 9:54 a.m.

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

The Hawai‘i Climate Commission adopted a series of recommendations and finalized a mission statement to help guide Hawai‘i’s response to the impacts of climate change.

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.