Maui News

Flooding and ground conditions have caused the closure of Baldwin Beach Park, Kalepolepo Beach Park, Kepaniwai Park, and the third entrance to Kanaha Beach Park. Restrooms at Kanaha Beach Park are closed until water service is restored. The Cooke Memorial Pool on Molokaʻi is also closed today.

 “The Business of Being Blind,” a workshop for family, friends, co-workers and employers of people who are blind, will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Feb. 10, at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku.

Maui Flood Watch until Monday afternoon: A surface trough will continue to bring heavy showers and thunderstorms over Maui County. Flooding has already affected some areas in Maui County and any additional rainfall will quickly flood low-lying areas, according to forecasters.

Maui County had the largest vacation rental supply, occupancy and average daily rates of all four counties last month, according to a recent state report.

A 120,000-pound sperm whale that washed up on the shore of Lydgate Park on Kauaʻi Saturday, prompted agency response.

A depredation event in which pigs destroyed or ate dozens of eggs from nesting albatross, is suspected as the cause of survival issues for at least one mōlī or Laysan Albatross.

Of the total, $59,040 and 1,092 pounds of food were collected for Maui Food Bank at TS Restaurants’ four Maui locations – Duke’s Beach House Maui, Hula Grill Kāʻanapali, Kimo’s Maui and Leilani’s on the Beach.

An emergency shelter opened at Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai on Molokaʻi is scheduled to close at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, after most roads were cleared of debris and floodwaters receded along the island’s south shore.

This version of Maui Nowʻs letters includes discussion about drainage for repeat flooding areas, lack of effort to find Mauiʻs missing persons, Villages of Lealiʻi development, discrimination by TSA at Kahuli Airport pre-check, Makawao fire, longtime visitors upset about recent lack of “Aloha Spirt,” radical idea to get rid of Axis deer and more.

The funding is for the operation and capital costs associated with Hawai‘i’s public transit systems, including the Maui Bus, TheBus, Kaua‘i Bus, Hele-On Bus, and TheHandi-Van fleets.

The US Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program awards this year include $2.9 million to increase the resilience of endangered wildlife on Lāna‘i. (To be supported by $4.8 million in partner contributions.)

Find Saturday weather related cancellations for Maui here. We have a running list of cancellations due to severe weather and flooding on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.  All projects are weather permitting. 

Find weather related road closures here: South Kīhei Road is closed from North Kīhei Road to Uwapo Road. Pi’ilani Highway, Mile Marker 30-32, back side of Kaupō. Hāna Highway, Mile Marker 23. 

US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced that Hawai‘i K-12 schools will receive a projected $73 million in new federal funding for the 2023-2024 school year, including more than $7.4 million for schools in Maui County.

The ordinance will require commercial bicycle tours to obtain a permit on county and state property, including Haleakalā Highway, Baldwin Avenue and Olinda Road.

The National Weather Service has extended a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Molokaʻi until 9:45 p.m..

Due to heavy rains, a 2-inch water line broke and is running through a drain culvert on Kula Highway and Lower Kula Road.

Managers from the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency are urging the public to exercise caution amid risks statewide of flooding, landslides and gusty winds.

The County of Main issued a statement on Friday evening after a Maui firefighter was swept by flood waters down a storm drain while responding to flooded residences in South Maui.