#downed tree

Five people were injured when a tree fell and landed on a passing vehicle on the Hāna Highway in the Waikamoi area near mile 9 on Tuesday afternoon. One of the occupants suffered a head injury and was flown by air ambulance to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for treatment. 

These calls included 32 specifically flooding-related emergencies, five calls for sparking powerlines, five for vehicles stranded due to downed trees, six for boats that had parted their moorings due to the rough ocean conditions, and 10 swift water rescues in which 27 individuals were rescued.

Crews are repairing a broken pole and downed lines in the Pi‘iholo, Upcountry area to restore about 230 customers and are also responding to other pocket outages. Around 6:45 a.m. today, crews restored power to about 960 customers in parts of Makawao who were out overnight due to strong winds and heavy rain that brought down a pole and power lines.

Update: 11:25 a.m., Feb. 9, 2026: A landslide is blocking both lanes at Mile 14.9 on Hāna Highway in between Kaumahina State Wayside Park and Keʻanae Peninsula. A crew is enroute.

The Hāna Highway is now partially open for contra-flow traffic as of 6 a.m. A downed tree is blocking a portion of the road in Nāhiku.

UPDATE: (8.18.25 6:43 a.m.): State transportation crews have cleared downed tree branches that were blocking the road at Honomanū near Mile 14 of the Hāna Highway. The incident resulted in the temporary closure of the road from around 4:37 a.m. The road was completely cleared at 6:43 a.m.

As of 8:30 a.m., the Hāna Highway has been cleared of a downed tree that was previously blocking the roadway at Mile 7.

Piʻilani Highway is closed between Mile 29 and 31 in Kaupō due to flooding. A portion of Makawao Ave. is closed due to two large trees that have fallen and downed power lines block both lanes. Maui police have closed South Kīhei Road from Ohukai to Kīhei Bay Vista at 715 South Kīhei Road, due to heavy flooding. Crews are working to remove a landslide blocking the northbound lane of the Honoapiʻilani Highway at Mile 35.5 and 36 in Honokōhau.

Ulua/Mōkapu Beach Park in Wailea will be closed May 8-12, 2023 for the removal of a large fallen tree that is blocking part of the beach access.

Update (2:10 p.m., March 3, 2023) Utility lines, trees and debris remain on the roadway at the first hairpin turn area of 719 Olinda Road. Olinda Road remains closed to through traffic at Hanamu Road, but is open to local traffic only. Residents need to access via Piʻiholo Road.  Per utility companies, this area will remain closed possibly until tomorrow afternoon.

The storm left portions of South Kīhei Road covered in mud, uprooted trees in Maui Lani and South Maui, and knocked out power to an estimated 12,000 customers on the Valley Isle. It also resulted in hazardous traveling conditions along the Hāna Highway, and caused some flights to be diverted because of poor visibility.

Hāna Highway is now OPEN. It was closed earlier this morning while crews worked to clear a downed tree that was blocking both lanes of travel.

Based on early assessments, it appears one pole came down along Baldwin Avenue between Pāʻia Mill Road and Kona Road and snagged power lines that brought down three other poles.

The County of Maui, Department of Parks and Recreation announced the closure of 4th Marine Division Memorial Park in Haʻikū due to fallen trees and strong winds in the area.

The Hana Highway has been reopened as of 7:56 p.m. A downed tree has since been removed and is no longer blocking the road.

Honoapiʻilani Highway is partially closed at Mile 18 as a large tree is down across the southbound lane. Traffic signals on Honoapiʻilani Highway at Waikō Rd..

Wet and windy weather caused trees to fall across the road corridor in the Moloka‘i Forest Reserve, resulting in closure of the reserve until further notice.

The Maui Budget and Finance Committee recommended passage of a bill to fund the removal of eucalyptus trees in the county-owned right of way on Piʻiholo Road.

An estimated 23,900 customers on Maui lost power on Sunday morning due to the sudden loss of generation from a generating unit at the Māʻalaea Power Plant…

Motorists are advised of a tree down on the Hāna Highway between Miles 8 and 9.