#Dust Devil

A “dust devil” in Central Maui on Friday afternoon had some taken by surprise as they witnessed the swirling column in a field off of the Maui Veterans Highway. The incident was reported at around 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 in an old sugar cane field.

Bob Burke from the National Weather Service in Honolulu responded saying, “Since the convection is rather shallow, it looks like a large dust devil since it appears to be kicking up some dirt near the ground.”

Several small children suffered minor injuries when they were lifted from the ground by a dust devil.  The incident was reported earlier today at Makaha Elementary School on the island of Oahu. A preliminary Local Storm Report from the National Weather Service notes that eyewitnesses reported the incident.  Emergency managers in Honolulu reported 60 mile […]