#TS Nolo

Due to the approaching Tropical Storm Nolo, both districts of Haleakalā National Park will close this evening— Kīpahulu District at 4 p.m. and Summit District at 8 p.m. Sunrise reservations for Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26 have been cancelled. Front country and backcountry camping are cancelled for today, Sept. 24 through Saturday, Sept. 26. The park will reopen when it is safe to do so. Notifications regarding park closures and reopening will be posted on the park’s website and social media channels.

County of Maui departments are preparing for possible impacts from Tropical Storm Nolo, which is forecast to strengthen and bring heavy rain, high winds and flash flooding to Maui County, especially East Maui, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Gov. Josh Green today announced that state and county offices, Hawaiʻi State Department of Education public schools and University of Hawai‘i campuses and facilities on Hawaiʻi Island will close Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25, as the state prepares for potentially dangerous impacts from Tropical Storm Nolo. On Friday, Sept. 25, closures of state and county offices, public schools and UH campuses and facilities will expand to Maui County, according to the governor.

The National Weather Service says heavy rain on the north side of a developing tropical system (the future Nolo) should develop Wednesday afternoon. Windward and southeast Big Island and windward Maui are the most likely to experience heavy rain.