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Gov. Josh Green today announced that President Donald Trump has approved Hawaiʻi’s request for a presidential emergency declaration following Tropical Cyclone Lala, authorizing federal assistance for Hawaiʻi County, Maui County and the City and County of Honolulu.

Gov. Josh Green today signed a formal request asking the White House to issue a presidential emergency declaration for Hawaiʻi following Hurricane Lala.

Hawaiian Electric achieved a 37% consolidated renewable portfolio standard in 2025, marking progress toward the 2030 RPS milestone of 40% — even as the company’s electricity demand grew at the highest rate in over 20 years.

To bring back the cloud bridge requires restoring the forests that disappeared due to wild animals, ranching and the U.S. military’s bombing of Kaho’olawe.

For Maui sites, the Aqualink dashboard shares information such as sea surface temperature, wind, wave, and heat stress analysis while Hui O Ka Wai Ola provides data on salinity, pH, turbidity (water cloudiness/murkiness), and nitrate levels (a wastewater and/or fertilizer indicator). The partnership is based on the idea of “thinking globally, acting locally.” By combining local insights with global data, the community has more tools to understand the impacts of climate change on marine environments. 

West wind gusts will increase to 50 to 70 mph on the summit of Haleakalā and 60 to 80 mph on the high summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.

The National Weather Service is forecasting east to northeast winds of 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph through 6 p.m.  In Maui County, the highest peak winds so far have been gusts of 46 mph recorded early this morning: at Kāneloa, south of Mākena; and at Makapulapai near Kalaupapa on Molokaʻi.

Lahaina firefighters found a 20-foot sailboat wedged into the corner of the old Māla Wharf pier structure and the rock breakwater protecting the boat launch ramp.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today the reopening of the public comment period for the draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) submitted by Kaheawa Wind Power II, LLC for public review.

The Department of Energy and DBEDT will host three public meetings in Maui County to receive comments on the scope of the Hawai‘i Interisland Renewable Energy Program (HIREP): Wind EIS.

In the next few months, Jeanne Skog, President, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. and key staffers will attend several energy related conferences on the mainland.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Wednesday issued a final decision on Hawaiian Electric Company’s 2009 rate request. That decision is expected to result in a small credit for Oahu electric customers and implementation of a new rate setting method called “decoupling”. For Maui Electric, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company, decoupling will come a little later when the PUC issues pending rate case decisions.

MAKAWAO POWER OUTAGE UPDATE High winds brought down a utility pole causing a power outage in Upcountry Maui this afternoon. The outage was reported at around 2 p.m., and extended from Upcountry to an area just outside of Hana including Makawao, Pukalani, Haiku, Olinda, Piiholo and Hana. Most areas had power restored within an hour, […]

WEATHER UPDATE FOR MAUI COUNTY:  5:55 P.M.  FRIDAY 1/16/09 The National Weather Service has extended a Flood ADVISORY for the island of Maui in Maui County until 9 p.m.   At 5:24, radar showed moderate to locally heavy rain falling at around 1 inch per hour along the southeast slope of Haleakala.  The area of heavy […]

COUNTY OF MAUI UPDATE ON WEATHER-RELATED CLOSURES, INCIDENTS The Central Maui Landfill is expected to reopen tomorrow (Saturday, January 17, 2009) for normal hours of operation, and Parks staff will report for work tomorrow to assess facilities that can be opened. According to Department of Parks and Recreation Director Tamara Horcajo, it is expected that […]

Residential refuse collection for manual routes that were canceled today due to the inclement weather will be picked up tomorrow morning. Customers serviced with automated carts whose pickups were canceled today will have their refuse picked up on their next scheduled day on Tuesday. The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management’s Solid Waste Division […]