Flood Watch expires after periods of heavy rain, rockfalls, and road closures in East Maui and ʻĪao

WEATHER UPDATE: The Flash Flood Warning for East Maui and a Flood Watch for Maui County expired Thursday evening, Oct. 29, 2026. Earlier in the day, periods of heavy rainfall caused flash flooding, mudslides, rockfalls, downed trees and road closures in East Maui and flash flooding in parts of ʻĪao Valley in Central Maui.

The Blind Boys of Alabama, the six-time Grammy Award-winning gospel group, will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 10, 2026, at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater.

Artists have until Oct. 30 to register for the 2027 Maui Open Studios, a three-weekend event running Feb. 20 to March 7 in communities across the island, organizers announced.

The Shops at Wailea welcomed over 350 guests to its annual Keiki Halloween celebration on Saturday, Oct. 24, bringing ʻohana together for an afternoon of costumes, candy and festive fun.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation reports that two northbound lanes on Maui Veterans Highway (Route 311) will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday at the intersection with Hansen Road in Puʻunēnē, for traffic signal work.

Doppler radar indicated heavy rain over East Maui with rain rates of 0.5 to 1.5 inches per hour. The heaviest rain is over the far eastern end of Maui near Hāmoa and Hāna.

Former University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa head football coach June Jones died in Oregon today at the age of 73.

(11:35 a.m., Oct. 29, 2026) Kahekili Highway is closed in both directions from Waiehu Beach Road to Makaʻala Drive in Waiehu due to heavy flooding.

Maui Emergency Management Agency at the request of National Park Service at 10:43 a.m. today, Oct. 29, 2026, issued an evacuation WARNING for Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park due to flash flooding and other hazards.

National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for Maui from 8:55 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. today, Oct. 29, 2026, with reports of heavy rainfall of 1 to 2 inches per hour occurring over windward and southeast Maui and nearly stationary showers along easter Haleakalā.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity has opened its compost reimbursement program for fiscal year 2027.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education is serving new school meals made with locally grown ʻulu, green papaya and other crops this school year, and a related classroom program reached about 66,000 students across four islands last year, according to the department and its partners.