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Lowell weakens slightly to powerful Category 4 hurricane; surf, rain still expected as main impacts
Major hurricane forecast to continue a westward track, with a gradual decrease in forward speed, during next day or so before turning sharply to north or northeast Sunday, which will bring the storm's center closer to Kauaʻi County but still expected to pass... September 04, 2026 · 11:42pm
What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Category 5 Hurricane Lowell
Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.Kaua‘i News High surf advisory extended until 6 p.m. Saturday for south and east shores of Kauaʻi…
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Lowell weakens slightly to powerful Category 4 hurricane; surf, rain still expected as main impacts
Major hurricane forecast to continue a westward track, with a gradual decrease in forward speed, during next day or so before turning sharply to north or northeast Sunday, which will bring the storm’s center closer to Kauaʻi County but still expected to pass to west.
What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Category 5 Hurricane Lowell
Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.
Family pleads for harsher sentence as Hilario gets 5 years for hit-and-run death of 30-year-old
Salvin Hilario was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of Kailon Tyndzik in a hit-and-run last year despite family protests against the plea deal.
High surf advisory extended until 6 p.m. Saturday for south and east shores of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau
Category 5 Hurricane Lowell will bring high surf to south-facing shores and Hurricane Karina will bring large breaking waves to the east.
Update: Talk story with ‘E Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation’ exhibit creator rescheduled
A special talk story with National Museum of the American Indian Associate Curator for Native Hawaiian History Halena Kapuni-Reynolds also is planned Sept. 8 in the college library; the museum produced the exhibit.
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Hawaii News
Lowell weakens slightly to powerful Category 4 hurricane; surf, rain still expected as main impacts
Major hurricane forecast to continue a westward track, with a gradual decrease in forward speed, during next day or so before turning sharply to north or northeast Sunday, which will bring the storm’s center closer to Kauaʻi County but still expected to pass to west.
What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Category 5 Hurricane Lowell
Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.
Hawai‘i REALTORS opens 2026 Fair Housing Keiki Art Contest
Keiki in grades K-8 throughout the state are encouraged to learn about fair housing and submit art for a chance to win prizes.
Major Hurricane Lowell has Kaua‘i residents remembering devastation of ‘Iniki 34 years ago
John Bravender, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said on Thursday Lowell is not forecast to have the same impact as ‘Iniki, but people should prepare because it could happen.
Big Island News
Lowell weakens slightly to powerful Category 4 hurricane; surf, rain still expected as main impacts
Major hurricane forecast to continue a westward track, with a gradual decrease in forward speed, during next day or so before turning sharply to north or northeast Sunday, which will bring the storm's center closer to Kauaʻi County but still expected to pass to west.
Hawaii County Weather Forecast for September 05, 2026
Expect decreasing wind speeds Saturday and Sunday as a low pressure trough moving into the Central Pacific basin weakens the ridge north of the state. Periods...
Maui News
Maui Surf Forecast for September 05, 2026
Southerly swells from Hurricane Lowell will keep surf elevated above High Surf Advisory conditions through Saturday. A large, medium- period east swell is...
Wildland fire burns half acre of brush in Kīhei
An estimated half acre of brush burned in an area between East Līpoa Street and Hale Kūʻai Street in Kīhei on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4, 2026. The fire was reported at around 1:31 p.m., in an area behind multiple businesses.
Five people displaced by home fire in Pukalani, Maui
Two people suffered minor burn injuries and five people were displaced as a result of a home fire in Pukalani, Friday morning, Sept. 4, 2026. Damage estimates are still ongoing.
Maui man serving time for carjacking, sentenced to additional 10-years in prison for kidnapping, terroristic threatening
Maui resident Christopher Steven Helmer, 37, was sentenced today to a 10-year prison term for kidnapping, terroristic threatening, and related firearms and drug offenses, with the term ordered to run consecutively to a prison sentence he is already serving for a separate armed carjacking.
