Hawaiian Electric Restores 13,100 Oʻahu Customers as 7,900 Still Await Power After Hurricane Lowell

3 articles · Updated · Hawaii News Now · Sep 9

About 7,900 Oʻahu customers were still without electricity Tuesday afternoon after Hawaiian Electric restored roughly 13,100 since morning and said most remaining outages should be fixed later that night.
81-mph gusts in Mākaha and more than 9 inches of rain damaged utility infrastructure overnight, with the remaining outages concentrated along the Leeward and Windward coasts.
Ground, drone and helicopter inspections guided repairs, but road closures earlier slowed work in West Oʻahu; customers in Nānākuli, Waiʻanae and Mākaha were told to prepare for possible overnight outages.
25-foot surf and storm debris also shut parts of Farrington Highway, where eastbound lanes between Helelua Street and Lualualei Naval Road remained closed and traffic was being contraflowed through westbound lanes.

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