Kauaʻi Opens 4-Day Food Aid Sites as 33,000 Power Outages Hamper Lowell Recovery
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Updated · Kauai Now · Sep 9
Kauaʻi Opens 4-Day Food Aid Sites as 33,000 Power Outages Hamper Lowell Recovery
3 articles · Updated · Kauai Now · Sep 9
Summary
Kauaʻi County set food distribution at churches and Hale Līhuʻe from Sept. 9-12 while urging residents and visitors to stay off roads so crews can continue relief and restoration after Hurricane Lowell.
About 33,000 of Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative’s 36,000 accounts were without power Tuesday morning; only 466 customers had been restored by afternoon as crews shifted to critical infrastructure and dense population areas.
58 people and 1 pet were sheltering at five refuge sites as road closures and one-lane restrictions remained islandwide, Līhuʻe Airport operated on backup generators, and water officials kept an islandwide conservation notice in place.
Through Friday, state and county offices, courts, public schools and Kauaʻi Community College remain closed, with hearings rescheduled and students tentatively set to return Sept. 14 pending campus damage assessments.
Nāwiliwili Harbor reopened Tuesday evening, but officials said sailings, flights and visitor plans could still change as damage assessments continue and the county documents losses for possible state or federal aid.