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A 90-year-old woman is confirmed dead in Nāʻālehu, Hawaii, United States, and over 100,000 people remain without power after Hurricane Lala struck the state.
Confirmed
Officials announced one fatality blamed on the storm — a 90-year-old woman who had been reported missing in Naalehu and then found dead on Monday. The Hawaiian Electric utility said nearly 104,000 customers were without power as of Monday afternoon.
The 911 emergency service number was temporarily out of service on the Big Island because hurricane impacts were affecting radio and telephone communications, the Hawaii Police Department said, but was back up by the afternoon.
The storm knocked out power to as many as 111,000 customers, according to Hawaiian Electric. There were also roofs blown off, downed power lines and one swimmer who had to be rescued, a city statement said.
Kimo Alameda, Hawaii county’s mayor, said that in some areas of the Big Island “it’s devastation”. Hawaii’s total rainfall over 48 hours topped 3.5ft in some areas, according to AccuWeather.
The Big Island’s power transmission system suffered “extensive damage,” the utility said. “It’s the flood and the mud and the rock the poured through Naalehu, Pahala, Waiohinu,” he said.
Two cemeteries in Naalehu were “washed out,” she said.
What's confirmed
- Officials announced one fatality blamed on the storm — a 90-year-old woman who had been reported missing in Naalehu and then found dead on Monday.
- The Hawaiian Electric utility said nearly 104,000 customers were without power as of Monday afternoon.
- The storm knocked out power to as many as 111,000 customers, according to Hawaiian Electric .
What's still developing
- “It’s the flood and the mud and the rock the poured through Naalehu, Pahala, Waiohinu,” he said.
- The Big Island’s power transmission system suffered “extensive damage,” the utility said.
- The 911 emergency service number was temporarily out of service on the Big Island because hurricane impacts were affecting radio and telephone communications, the Hawaii Police Department said, but was back up by the…
- Two cemeteries in Naalehu were “washed out,” she said.
- Hawaii’s total rainfall over 48 hours topped 3.5ft in some areas, according to AccuWeather.
- Kimo Alameda, Hawaii county’s mayor, said that in some areas of the Big Island “it’s devastation”.
- There were also roofs blown off, downed power lines and one swimmer who had to be rescued, a city statement said.