Hawaii slammed with triple threat of severe thunderstorms, blistering winds, blizzard-like snow

Honolulu – A powerful storm system is to pumble Hawaii with flooding of flash, harmful wind throw, severe thunderstorms and blizzard -like conditions on the high mountain peaks. The storm has left thousands without power, roads blocked by floods and fallen trees and grounded island air traffic.

Warnings about flash floods caught late on Thursday night over Honolulu and Maui. County offices in Maui were closed on Friday due to the rainfall. Crews all over the state worked to open roads that were closed due to abandoned trees or floods.

The big island declared an emergency on Thursday afternoon.

Video from Honolulu showed heavy rain and urban floods. An Honolulu resident shared a video on social media about what seemed to be a strong river, as he said, was usually a dry creek.

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According to FINDENERGY.COMNearly 21,000 customers from the Hawaii Islands were without power early Friday morning.

Hawaii issued a land stop for all Interisland aircraft on Thursday, with four flights being redirected to Lihue, according to the Hawaii Department of Transportation. The rootstock was lifted around 2 p.m. 14:30 local time. HDOT also reported abandoned trees and power outages that have affected traffic signals on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Kauai.

A rarely serious thunderstorm watch covered the islands of Kauai, Maui and Oahu until Thursday night, when thunderstorms brought gusts over 55 km / h.

With stormy rain, flooding also remains for all islands through Friday afternoon, as the rain speed of 2-3 inches per hour is expected for some areas. The rain and flash flood also brings an increased risk of mud lids and landslides for large parts of the islands.

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In addition, warnings with high wind in effect for all Hawaii Islands through Friday afternoon for continued wind throw over 60 km / h. km / h.

At least one rock -you were also reported on Maui, with a huge stone blocking a travel track from Kahekili Highway.

Drivers were asked to be careful in the area and pay attention to any obstacles.

Blizzard-like relationship on top of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa

What is a blistering rain and wind storm for large parts of tropical paradise is an important winter storm for Big Island’s Mountain Peaks.

A winter storm warning is in place for Mauna Kea and the Mauna Loa top meetings on Big Island for Saturday morning. As much as 18-24 inches of snow will be combined with winds that windows up to 85 km / h will cause blizzard-like conditions, blowing and driving snow triggering Whitout conditions for anyone who’s daring to venture to the mountain peaks.

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Running mud -glider, flash flood from a wet week at Hawaii

Stormy influences began earlier this week from previous heavy rain. Makaiclicks video on Sunday shows flash flooding at Waimea Falls, a popular tourist attraction at Oahu.

In the video comes a huge swell of muddy water from nowhere and crashes into the fall of the pool below. Another clip shows water that rushes downhill under a walkway.

On Sunday at Maui, three girls had to be rescued by firefighters in Maui County after being caught on a rock outcropping in the middle of IAO stream.

After the system passes through the islands on Friday, conditions are expected to improve quickly over the weekend.

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