Overview
- Hurricane Lowell struck earlier this week with near‑hurricane‑force gusts and storm surge that damaged roads, harbors and airport operations and left much of Kauai without power.
- Roughly 33,000 Kauai Island Utility Cooperative customers lost service during the storm, and KIUC reported 487 active outages affecting about 10,041 customers as crews work to restore lines.
- Gov. Josh Green submitted an expedited request to President Donald Trump for a Major Disaster Declaration to unlock federal emergency power, public infrastructure repairs and disaster loans.
- Kaumalapau Harbor on Lanai remains inoperable and is flagged as a principal unmet need because about 3,000 residents rely on it for food, fuel and medical supplies.
- Officials urged visitors to postpone travel to Kauai to ease strain on recovery work as local volunteers provide meals and generators and crews continue search, rescue and staged repairs after back‑to‑back storms that also included August’s Hurricane Lala.