Overview
- The storm passed a few hundred miles south of the islands and was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, with forecasts calling for continued weakening and dissipation in the coming days.
- Forecasters expect 5 to 10 inches of rain on the Big Island with isolated totals up to 15 inches, and the National Hurricane Center warned that this could produce life‑threatening flash flooding and mudslides on windward and southeast slopes.
- Officials say Moke is likely to stay below hurricane strength because of drier air and wind shear, so the chief hazard is heavy, concentrated rainfall rather than extreme winds or a direct landfall.
- State authorities have issued flood watches, opened shelters, prepositioned equipment and urged residents to restock food and medicine as power outages and damaged roads from Lala continue to hamper recovery work.
- Warmer ocean temperatures driven by the strong El Niño have helped fuel more frequent tropical activity in the region, raising the risk that back‑to‑back storms will worsen landslides, infrastructure damage and delays in repairs.