Another Kona Low targets Hawaii after getting nearly 50 inches of rainfall and hurricane-force winds

HAWAII - Another Kona Low is heading towards Hawaii connected Thursday, bringing further rain and gusty winds to the island.

This comes aft an archetypal tempest caused torrential rain and hurricane-force winds, starring to flash flooding astir the Aloha State and blizzard conditions successful the mountains. 

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The tempest led to wide roadworthy closures, downed powerfulness lines and spot harm from flooding, landslides and sinkholes. 

Additionally, the Hawaii State Department of Health issued aggregate brownish h2o advisories for residents and visitors to debar affected ocean waters owed to the excessive stormwater runoff that whitethorn person a precocious bacteria number and tin pb to wellness hazards. These advisories are inactive successful place.

Ahead of the storm, Governor Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation connected March 9 to let the authorities to instrumentality proactive steps to support nationalist wellness and safety, coordinate resources crossed agencies and enactment region exigency effect efforts arsenic conditions developed.

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"Our precedence is keeping the radical of Hawaiʻi safe," Governor Green said. "By issuing this exigency proclamation now, we are ensuring that authorities and region agencies person the resources and flexibility needed to respond rapidly to flooding, terrible upwind and immoderate impacts this tempest whitethorn bring."

As the Kona Low progressed passim the week, Maui Emergency Management Agency and the American Red Cross opened shelters, which much than 100 residents are inactive utilizing countywide.

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Meanwhile, the metropolis and region of Honolulu released an online signifier for residents to study harm to their homes.

The upcoming Kona Low is expected to beryllium comparatively mundane compared to past week’s almighty storm.

WHAT IS THE JET STREAM?

Currently, atmospheric moisture and a anemic dip successful the jet watercourse remains implicit the region, causing airy winds and occasional showers.

As the tempest begins to signifier westbound of the islands starting Thursday, it volition pat into the moisture and present periods of dense rainfall and flash flooding done aboriginal adjacent week.

Some areas, including Maui, person already experienced much than 50 inches of rainfall and implicit 135 mph upwind gusts successful little than a week.

While it is excessively aboriginal to find which islands volition beryllium astir impacted, saturated soils and elevated waterways from caller rains volition support a statewide hazard of life-threatening flash flooding.

WHAT IS A KONA LOW?

Stay with FOX Weather arsenic this tempest continues to unfold.