Tropical Storm Lala leaves over 111,000 customers without power in Hawaii
HE•Power outages across Hawaii
Aug. 17 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Lala left more than 111,000 utility customers without power across Hawaii on Monday, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Hawaiian Electric, the electric utility that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to 95% of Hawaii's population, in its latest update said 117,300 of its customers are without power as of 7 a.m. HST (1700 GMT).
Storm location and county outage counts
The National Hurricane Center in its latest advisory said Tropical Storm Lala is located a few hundred miles west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii.
Here are the major outages by county, according to PowerOutage.us:
| County | Outages |
|---|---|
| Honolulu County | 65,069 |
| Hawaii County | 39,380 |
| Maui County | 6,650 |
| Kauai County | 294 |
| Total Out | 111,393 |
Utility damage assessment and restoration efforts
"Tropical Storm Lala has left major damage to infrastructure in remote areas of Hawaii Island and Maui. Helicopter and drones are being deployed on Oahu and Maui today to assist with ongoing damage assessments to remote areas with rugged terrain," the utility said.
It added that crews restored power overnight to nearly 55,000 customers in parts of East Honolulu, Mililani and Windward areas.
"About 71,600 customers remain without power in Windward, Leeward and Honolulu areas. Customers from Salt Lake to East Honolulu are again asked to conserve power today," Hawaiian Electric said.
