“UPDATE: Flooding, high winds, thunderstorms for Big Island on Monday.’
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2022
Today is going to be a wet one, with flooding, high winds and thunderstorms throughout the day.
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The search has been called off for the missing Hawaiʻi Life Flight aircraft, which was believed to have crashed in waters between Maui and the Big Island while it was en route to Waimea-Kohala Airport to pick up a patient. There were three crew members aboard.
We also have University of Hawaiʻi stories about a planet spiraling toward its doom and a study that explains the powerful force that is El Niño and how it responds as the Earth warms.
Stay safe today, and mahalo for your readership.
UPDATE: Flooding, high winds, thunderstorms for Big Island on Monday; road closures of Highways 250, 270, 130
Severe weather will batter the Big Island today with flooding, high winds and thunderstorms, which already have caused closures on highways 130, 250 and 270.
Search for missing Hawai‘i Life Flight aircraft ends
The search for a Hawai‘i Life Flight aircraft that went missing in waters of the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel between Maui and the Big Island has ended.
The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended the active search for the missing aircrew, nearly two days after the flight departed from Maui and apparently crashed into water while en route to the Waimea-Kohala Airport on the Big Island.
Planet spiraling to its doom discovered by University of Hawaiʻi astronomers
For the first time, University of Hawaiʻi astronomers have spotted a planet outside the Solar System with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun.
The doomed world is destined to spiral closer and closer to its maturing star until they collide and the planet is obliterated. The Earth may have the same fate billions of years from now.
El Niño ‘flavors’ help unravel past variability, future response to climate change
Looking to the past is often a way of understanding what the future will bring. A new study recently published in Nature Communications does just that when it comes to the powerful force that is El Niño and how it responds as the Earth warms.
Scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and University of Colorado Boulder have a clearer picture of El Niño patterns during more than 10,000 years after assessing the weather phenomenon’s so-called “flavors” in historical records and model simulations.
Traffic signal work planned in Keaʻau
Crews plan to install a battery backup for the traffic signal at an intersection in Keaʻau.
The traffic signal at the intersection of Highway 11 and Kipimana Street might be placed in flashing mode between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday as crews work. There will be law enforcement directing traffic at the intersection when the signal is in flashing mode.
Seabury Hall to host “Common Ground Dance Festival IV”
In its first showing since 2018, Seabury Hall’s Performing Arts program will host its Common Ground Dance Festival IV, Jan. 13-14 at 7 p.m. with performances by Maui’s most prominent dance-makers, dance-educators and young performers.
Maui storm updates: weather warnings, road closures, cancellations
Numerous showers, heavy at times, and thunderstorms will continue through today as a kona storm moves through the region. Bands of thunderstorms are moving through islands ahead of a vigorous cold front that will sweep through the state from northwest to southeast today, according to the National Weather Service. Find weather updates, road closures and cancellations HERE
Kauai Weather Forecast for December 19, 2022
Numerous showers, heavy at times, and thunderstorms will continue today as a kona storm moves through the region. Bands of strong thunderstorms are…
Kauai Surf Forecast for December 19, 2022
The strong low pushing the cold front over the islands will produce a long-lived and extra-large northwest swell that will rapidly build into the islands today…
