Hurricane Lowell leaves trail of destruction
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Hurricane Lowell remains a powerful storm on Tuesday, with numerous warnings still in place for Hawaii.
Fierce winds downed trees and caused widespread power outages on the island of Kauai, home to 73,000 residents.
Hurricane Lowell caused significant damage on Kauai as it brought powerful winds and rain to the Hawaiian islands on Monday, September 7, and overnight into Tuesday. These before-and-after satellite
On Sept. 7 and 8, Lowell passed by the Hawaiian Islands as a Category 2 hurricane, causing widespread damage across Hawaiʻi. This comes less than a month after Hurricane Lala also caused destruction in the state, with many still recovering.
The National Hurricane Center said the core of the storm was expected to pass near or just west of Niihau early Tuesday.
More than 90% of customers are without power on Kauai after Lowell's high winds and heavy rains, with rain and dangerous surf forecast to continue.
Hurricane Lowell was skirting western Hawaii, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and punishing waves, the National Hurricane Center said.
Lowell never officially made landfall, but its widespread impacts made it one of Hawaii's most consequential tropical cyclones in decades.
Gov. Josh Green submitted an expedited request for the president to issue a Major Disaster Declaration following Hurricane Lowell.