Hurricane Lowell leaves thousands without power
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While reporting on Hurricane Lowell, a meteorologist was nearly wiped out by a massive wave in Hawaii. See the moment.
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.
Hurricane Lowell was skirting western Hawaii, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain and punishing waves, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hawaii is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Lowell, a Category 2 storm, slams the islands with life-threatening rain.
Lowell never officially made landfall, but its widespread impacts made it one of Hawaii's most consequential tropical cyclones in decades.
Most of Kauaʻi remains without power after Lowell destroyed homes, roads and infrastructure. Here's how you can help folks on the ground.
Tropical Storm Lowell passed close to the Hawaiian Islands but is now weakening and moving away from the islands.
Officials on Kauaʻi believe that the death of a man found along the shoreline Wednesday afternoon was connected to The Kauaʻi Police Department said the 74-year-old man from Kalaheo was reporting missing in the Nōmilu Fishpond area on the south shore of the island around 9 a.