Kauai, Hurricane Lowell and Niihau
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Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91% of a western island as it pushed farther into the Pacific on Tuesday.
The way forward as Hurricane Lowell recedes is not perfectly clear — Kauai and Niihau took a beating early Tuesday from wind, rain and storm surge — but the Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC)
The powerful storm is not expected to make a direct landfall but is still forecast to bring serious weather to the islands.
Officials in Hawaii are urging residents to prepare for heavy rains and flooding as Hurricane Lowell, a major Category 3 storm, prompted forecasters to issue a tropical storm warning for two islands.