About 28,700 Maui County customers without power Sunday morning
Approximately 28,700 Maui County customers were without power as of 7 a.m. Sunday due to Tropical Storm Lala, according to Hawaiian Electric. The outages affected all of West Maui, parts of Upcountry, South and Central Maui and Haiku, as well as areas of Lanai and Molokai. Hawaiian Electric said crews were beginning damage assessments in accessible areas of Maui County, Hawaii Island and Oahu before restoration work could proceed. Weather permitting, crews planned ground and aerial inspections using helicopters and drones. The utility warned that restoration could take weeks in ...