Aug 17 (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lala left more than 111,000 utility customers without power across Hawaii on Monday, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
Hawaiian Electric, the electric utility that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to 95% of Hawaii’s population, in its latest update said 117,300 of its customers are without power as of 7 a.m. HST (1700 GMT).
“Tropical Storm Lala has left major damage to infrastructure in remote areas of Hawaii Island and Maui. Helicopter and drones are being deployed on Oahu and Maui today to assist with ongoing damage assessments to remote areas with rugged terrain,” the utility said.
It added that crews restored power overnight to nearly 55,000 customers in parts of East Honolulu, Mililani and Windward areas.
“About 71,600 customers remain without power in Windward, Leeward and Honolulu areas. Customers from Salt Lake to East Honolulu are again asked to conserve power today,” Hawaiian Electric said.
The National Hurricane Center in its latest advisory said Tropical Storm Lala is located a few hundred miles west-southwest of Lihue, Hawaii. Here are the major outages by county, according to PowerOutage.us:
County Outages
Honolulu County 65,069
Hawaii County 39,380
Maui County 6,650
Kauai County 294
Total Out 111,393
(Reporting by Anjana Anil in Bengaluru; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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