The Chief Justice issued an order extending deadlines for any Maui County court matters with a filing or hearing date of Friday, Sept. 2.
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With the second of two powerful storms churning across the Pacific toward a possible impact with Hawaii, officials are hoping residents take severe weather threats seriously after the islands escaped serious problems from the first storm.
Overnight camping in state parks on Maui, Oahu and the Big Island has been canceled for the Labor Day weekend, as Hurricane Lester approaches the state.
Visitors look at the Kilauea volcano summit crater at Hawaii National Park, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. It is expected to weaken further as it moves across waters in the path of Tropical Storm Madeline, which is slowly falling apart as it moves into the colder waters of the Pacific Ocean.
(NOAA/Weather Underground via AP). A band of showers has moved inland through. The cyclone was moving toward the west-northwest near 15 miles per hour. The tropical storm left parts of Hawaii’s Big Island soggy but intact as resid.
Hurricane Lester remains on track to impact the islands this weekend, but possibly after being downgraded to a tropical storm.
The most significant impact from Lester is expected to be very large and damaging surf along east facing shores.
Honolulu couple Bailey Matsuda and Anne Smoke headed to the east shore and stood at Halona Blowhole Lookout to watch waves pounding the rocks. “I’ve never seen them this big on this side”. She says the department will remain vigilant as Hurricane Lester makes its way to the islands. “It’s a matter of time and odds”. A Hurricane Watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical storm force winds, conditions that make outside preparations hard or unsafe.
Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe were under a hurricane watch Friday as Hurricane Lester surged closer to the islands.
Smoke and Matsuda headed to another beach just as tour buses arrived carrying tourists armed with selfie sticks.
Emergency officials are also preparing for the possible arrival of Hurricane Lester.
Surfer Martial Crum cautioned visitors to watch the waves from a safe distance as he and surfer Kahai Fukumitsu monitored conditions at an east Oahu surf spot they called the “best-kept secret”.
Surf heights will rise to 10 – 15 feet tonight, and continue rising to 15 – 25 feet Saturday. “I think we’re getting used to the pace of it”. The surf is expected to peak this weekend with 15- to 25-foot waves.
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Hopena (hoh-pen-ah) Pokipala (poh-kee-pah-lah) spent the morning surfing a few sets.
