Kona Low

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 Release No. 2022-010 HONOLULU — The U.S. President on Tuesday declared a major disaster related to the record-breaking ‘Kona low’ storms of December 2021, opening a new source of assistance to help communities in Hawai‘i recover from...

Dec. 6, 2021 HONOLULU – A powerful “Kona low” weather system continues to affect Hawaiʻi Monday, with torrential rain, damaging winds, and high tides expected over the next several days. Portions of the island of Maui saw as much as 12 inches of...

Dec. 4, 2021 HONOLULU – A “Kona Low” weather system will be impacting the Hawaiian islands and could bring as much as 25 inches of rain, along with flash floods, damaging winds and landslides to parts of the State, which makes...