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No Danger Of Flooding At Nuuanu Dam, City Says Marcel Honore/Civil Beat

No Danger Of Flooding At Nuuanu Dam, City Says

UPDATED: Heavy rains had raised the reservoir level to within about 1.5 feet below the spillway, causing officials to consider evacuations.

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Hawaii Escapes Relatively Unscathed From Tropical Storm Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii Escapes Relatively Unscathed From Tropical Storm

UPDATED: Oahu’s shelters go mostly unused, and no widespread damage has been reported despite heavy rainfall.

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Weakening Olivia Passes South of Oahu Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Weakening Olivia Passes South of Oahu

UPDATED: Hawaii is no longer under a tropical storm warning, although the storm is still dumping rain.

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Hawaii Gears Up — Again — For Olivia AP

Hawaii Gears Up — Again — For Olivia

UPDATED: The entire state is now under a tropical storm warning as leaders encourage residents to be on guard.

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Tropical Storm Warning Issued For Oahu NOAA

Tropical Storm Warning Issued For Oahu

UPDATED: Warnings are also in effect for Maui County and the Big Island, and a storm watch is now in effect for Kauai.

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It’s Early, But Hurricane Olivia Is Tracking Toward Hawaii NOAA

It’s Early, But Hurricane Olivia Is Tracking Toward Hawaii

UPDATED: It’s currently a Category 4 storm, although it’s expected to weaken before nearing the islands next week.

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Man Drowns In Flood-Swollen Stream On Kauai AP

Man Drowns In Flood-Swollen Stream On Kauai

It’s the first death attributed to Lane, a onetime hurricane that has deluged Kauai after skirting past the islands.

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Kauai: Lane Resoaks Areas That Were Deluged In April Storm Hawaii Department of Transportation

Kauai: Lane Resoaks Areas That Were Deluged In April Storm

UPDATED: The Kuhio Highway is closed near Hanalei, where business activity has come to a standstill. Sound familiar?

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The Two Faces Of Lane

The Two Faces Of Lane

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Lessons Learned From The Hurricane That Just Missed Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lessons Learned From The Hurricane That Just Missed Hawaii

Lane didn’t leave the devastation that many feared it would. It did leave Hawaii with a new standard for storm preparation.

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What Killed Hurricane Lane? site called Earth: A Global Map of Wind, Weather, and Ocean Conditions.

What Killed Hurricane Lane?

Scientists agree high southwest winds helped save Hawaii. “They took its head off,” one says.

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Big Island: Dozens Rescued After 40-Plus Inches Of Rain AP

Big Island: Dozens Rescued After 40-Plus Inches Of Rain

UPDATED: Hawaii County’s windward side has endured three straight days of nearly nonstop downpours.

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Slideshow: Lane’s Slow Approach To Islands

Slideshow: Lane’s Slow Approach To Islands

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Why Waikiki Is At Risk Of Flooding U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Why Waikiki Is At Risk Of Flooding

Federal officials are concerned the Ala Wai Canal, the historic waterway bordering the tourist district, will overflow this weekend.

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Big Island: Flooding Forces Rescues, Cuts Off Communities Jason Armstrong/Civil Beat

Big Island: Flooding Forces Rescues, Cuts Off Communities

No reports of wind damage, but the deluge is wreaking havoc on Hawaii County.

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Fear The Hurricane? Not These Hardy Tourists Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Fear The Hurricane? Not These Hardy Tourists

“We’re the hurricane that hit Honolulu,” says one visitor who arrived in Honolulu with a large extended family.

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Many Homeless People Are Choosing To Ride Out The Storm Natanya Friedheim/Civil Beat

Many Homeless People Are Choosing To Ride Out The Storm

Outreach workers ramped up efforts to alert the homeless about Hurricane Lane, but some opted to stay in encampments.

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How Non-English Speakers Can Get Hurricane Updates NASA

How Non-English Speakers Can Get Hurricane Updates

Instead of translating announcements, the City of Honolulu relies on a multilingual radio station to reach residents who don’t understand English.

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