Upcountry Maui was heavily inundated by rains during the storm that peaked Sunday night, while South Maui was impacted by flooding and impassable roads.

What You Need To Know

  • Water was restored to Upcountry after difficult repairs were completed

  • Hawaiian Electric restored power to most of the island, except at the Haleakala Summit

  • South Kihei Road was flooded, and much of it still remains closed

  • A recovery hub was opened Thursday, and more will be opened over the weekend

Water was restored to Upper Kula on Thursday after repairs were made to a water main damaged in the storm, the Maui News reported. Repairs were difficult because they were in hard to reach locations. Residents in this area were without water since Sunday night.

Hawaiian Electric said they responded to about 35 smaller power outages in Upcountry and Kanaio Thursday. Crews also repaired a pole that was damaged during the storm, which restored power to about 1,900 customers from Peahi to East Maui.

Haleakala National Park reopened Tuesday, but the summit was still without power and will be for an extended period of time, according to Hawaiian Electric.

Over the course of the storm, as many as 42,000 customers lost power on Maui. Hawaiian Electric employees were flown from Oahu to Maui in order to help with the recovery.

South Kihei Road in South Maui was flooded and filled with mud after the storm, and the only part opened to local traffic was from North Kihei Road to Kaonoulu Streets as of Thursday, according to the Maui News. Cleanup of the mud and debris will take several days.

The Maui Emergency Management Agency opened a recovery hub at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center on Thursday, where bottled water, food boxes and charging stations for cellular phones would be available to those impacted by the storm.

Mayor Michael Victorino also said this weekend there would be two more events focused on disaster assistance and recovery. In Upcountry on Saturday, an event will be held at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center. In Kihei on Sunday, an event will be held at the Kihei Community Center.

“We are happy to announce that water service has been restored to virtually everyone, and Hawaiian Electric has completed restoration of power service to all areas, with the exception of a single outage that repair crews are responding to in a remote area,” Victorino said in a press release. “Now, we are moving on to the damage assessment and recovery phase. It’s important for anyone who has property damage to take photos. This will clearly document damage and help Maui County seek federal money for damage assistance.”

Victorino wants residents to report and document storm-related damage during the weekend events or online at mauicounty.gov. This will help with acquiring a Presidential Emergency Declaration, which would allow the state of Hawaii to receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Questions about reporting damage can be directed to 808-270-7285.