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HUMANS WHO IS STANDING BY WITH
WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER AND MAUI.
GOOD EVENING, TO YOU AND TO
EVERYBODY ELSE, HOPE YOU ARE
WE ARE HERE ON THE COAST, WEST
OF THE HARBOR, JUST ONSHORE.
ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE RAIN
THE RADAR, RIGHT OFFSHORE.
IT SEEMS TO REMOVING IN JUST AS
YOU ALL TOOK OUR SHOT HERE.
OVERALL, THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN TOO
BAD YET.
WE SAW A FEW AND GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH, BUT AS THE STORM CONTINUES
TO DRIVE CLOSER TO THE AREA, WE
WILL SEE MORE CONCENTRATED RAIN
AND STEADIER WINDS.
IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT BY
MIDNIGHT OR SO, WE HAVE
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS, 39-MPH OR GREATER.
WE ARE WATCHING THE WAVE HEIGHT
ALSO, STILL PRETTY CONSTANT, NO
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IN
THE AREA.
THE WINDS ARE DRIVING THE WATER
ALSO INTERESTING, WE HAVE SOME
POWER LINES ON THE ROADWAY
NEAR TO ME, AND MY PHOTOGRAPHER
AND I HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW A
BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT COME FROM
WHAT APPEARS TO BE THESE
TOWERS.
IT APPEARS TO BE A POWER FLASH,
SOMETHING YOU SEEM WITH STRONG
WINDS AND TORNADOES, OR TROPICAL
STORM OR HURRICANE.
I AM HESITANT TO DECIDE, BECAUSE
FIRST OF ALL, THE WINDS HAVE NOT
BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN ANY
POWER LINES.
SECOND OF ALL, I DON'T SEE ANY
POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA.
WE WILL TRY TO WORK TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN, BUT
pAGAIN, I COULD HAVE BEEN SOME
TYPE OF POWER FLASH COMING YEAR
THE HARBOR.
AS IT WAS IN A STORM GET CLOSER
TO THE AREA COME UP AGAIN, WE
WILL WATCH THE RAIN BANDS BECOME
MORE CONCENTRATED.
YOU CAN SEE THE RING GETTING A
LITTLE HEAVIER AND STEADIER
PERIODIC WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT,
THE WIND IS NOT THE ONLY THREAT.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD IN THE LAST
STORM, WE COULD SEE POTENTIALLY
20" OF RAIN IN ISOLATED AREAS OF
THE STORM, MALI EXPECTED TO GET
THE WORST OF THE IMPACTS FROM
RAIN AND WIND WHEN THE STORM
PASSES BY.
MY PHOTOGRAPHER AND I WERE
WRITING AROUND THE ISLAND, SOME
OF THE AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST AS
WELL, AND WE FOUND SOME
WATERFALLS AND RIVERS THAT
ALREADY HAD A GREATER AMOUNT OF
WATER IN THEM.
THE RAIN ALSO CONTINUES TO POUND
DOWN HERE IN MORE CONCENTRATED
AND HEAVIER RAIN BANDS.
WE WILL BE CONCERNED WITH FLASH
FLOODING.
IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING TO THE
BROADCAST AND LIVES NEAR ONE OF
THOSE STREAMS OR RIVERS THAT
ALREADY HAS WATER, DO BE
MINDFUL.
WE DO YOU GOING OUTSIDE AND
CHECKING IT OR PREVIOUS OFF IN A
DANGER WHEN HE SHOULD BE IN THE
DOORS, YOU SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF
RISING WATER LEVELSP ALSO, IT IS
ROADWAYS WITH ALL OF THE FLASH
FLOODINGP WE MIGHT SEE MUDSLIDES
AND LANDSLIDESP AND REMEMBER, IT
ONLY CAUSES ONE FOOT OF RAPIDLY
FLOWING WATER TO CARRY AWAY A
PERSON AND EVEN MOST VEHICLESP
SO AGAIN, DON'T EVER TRY TO
DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY
OR MOVING STANDING WATER ACROSS
THE STREETP THE BEST IDEA FROM
HERE ON OUT DURING THE STORM IS
A HOMEP WE WILL CHECK LUCK IN
WITH YOU ALL IN 30 MINUTES OR
LESS.
WE EXPECT MORE.
INTENSE RAIN BANDS BY THEM.
FOR NOW COME OUT METEOROLOGIST
DAVID NEWMAN'S FOR KHON2 NEWS
LIVE.
HOWARD: BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE
HAVE A QUESTION.
YOU'RE OUT THERE GETTING POUNDED
BY THE RAIN, COMING FROM AUSTIN,
STUDYING HURRICANES, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU ARE USED TO SEEING STORMS
COME UP FROM THE GULF.
WHAT DIFFERENCES IN OBSERVATIONS
DO YOU SEE BETWEEN THE TWO?
SOMETHING COMING FROM THE GULF
AND SOMETHING FROM THE PACIFIC
ISLAND?
DADAVID: THAT IS A GOOD
QUESTION.
AS YOUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
JUSTIN TOLD ME YESTERDAY, IT IS
HARD STATISTICALLY TO GET HIT BY
A TROPICAL STORM FOR YOU ALL.
AT TEXAS, THE GULF COAST, IT IS
A HUGE TARGET.
WHENEVER THERE IS A TROPICAL
SYSTEM, IT HAS TO HIT A LAND
MASS, WHETHER IT IS MEXICO, THE
CARIBBEAN OR THE COAST OF THE
U.S..
YOU ALSO HAVE PREVAILING WINDS
OF THE OUTCOME OF THE WINDS HERE
CAN BE MORE EROTIC IN TERMS OF
STEERING CURRENTS FOR THE STORM,
WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN THE
ERRATIC MOTION OF TROPICAL STORM
OLIVIA TODAY.
WE BOTH HAVE WARM WATER NEARBY
WHICH OF COURSE ALSO
LIKES THESE STORMS.
AS FORECASTED, TROPICAL STORM
OLIVIA, THE WARM WATER SHOULD BE
STRENGTHENING THE STORM AS IT
GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE
ISLANDS TONIGHT.
BUT WHAT HAS CAUSED THE STORM TO
WEAKEN?
SOMETHING CALLED WINDSHEAR,
WHICH WE ALSO ENCOUNTER
SOMETIMES ON THE MAINLAND AS
WELL.
DIFFERENT STREAMS,
DIFFERENT WIND DIRECTIONS.
THOSE OF FACTS IN THE STRENGTH
OF THE STORM.
THE CENTER IS DISPLACED FROM THE
MAIN THUNDERSTORM.