ACROSS THE STATE, THE WIND IS
HOWLING AND THE WAVES ARE
PICKING UP AS A LARGE WINTER
STORM IS
GOOD EVENING FROM THE KHON 2
WIND IS HOWLING AND THE WAVES
ARE PICKING UP AS A LARGE WINTER
STORM IS AT OUR DOORSTEP AND
CAUSING HAVOC EVEN INJURIES.
SO WE'RE BREAKING IN FOR YOU TO
LEARN THE VERY LATEST.
WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT FIVE PEOPLE
WHO SUFFERED STORM-RELATED
INJURIES.
A MAN HAD A TELEPHONE POLE FALL
DRIVING.
A 91-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KNOCKED BY
THE WIND AND SEVERAL PEOPLE
SUFFERED INJURIES AFTER BEING
HIT BY TREE DEBRIS.
ON OHAU SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED
DUE TO POLES DOWN, POWER LINES
DOWN OR TREES ON THE ROAD.
BARRETT ROAD IS CLOSED BECAUSE
OF A POLE DOWN.
KUNIA IS CLOSED BECAUSE OF
DAMAGED POLES.
THERE ARE ABOUT 30,000 CUSTOMERS
WITHOUT POWER ON OAHU RIGHT NOW.
OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALL
CAUSED BY WIND.
OUR JUSTIN CRUZ HAS BEEN
TRACKING THE STORM.
FROM NOW THROUGH THE EVENING
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE STRONGEST
WINDS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT RAINING
ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT YOU LOOK
AT HERE, THE SWIRL THAT YOU SEE
THAT IS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT'S GENERATING ALL OF OUR
WEATHER.
THAT'S OUR WEATHER MAKER RIGHT
NOW.
MUCH OF OUR MOISTURE IS STILL TO
THE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.
REALLY THE BULK OF THE MOISTURE
IS STILL TO THE NORTH OF THE
STATE THAT COULD STILL MOVE OVER
THE ISLANDS AS THIS THING KIND
OF CHURNS JUST TO THE NORTHEAST
OF THE ISLANDS.
TUESDAY, THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM IS
GOING TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST
AND MOVE AWAY AND THAT'S WHEN
WE'LL SEE THE LIGHTER WINDS
RETURNING TO THE ISLANDS AND
LIGHTER SURF.
BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE THICK OF
THINGS RIGHT NOW.
CURRENT WIND SPEEDS 25 MILES AN
HOUR FOR HONOLULU.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE ELSE
ACROSS THE STATE AND THE
AIRPORTS.
EVEN STRONGER AT TIMES, THE WIND
GUSTS.
THESE ARE THE WINDS THAT ARE
PRESENT THIS HOUR.
ACROSS THE DAY TODAY, WE HAD
SOME HIGHER NUMBERS FOR YOU.
IN FACT, LOOK AT KUHAI.
MID 40'S FOR MOLANAI.
AND 100-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND.
IT'S WINDIER SITUATIONS IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
IT DOES SHOW GRADUAL WEAKING.
DOWN TO ABOUT 30 ON MONDAY.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY BREEZY
LEVELS BY TUESDAY AS THAT SYSTEM
MOVES AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS.
KUWAI.
MAUI AS WELL.
AND MOVING ALL THE WAY TO KALUA
KONA AND ALL OF IT WILL BE ON
THE HILO SIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.
AS FOR THE SURF, 40 TO 60
FOOTERS, 30 TO 40 FOR THE WEST
SIDE.
AND AS THE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY
TOMORROW, THESE NUMBERS WILL
START TO DROP.
BUT NOT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND
NOT FOR TONIGHT.
WHO IS IN WAIKIKI AS FAR AS
WEATHER CONDITIONS THERE.
HOWARD?
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
WEATHER IN A MINUTE.
WE'RE AT THE PARK.
REMEMBER I TOLD YOU THAT THERE
WERE TWO GROUND HORN BILLS.
AND ROB DEMELO IS ANY CAMERA
GUY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT
IN THE SHOT.
BUT THERE'S ABOUT 10 PEOPLE IN
ZOO WITH LARGE NETS.
TWO OF THESE BIRDS ESCAPED.
THEY DID CATCH ONE.
THE ENCLOSURE GOT DAMAGED WHEN A
TREE BRANCH FELL ON TOP OF IT.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE STORY
WALKING AROUND THIS AREA.
THERE'S JUST RUBBISH LITTERING
THE STREET.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ROB TO SHOW
YOU THIS GIANT TREE BEHIND US.
THAT GIVES YOU THE IDEA THAT
INTO THE GROUND.
IF WE CAN GO BACK THE OTHER WAY,
THERE'S THAT BIRD IF YOU CAN GET
IT RIGHT THERE ZOOMED IN, THAT
BIRD IS SITTING UP THERE RIGHT
THE BLACK BIRD WITH THE REDNECK.
THESE BIRDS FROM THE ZOO HAVE
BEEN OUT HERE FOR A WHILE TRYING
TO CHATES DOWN WITH THE NETS.
IT'S CALLED A GROUND HORNED
BILL.
IT'S FLYING AND MOVING AROUND.
AND KIND OF A BREAKING BIRD NEWS
THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE
WHEN WE CAME DOWN HERE BUT ABOUT
10 MINUTES AGO ALL THESE FOLKS
ARE THE ZOO STARTED COMING
THAT BIRD AND NOW WE HAVE EYES
ON ONE RIGHT THERE.
NOW YOU SEE IT PERCHED PERFECTLY
ON THAT TREE.
SO IT'S BEEN GOING BACK AND
FORTH ACROSS THE STREET.
AND THERE IT IS.
WELL, NOBODY'S GOT A BETTER VIEW
OF IT THAN US RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TWO GROUND
HORN BILLED BIRDS THAT ESCAPED
FROM ITS ENCLOSURE AT THE
HONOLULU ZOO.
AND ALL THE ZOOKEEPERS WILL COME
RUN EIGHT CROSS THE STREET WITH
NETS IN HAND.
AS MUCH AS THEY'RE EXCITED, I'M
SURE THE BIRD HAS BEEN TWO.
IT'S BEEN IN THE CAGE FOR I
DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
INFORMATION.
BUT AT SOME POINT YOU SEE A BIRD
LIKE THIS OUT IN THE WIRLEDE,
MAYBE IT SEEMS -- WILD.
MAYBE IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT IDEA
FIRST BUT THE ELEMENTS, A LACK
OF FOOD, THEY'RE NOT NORMAL
BIRDS TO BE HANGING OUT HERE IN
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
THEY'RE NATIVE TO OTHER AREAS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THIS.
THIS GIANT TREE THERE, YOU CAN
SEE LIGHTS ON IT.
THERE WAS A PICNIC TABLE BELOW
THIS TREE.
FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS SITTING
IN THE TABLE WE ASSUME WHEN THIS
TREE CAME DOWN.
ONCE AGAIN ALL THE FROKES THE
HAND, RIGHT NOW THE BIG STORE
HERE AT KAPAALANI PARK IS
CHASING THE HORNED BILL ONE OF
TWO THAT IS FREE FROM THE
HONOLULU ZOO.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
THIS AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS AT 6:00.
BACK TO YOU IN STUDIO.
WE CERTAINLY WILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HOWARD.
THE NORTH SHORE HAS BEEN BRACING
FOR THE DOUBLE WHAMMY OF MONSTER
WAVES AND STRONG WINDS.
BOTH HAVE BEEN PICKING UP FOR AN
HOUR OR TWO.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH MANOLO.
COVE, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SINCE
ABOUT 2:00 WHEN THINGS HAD
REALLY GOTTEN, YOU KNOW, -- GOT
THE ATTENTION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE LIKE, LET'S SEE FROM UNTIL
ABOUT NOW WHEN THE WAVES HAVE
REALLY PICKED UP, WHETHER OR NOT
IT REACHED THAT 50 FACE LEVEL.
THEY SAID DEFINITELY GOT TO 40
FEE, MAYBE EVEN 50 FEET HIGH
SOME OF THOSE WAVES.
AND THAT COMBINATION OF STRONG
WINDS AND SURF, THAT CONCERNED A
LOT OF THE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
AS FAR AS WHAT KIND OF DANGER
THAT MIGHT CAUSE.
AT THIS POINT, NOTHING MAJOR YET
HERE, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD SOME
REPORTS OF -- OF WATER BASICALLY
WASHING OVER KAMA -- KAMEAMEA.
REALLY PRETTY MUCH ALONG THE
SHORE THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
EVEN THOUGH NOT QUITE THE IDEAL
CONDITIONS, IT'S BROUGHT OUT A
STEADY CROWD OUT HERE WATCHING
THE WAVES, WANTED TO SEE THESE
HUGE WAVES ESPECIALLY AT SHARKS
COVE.
AS FAR AS THE OCEAN SAFETY
THAT'S CONCERNING THAT IS
CONCERNING HAVING THAT MANY
PEOPLE.
WE SPOKE TO LIEUTENANT KERRY
ATWOOD.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO PLEASE
ABIDE THAT SIGN.
DO NOT CROSS THE CAUTION TAPE.
IT'S UP FOR A REASON.
STAY BACK FROM WET SAND.
VIEW THE SURF FROM A GUARDED
BEACH.
AND LISTEN TO YOUR LIFE GUARD.
CARELESSNESS COSTS LIVES.
REPORTER: AND OF COURSE, WITH
THESE TROUGHS, TRAFFIC HAS BEEN
BAD IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM
THOSE SEVERAL BEACHES, OF
COURSE.
THE WATER ON THE ROADWAYS ALSO
MADE THAT EVEN WORSE AS FAR AS
GOING THROUGH THAT AFTERNOON
TRACK.
ALSO A COUPLE OF SHELTERS HAVE
OPENED UP.
THERE'S ONE AT WAIALUA THAT
AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS SET UP.
AND B.Y.U. HAS OPENED UP IN
THEIR CAMPUS IN LAMIEA.
NOW BACK TO POWER LINES.
THERE ARE SEVERAL DOWNED POWER
LINES WHICH CUT ELECTRICITY IN
3:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
THAT ONE POLL IS CUTTING
TRAFFIC.
THAT POWER OUTAGE.
FURTHER DOWN THE LEEWARD COAST
SURF WAS BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE
DAY AND THE WIND TOPPLED THE
TREE AT THE PARK.
ON KUAI, SEVERAL OTHER AREAS SAW
THE SAME.
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER ISSUED A
WATER CONSERVATION NOTICE FOR
ALL CUSTOMERS IN HANALEI BECAUSE
OF AN OUTAGE CUT POWER TO THE
WELL PUMPING SYSTEMS.
THE COOPERATIVE REPORT REPORTS
POWER OUTAGES BECAUSE OF DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES.
A LARGE TREE FELL BOO A TRUCK
THERE.
NO REPORTS OF INJURIES THOUGH.
IN MAUI IT WAS SO COLD.
THERE WAS SNOW ON THE SOUTHEAST
SLOPE OF HALIAKALA.
WIND IN UPCOUNTRY AND KIHEI WITH
MANY POCKETS OF POWER OUTAGES
WITH CENTRAL EAST AND UP COUNTRY
MUEWI.
HANNAH HIGHWAY AND HANOAI AND IN
LA NIGHT, DOWNED POWER LINES
CAUSED A LARGE OUTAGE THERE.
NOW THERE HAVE BEEN POWER OUT
ANS ACROSS HAWAII ISLAND.
MOAT MOST HAVE BEEN RESTORED
FAIRLY QUICKLY.
BUT HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT IS
ASKING PEOPLE TO CONSERVE
ELECTRICITY USE FROM NOW UNTIL
ABOUT 8:00 P.M.
OF THE STORM AND ITS IMPACTS
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE STATE
SAYS HILO BAY FRONT HIGHWAY IS
CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE SURF.
AND IT MAY NOT BE OPEN AGAIN
UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO HOWARD
DESHEVSKY WHO HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
A BIRD THAT ESCAPED FROM THE
ZOO.
IT'S A GROUND HORNED BILL.
HOWARD, WHAT'S GOING ON NOW?
OK.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE TWO
PEOPLE FROM THE HONOLULU ZOO
WITH LARGE NETS.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO APPROACH
AGAIN, THE GROUND HORNED BILL.
TWO ESCAPED FROM THE ZOO AT
ABOUT NOON TODAY.
THKAPIAILANI PARK THAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT.
AND THAT ONE BIRD THAT HAS BEEN
FLYING FROM TREE TO FREE WITH
THE ZOOKEEPERS FOLLOWING THEM
TRYING TO CAPTURE THEM BECAUSE
OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT THEIR
NATURAL HABITAT.
AND WE'RE KEEP FOLLOWING THEM
AND ALL THE WEATHER AND IMPACTS
THEY'RE HAVING.
WE'LL HAVE A REPORT FOR YOU ON
OUR NEWS AT 6:00.