Tropical Storm Olivia crossed the state Wednesday, making landfall on Maui and Lanai islands along the way. It was moving west with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph), just barely strong enough to qualify as a tropical storm. She said it’s common for the highway to become impassable when there’s heavy rain. This, combined with an upper level system, may trigger heavy rain and possibly thunderstorms on Kauai, Oahu and possibly Molokai, he said. Honolulu’s H-1 freeway flooded under similar circumstances two years ago after Tropical Storm Darby passed the state and dissipated, he noted.

Source: National Post September 13, 2018 06:33 UTC