Power Outage in Hawaii
POWER OUTAGES: Stolen Stuff Hawaii 12:46 PM HST, 8/19/2026 OAHU: 1,387 customers without power across 447 separate outages. BIG ISLAND: 16,283 customers across 531 outages. MAUI COUNTY: 596 customers across 96 outages. KAUAI: 58 of 36,343 customers across 44 outages. STATEWIDE: 18,324 customers without power across 1,118 outages, adding each utility's published total. That is 1,141 fewer than at 6:50 this morning, and the lowest of this storm. HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC PUT A PERCENTAGE ON EACH ISLAND AT 10 AM: Oahu 99% of affected customers restored, Maui County 98%, Hawaii Island 75%. That last number is the whole story now. THE BIG ISLAND IS 89% OF EVERYONE STILL OUT, at 16,283, in Puna, Kona, Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Kau. Puna, North and South Kohala, southern Kau, Naalehu, Punaluu and Kilauea could still take AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. WE GOT A FRAMING CALL WRONG THIS MORNING AND IT IS WORTH CORRECTING. At 6:50 the number of separate outages had fallen alongside the customer count and we said crews were closing out the long tail. Six hours later the count is back UP, to 1,118 from 1,025, while 1,141 more customers got their power back. That is the normal shape of a restoration, not a setback: one big repair becomes several small ones, so the job count climbs while the customer count falls. Watch the customer number. KAUAI TICKED UP, 54 to 58. Small, but it is up, not down. IF YOU ARE RUNNING A GENERATOR, PUT IT OUTSIDE IN A WELL VENTILATED SPOT and follow the manufacturer's instructions. Carbon monoxide is what hurts people after the storm, not during it. OAHU CUSTOMERS WITH POWER ARE ASKED TO KEEP CONSERVING TODAY. THESE NUMBERS ARE ONLY AS OF 12:46 PM AND CHANGE CONSTANTLY. In their words, the counts "represent a snapshot in time and change often as additional customers are restored and more outages occur, sometimes in the same area." STILL OUT WHILE YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE BACK? Call it in. Hawaii Island: 1-855-304-9191. Maui County: 1-855-304-8181. Oahu: 1-855-304-1212. KIUC: (808) 246-4300. Treat every downed line as energized and dangerous. 🌀 sshsearch.com/weather #hawaii #poweroutage #oahu #kauai #maui #bigisland