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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY DATE: June 21, 2018
MEDIA UPDATE TIME: 12:30 PM
UPDATE: #1
Incident: Power Outage Update
This is a Civil Defense Message for Thursday, June 21 at 12:30 in the afternoon.
Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO) reports that a power outage occurred at
approximately 10:00 a.m. affecting approximately 9,000 customers in the Puna area
including: Ainaloa, Orchidland, Waiakea Uka and Pahoa. Power was restored for most of
these customers, but approximately 2,500 residents in the Ainaloa area and the shelter
at Pahoa Community Center remain without power.
HELCO crews are onsite working to safely restore power. The cause of the outage was
a downed tree in Ainaloa.
Treat all intersections controlled by signal lights as 4-way stops until signals are back to
working order. Drive with caution.
We are on watch 24-hours a day for your safety.
This is your Hawai‘i County Civil Defense Agency.