Clouds and showers to remain over 2 isles
A slowing cold front is expected to keep clouds and showers lingering over Kauai and Oahu through the middle of the week, when tradewinds are expected to return, the National Weather Service reported.
Light southeast winds and areas of vog are also expected to persist over the next two or three days. The weather service said windward rainfall could increase by the weekend as a disturbance aloft develops near the islands.
On Sunday, haze and occasional showers persisted over Kauai and Oahu. On Kauai the Hanapepe transfer station remained closed to green waste and scrap metal deliveries due to muddy conditions caused by heavy rain Saturday.
Forecasters predict variable cloudiness with scattered showers on Oahu today. Other areas of the state will experience partly cloudy conditions with isolated showers. Temperatures are expected to reach 80 to 85 degrees, with lows between 67 and 72 degrees.
The summit areas of Hawaii island remain under a high-wind warning through 6 a.m. today, with westerly winds of 35 to 45 mph and gusts exceeding 60 mph.
Legislators call for GMO food labeling
A resolution in the Hawaii House of Representatives is asking for federal labeling of genetically modified food.
The resolution, introduced by Kauai Rep. Derek Kawakami, was unanimously approved Friday. It asks Congress to support legislation requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration to come up with a nationwide system for monitoring and labeling of genetically engineered food.
Across the country, various states are considering food labeling requirements for genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. A bill to label GMO food in Hawaii failed earlier this session.
The resolution states that transparency and accuracy regarding the genetic and nutritional composition of food is a right that should be protected by law. Kawakami says it makes sense to address the issue on a national level.
Fall into pond kills Maui man
Maui Fire Department personnel recovered the body of a 52-year-old Maui man who apparently drowned after slipping and falling into a pond at Seven Sacred Pools in Kipahulu on Sunday morning.
The man reportedly fell 12 feet into the pond and failed to surface. A MFD crew used snorkel gear to locate the victim in about 30 feet of water. He had been submerged for more than an hour.
The body was airlifted from the pond to a landing zone on the south side of the stream.
Boy requires CPR at ocean’s edge
A 6-year-old Maui boy was in critical condition Sunday afternoon after he was pulled unconscious from the ocean off Stable Road, north of Kahului Airport.
Maui Fire Department personnel responding to a 2:02 p.m. call located the child at the water’s edge and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived to transport him to Maui Memorial Center.
No other details were immediately available.
Driver injured in Kauai crash
A Kauai man was arrested after a single-car crash on Kuamoo Road on Saturday afternoon.
At about 12:30 p.m. the Kapaa man, 54, crashed his pickup truck into a utility support pole and wires while heading up Kuamoo Road near mile marker 2.
He was transported by medics to Wilcox Hospital with minor injuries and later arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
He had no passengers in his vehicle at the time of the incident.
A lane of traffic was opened in alternating directions for roughly 45 minutes while officers conducted an investigation.
