Expect strong winds, rough waters on Sunday and Monday
A high-wind advisory has been issued for Sunday and Monday for Oahu, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe and Hawaii island.
The National Weather Service said winds will be from the northeast at 20 to 35 mph, with gusts of more than 50 mph.
The advisory will be in effect from 6 a.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday.
On Oahu, the strongest winds will affect the Koolau and Waianae mountain ridges and areas just leeward of them.
In Maui County, the strongest winds will be on Lanai, over Kahoolawe, over the West Maui mountains and in the central valley.
On Hawaii island, the strongest winds will be in the leeward Kohala area, the Waimea-Kawaihae corridor, the western saddle area, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and South Point.
A wind advisory means sustained winds of at least 30 mph or gusts of at least 50 mph are expected.
"Motorists should use extra caution," the weather service said.
Meanwhile, a small craft advisory remains in effect for Hawaii waters until 6 p.m. Monday.
Winds of 35 mph could increase to gale strength (39 mph) by late Sunday in waters south of the Big Island, in Maui’s Maalaea Bay and the Alenuihaha (Big Isle-Maui) and Pailolo (Molokai-Maui) channels, the weather service said. The channels will have rough seas of 8 to 14 feet.
Visitation at prisons on Oahu and Big Island canceled again
Ongoing staffing shortages within the state Department of Public Safety again prevented friends and family from visiting with inmates at correctional facilities on Oahu and the Big Island on Saturday.
Early Saturday morning, DPS announced via social media that visitation for Halawa Correctional Facility and Oahu Community Correctional Center was canceled for the day.
Visitation was also canceled for the Punahele, Komohana and Waianuenue units of Hale Nani Correctional Center of the Big Island. Canceled visits were rescheduled for Sunday, according to the department.
Guards have persistently been calling in sick on weekends, which leads to canceled family visits and increased overtime costs.
Man’s body found in valley after hiker reported missing
A man’s body was found Thursday afternoon at Kalalau Valley, Kauai officials said.
His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Kauai firefighters were notified of a missing hiker around noon.
A friend of the missing person told firefighters that the two of them set out to hike into the valley from the beach, where they had been camping. He said the terrain became very dangerous and he turned back, but his friend continued hiking and had not returned to the beach as of Thursday morning.
Rescue crews conducted an aerial search and located a man’s body deep in the valley around 1:30 p.m.
Police are not suspecting foul play at this time.
An autopsy has been ordered for early this week.
Kilauea Volcano’s current flow show is viewable from above
Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt in two areas, but the action can only be seen from the air, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Saturday.
On the eastern flank, the latest flow, Kahaualea 2, retreated from its front end, which burned dense forest northeast of Puu Oo Crater. On Friday, the flow’s farthest activity was about a half-mile behind the front reached on April 9.
The flow has been erratic over the past few months and hasn’t moved more than a mile since first stalling in November, the observatory said. It began in May.
At the summit, gas emissions remained high with bits of lava called Pele’s hair being spit up from the lava lake inside Halemaumau Crater.
The Kahaualea 2 flow is not threatening any residential areas. But the observatory warned that near-vent areas could erupt or collapse without warning.
