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HECO: 6,000 still out of power after downed trees trigger outage in Windward Oahu

Hawaii News Now · last updated

KANEOHE (HawaiiNewsNow) — Hawaiian Electric is responding after fallen trees damaged lines, cutting power to more than 13,000 customers in Windward Oahu.

As of 3:50 p.m., outages stretched from Kaneohe to Laie.

View the Oahu Outage Map on HECO’s website here.

Impacted areas include Kaneohe, Aiea Heights, Halawa, Hauula, Kaawa, Kahaluu, Kaneohe, Laie, Pearl City, Punaluu, Temple Valley, and Windward Mall.

HECO did not provide an estimated restoration time.

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