The hurricane is passing near the western region of Hawaii, bringing strong winds, intense rains, and giant waves. The National Hurricane Center reported that tens of thousands of homes and businesses lost electricity due to the hurricane's passage.
The Category 2 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 177 km/h, just below the 178 km/h that would classify it as a Category 3 hurricane. According to the last bulletin, at 11 PM on Monday, local time, Lowell was 145 kilometers west of Lihue, the county seat of Kauai, which includes the islands of Kauai and Niihau, and was moving north-northeast at 29 km/h.
Hurricane-force winds extended up to 110 kilometers from Lowell's center. The hurricane had the potential to dump up to 60 centimeters of rain in parts of the archipelago, as well as produce dangerous rip currents and even some tornadoes.
A hurricane warning was issued for Kauai County and a storm warning for other areas of the Hawaiian archipelago.
