‘Oku fale’i atu ‘a e kakai ‘o e vahefonua Maui ke nau teuteu mo mo siofi ‘a e ngaahi fakalakalaka ‘i he ofi mai ‘a e Matangi Fakatalopiki ko Hone ki he siteiti, pea ‘oku fakafuofua ‘e he Potungaue ‘Ea Fakafonua (NWS) ‘e malava ke ‘uha lahi, matangi fefakatau’aki malohi mo e ngaahi ngalu lahi ‘o kamata ‘i he Tokonaki. ‘Oku ‘amanaki ke sio ‘a East Maui ki he konga lahi ‘o e ngaahi uesia ‘e ala hoko.

Kuo sivi'i mo fakama'a 'e he kau ngaue 'a e Vahefonua Maui 'a e ngaahi 'aofi 'oku 'ilo'i 'oku hoko ai 'a e tafea. ‘E fakahoko ‘a e ngaahi me’angaue ki hono fakasi’isi’i ‘o e tafea ‘i he ngaahi feitu’u ‘i he Vahefonua Maui ‘e ala uesia ‘e he matangi. ʻOku teuteuʻi ʻe he kau ngāue ʻi he motu takitaha ʻi he Vahefonua Mauí honau vahefonuá, ʻo fakatatau ki he kau ʻōfisa ʻo e Ngaahi Ngāue Fakapuleʻanga ʻo e vahefonuá.

ʻOku kei ʻi ha tuʻunga tuʻumaʻu ʻa e Senitā Ngāue Fakavavevave ʻa e Vahefonua Mauí pea ʻe hiki ia ki ha fakaʻaongaʻi fakakonga pe kakato ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi lipooti ʻa e NWS.

ʻI he taimi 5 pongipongi Falaite, ʻAokosi 23, naʻe lipooti ʻe he NWS ʻoku tuʻu ʻa Hone ʻi ha maile ʻe 600 nai ki he hahake-tonga hahake ʻo Hilo pea ʻoku ngaʻunu fakahihifo ʻi he maile ʻe 16 he houa. Kapau ʻe hoko atu ʻi he hala ko ʻení, naʻe ʻamanaki ke fakalaka atu ʻa Hone ʻi he fakatonga ʻo e Motu Hauaiʻí pe ofi ki ai ʻi he efiafi Tokonakí ʻo aʻu ki he pongipongi Sāpaté.

Na'e fakafuofua 'e he NWS ko e East Maui 'a e feitu'u 'e uesia lahi taha ai 'a Maui, kamata 'i he ho'ata Tokonaki. Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻo Maui (MEMA) ki he kakai ʻo e koló, kau ai ʻa e kau fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻa lahi ʻi he fakaʻosinga ʻo e uiké, fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi uesia ʻe ala hoko ʻi he matangí.

‘I he Falaité, na‘e tuku mai ai ‘e he NWS ha Fakatokanga ki he Matangi Fakatalopiki mo e Fakatokanga ‘o e Tāfeá ki he Motu Hauai‘í ‘o kamata mei he ho‘atā Tokonakí ‘o a‘u ki he efiafi Mōnité. Neongo 'oku te'eki ke tuku mai 'e he NWS ha ngaahi uati pe fakatokanga ki he Vahefonua Maui, ka 'oku lolotonga fai 'e he Vahefonua Maui ha ngaahi me'a ke teuteu ki he matangi.

‘Oku fakalotolahi’i atu ‘a e kakai ke nau kei ‘ilo’i ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala ‘o fakafou ‘i he ngaahi ma’u’anga fakamatala ‘oku ala falala ki ai ‘o hange ko e NWS, Potungaue Pule’i Fakavavevave ‘a Hawai’i mo e Potungaue Pule’i Fakavavevave ‘a Maui. Saini ki he ngaahi fakatokanga 'a e Potungaue Polisi 'a Maui ki he Tapuni 'o e Hala 'i he bit.ly/MauiRoadClosure .

‘Oku toe faka’ai’ai atu foki ‘a e kakai ke nau fai ‘a e ngaahi me’a ‘oku fiema’u ke nau mateuteu ai, ‘o kau ai ‘a e:

• Topping off 'a e ngaahi tangike lolo 'o e me'alele fakafo'ituitui;
• Fakapapau'i 'oku ke ma'u mo ho famili 'aho 'e 14 'o e me'akai mo e vai;
• Fakamalu’i pe ‘omi ki loto fale ha ngaahi me’a pe ngaahi me’a ‘oku vetevete;
• Ko hono maʻu ha palani ke fetukutuku koe mo ho fāmilí;
• Fakapapau'i 'oku charge ho'o telefoni to'oto'o;
• Ko hono ma‘u ha tokonaki ‘aho ‘e 14 ‘o e faito‘o ‘oku fiema‘ú; mo e
• Ko hono maʻu ha kato fakavavevave ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga.
  
  

Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange fekauʻaki mo e mateuteu ki he ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻupakē pea ke fakamoʻoni hingoa ki he ngaahi fakatokanga mei he MEMA, ʻaʻahi ki he https://www.mauicounty.gov/MEMA .