Na’e lipooti ‘e he Potungāue ‘Ea Fakafonua (NWS) ‘i he pongipongi ni, ‘aho 29 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2024, na’e vaivai ‘a e ongo sisitemi matangi ko Gilma mo Hector ‘i he pō pē ‘e taha, pea ‘oku ‘ikai ha ngaahi uati pe fakatokanga ‘e ‘amanaki ke fakahoko.

Kaekehe, ko Gilma, ‘a ia na’e holo hifo ki he tu’unga fakatalopiki ‘i he pongipongi ni, ‘oku ne ‘omi ‘a e malava ke ‘uha lahi ‘i he efiafi ni ‘o a’u ki he Tokonaki – tautautefito ki he ngaahi vahenga matangi ‘o Maui mo e motu ko Hawai’i. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke ‘amanaki ke hoko ha tafea lahi, ka ‘oku malava ke hoko ha tafea fakalotofonua ‘i he ngaahi feitu’u ko ‘eni, ko e fakamatala ia ‘a e NWS.

Ko e matangi fakatalopiki ko Gilma, mo e matangi 'oku maile 'e 35 ki he houa, 'oku tu'u ia 'i he maile 'e 285 nai ki he hahake 'o Hilo pea 'oku ne nga'unu fakahihifo 'i he maile 'e 14 ki he houa 'o a'u ki he 'aho ni pea hoko atu ki ha afe ki he hihifo-tokelau hihifo 'i he Falaite.

‘Oku kei hokohoko atu pe ‘a e siofi ‘e he Potungaue Pule’i Fakavavevave ‘o Maui (MEMA) ‘a e ngaahi matangi pea fetu’utaki mo e NWS mo e kau ‘ofisa kehe kapau ‘e liliu ‘a e ngaahi tu’unga.

ʻOku fakafuofua ʻe hoko ʻa Gilma ko ha sisitemi hili ʻa e talopikí (ʻikai ha manamana) ofi ki he siteití ʻi he pō ní pea ʻoku ʻamanaki ke movete ofi ki Kauaʻi ʻi he Tokonakí.

Foki ki he hahake 'o e siteiti, toenga 'o e Hector dissipated 'i he po pea 'oku totonu ke 'omi 'a e mafana 'o e dew-point 'a e mafana, humidity ma'olunga ange mo ha fakalahi 'o e 'uha 'i he Tokonaki, 'o fakatatau ki he NWS. Ko e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻo e ʻuha maʻolungá te ne ʻai ke ongoʻi māfana ange ʻa e māfaná ʻi he angamahení.

ʻOku fakalotolahiʻi ʻe he MEMA ʻa e kakaí ke nau ʻiloʻi mo mateuteu ki he ngaahi matangi ʻe ala hokó ʻi he ʻosi ʻa e Faʻahitaʻu Afā ʻo Hauaiʻí ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho 30 ʻo Nōvemá.

“Ko e Afā Hone kimuí ni mai, pea ko e ngaahi sisitemi Gilma mo Hector he taimí ni, ko ha ngaahi fakamanatu mahuʻinga ia ke teuteu mo mateuteu ki he taimi ʻe hoko mai ai ha ngaahi afā,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule ʻo e MEMA ko ʻĒmosi Lonokailua-Hewett. “ʻOku ʻikai ke tau ʻi tuʻa mei he vaotaá ʻi he taimi ʻoku hoko mai ai ʻa e faʻahitaʻu ʻo e afā, pea ko e taimi ʻeni ke tau fakavavevave ʻaki hono tānaki ha meʻangāue fakavavevave, faʻu ha palani pea fetuʻutaki mo e fakamatala fakaʻofisialé.”

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 . Saini ki he ngaahi fakatokanga 'a e Potungaue Polisi 'a Maui ki he Tapuni 'o e Hala 'i he bit.ly/MauiRoadClosure .