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Hawaii under emergency, Lowell impacts Monday
September 7, 2026
Hawaii has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Lowell, with the first impacts on the island chain expected as soon as Monday.
Lowell is a Pacific hurricane approaching the Hawaiian island chain, where a governor's emergency declaration frees state resources and preparation ahead of a storm's arrival.
Key facts
- With Hurricane Lowell closing on the islands, Hawaii has placed itself under a state of emergency, and officials expect the storm's earliest effects to arrive by Monday, according to The Guardian.
NBC News reports that Governor Green said in a statement Friday, “We are taking Hurricane Lowell extremely seriously and preparing now, before conditions deteriorate,” and The Guardian carries the same account. The Guardian reports the state of emergency declaration, with the storm bearing down on the islands and the first impacts due as soon as Monday. NBC News carries that declaration as well. On the central facts, the two accounts line up.
The forecast detail comes through NBC News, which attributes to the National Hurricane Center the prospect that Lowell stays a major hurricane, the category defined by sustained winds of 111 mph or greater, along with mudslides, up to 10 inches of rain in Kauai, and life-threatening waves for parts of the island chain. The Guardian corroborates that material. Neither account splits from the other on a figure, a quote, or a framing, and the wording differences between them are house style rather than substance.
What is settled is the emergency declaration, the governor's stated posture, and the hazards the National Hurricane Center describes for Kauai and the wider chain. What is not settled is the storm's behavior once it arrives.
“We are taking Hurricane Lowell extremely seriously and preparing now, before conditions deteriorate,” Green said.
Still developing
The National Hurricane Center carries the same way in every account, and nothing in the record as of the draft cuts against it.
How settled the reporting is
Sources
- NBC News — Hurricane Lowell menaces Hawaiian Islands with life-threatening surf
- The Guardian — Hawaii declares state of emergency as Hurricane Lowell approaches islands