What caused Maui’s widespread power outage on Tuesday, August 23?

Maui’s residents and visitors were tormented by an island-wide power outage on Tuesday, August 23. Here’s what caused the shutdown.

The outage First reported at 2:45 AMIt impacted up to 65,000 people on the island. It also affected traffic signals in 35 Maui County, as well as households, stores, and other services.

Hawaii’s education department announced multiple school closuresDue to the outage.

What caused Maui’s widespread power outage?

Hawaiian Electric spokesperson, Shayna Decker, revealed that a “high-voltage short circuit occurred at a substation in Mā‘alaea, which triggered generating units to trip offline,” as reported by Maui Now.

Decker further described it as “a highly unusual event” and advised residents to keep their fridge doors closed and unplug the devices to ensure they don’If the power suddenly went off, it won’t cause a collapse.

A lightning storm caused the last large outage on Maui. In 2017, the island was hit hard.

Most of Maui has power restored

Although 65,000 customers were affected by the outage, most Maui households and businesses were able to get power back on their own. By 10:15 a.m.

People still experiencing an outage can reset their main power boards in-house or contact Hawaiian Electric Maui County at 808-871-7777.

The 14 Maui schools that were closed announced they would not reopen on August 23rd. However, other campuses continued to operate as normal. Institutions that had been closed will reopen now that power is restored.

Residents respond to widespread outage

After the power cut, many residents and visitors to the island used Twitter to communicate with one another.

“Islandwide power outage for Maui “urges”After the first two hours, I need to remind myself that food is not an option. Must not open the fridge,” One Twitter user wrote.

“The last thing we need rn in Maui is a power outage. This heat ain’t it,” Another person complained.

“The whole island of Maui awake at 4 am and on social media cause no power,” Another Twitter user made a joke.

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