• Hawaiian Electric is repairing outage damage on Hawaii Island tied to an earthquake and a separate motor vehicle accident in Keauhou, leaving about 90 customers without power as crews work to complete repairs.
• A Public Safety Power Shutoff watch remained in effect for parts of Hawaii Island and Maui due to elevated wildfire risk, with outages possible within 24 hours and potentially lasting from several hours to days.
• The utility reiterated safety warnings on downed power lines, advising the public to treat them as energized and stay at least 30 feet away.

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