• Hawaiian Electric monitored elevated wildfire risk from persistent winds, raising the likelihood of Public Safety Power Shutoffs on Maui, Hawaii Island.
• Potential outages could last several hours to days in higher-risk areas including West Maui, Kawaihae, Waikoloa.
• About 4,500 customers in West Maui lost power when wind-blown metal roofing struck power lines; restoration work continued.
• Service was restored to remaining South Kona customers hit by an earthquake-related outage; Keauhou outages from a vehicle-damaged pole were also restored.

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