{"id":83661,"date":"2018-08-25T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=83661"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:16:08","slug":"august-25-11-am-tropical-storm-lane-slows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/25\/august-25-11-am-tropical-storm-lane-slows\/","title":{"rendered":"August 25, 11 a.m. Tropical Storm Lane slows, flooding threat remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_83629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83629\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/manoa-hurl-hurricane-lane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/manoa-hurl-hurricane-lane.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/manoa-hurl-hurricane-lane-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hurricane Lane image courtesy of <abbr title=\"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\">NOAA<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Weather Service reports that Tropical Storm Lane has weakened significantly, however, it is important to remain prepared. Rain bands will likely bring more flooding and possibly damaging winds to the islands.<\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will continue to monitor Lane. Currently, only the <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/powerful-hurricane-lane-moving-closer-to-the-hawaiian-islands\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine in <span aria-label=\"Kaka ako\">Kaka&#699;ako<\/span> will reopen on Saturday<\/a>. The rest of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses and offices on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, Maui, <span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L\u0101na&#699;i<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span>, <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> are closed through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The First Hawaiian Bank Volleyball Challenge at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo continues through Sunday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wahine Volleyball 2 p.m. update<\/strong>: The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will hold a <strong>closed<\/strong> match Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center against Kansas State. The team will then play another match that will be open to the public on Sunday at 2 p.m. <a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/PEf\">Find ticket information<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All campuses are assessing conditions today, and students will be notified of any exceptions to regularly scheduled classes by noon tomorrow. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> employees should anticipate returning on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>For those students in our residence halls, you will receive more specific communications and instructions from your respective student housing office. However, please do not hesitate to contact them with any questions or concerns at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa: <a href=\"mailto:vcs@hawaii.edu\">vcs@hawaii.edu<\/a>; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo (808) 932-7403. More emergency information regarding student housing at <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/student-emergency-faqs\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/faq.php\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> is also available online.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prh.noaa.gov\/cphc\/\">National Weather Service<\/a>, other official agencies and local media for the latest weather news.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/hurricane-lane\/\">More on Hurricane Lane on <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All members of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community are urged to sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/alert\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Alert<\/a> to receive emergency text alerts. If you have already signed up, log in to ensure that your contact information is up-to-date: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/alert\">www.hawaii.edu\/alert\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Notifications affecting <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/\">Emergency Information<\/a> webpage, as well as on social media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> emergency information website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofhawaii\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHawaiiNews\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please stay informed and updated:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Emergency Management Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prh.noaa.gov\/hnl\/\">National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disasteralert.pdc.org\/disasteralert\/\">The Pacific Disaster Center&#8217;s Disaster Alert app<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All campuses are assessing conditions today, and students will be notified of any exceptions to regularly scheduled classes by noon tomorrow. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> employees should anticipate returning on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[61,62,577,1317,63,64,65,435,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-83661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-hurricane","tag-hurricane-lane","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-palamanui","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83661"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83672,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83661\/revisions\/83672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}