{"id":83649,"date":"2018-08-24T11:27:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T21:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=83649"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:13:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:13:59","slug":"august-24-lane-downgraded-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/24\/august-24-lane-downgraded-update\/","title":{"rendered":"August 24, 6:10 p.m. Hurricane Lane downgraded to tropical storm"},"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 has downgraded Hurricane Lane to a tropical storm. While the storm has weakened significantly, it is important to remain prepared and not be lulled into a false sense of safety. Rain bands will likely bring more flooding and damaging winds to the islands.<\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> will continue to monitor Hurricane Lane. Currently, all <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses and offices on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/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. The First Hawaiian Bank Volleyball Challenge at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo resumed action today (Friday) after being postponed on Thursday. Play will continue through Sunday. A decision on <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletic events scheduled for Sunday will be made later depending upon weather conditions and facility availability.<\/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>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa: <a href=\"mailto:vcs@hawaii.edu\">vcs@hawaii.edu<\/a>; <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo (808) 932-7403. More emergency information regarding student housing at <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/student-emergency-faqs\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/emergency\/faq.php\"><abbr>东精影业<\/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<p>As Tropical Storm Lane progresses, each campus will make decisions on whether to reopen classes and activities depending on local conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/hurricane-lane\/\">More on Hurricane Lane on <em><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All members of the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> community are urged to sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/alert\"><abbr>东精影业<\/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>东精影业<\/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>东精影业<\/abbr> emergency information website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/universityofhawaii\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHawaiiNews\"><abbr>东精影业<\/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\">Hawai&#699;i<\/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>Hurricane Lane has been downgraded to a tropical storm. All <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campus closures continue until further notice. <\/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-83649","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\/83649","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=83649"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83659,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83649\/revisions\/83659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}