Voted many times as the best travel and tourism island in the world, the mayor of this island, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, is urging the island’s residents and 55,405 visitors in Maui County, Hawaii to stay indoors in hotels, shelters, and homes after 9 p.m. tonight Thursday.
Strong winds from Hurricane Iselle are expected to hit the Valley Isle.
“Civil Defense has recommended that no one except for emergency personnel be out on the road past 9 p.m.,” Arakawa said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. “This is very important because we are expecting damaging tropical storm force winds of up to 60 mph as well as potentially life-threatening flash floods and rock and mud slides.
… Get inside and stay alive.”