Update at 10 p.m.
By 9:30 p.m., power was restored to the majority of customers on Oahu and some locations on the island of Hawaii.
Information on the cause of the flooding was not immediately available, but wind advice was in effect in most parts of the state until 6 a.m. Sunday.
Customers in West Maui and areas without electricity should prepare for an overnight outage. Maui electric crew are responding to the departure of three transmission lines due to more wind.
8:30 pm
Hawaiian Electric reports that 860 customers in the Kahuku area are without power, and are on their way to respond first.
The utility tells customers in West Maui to prepare for a potential outage that spreads through the night.
A Hawaiian Electric spokesman said it was not clear what caused the statewide outcry.
Pre-coverage
As many as 19,800 people lost power in the Manoa, Waikiki, MC Kulli, Kahla and Diamond Head areas, Hawaiian Electric reported tonight.
The utility said customers lost power at 6:40 p.m. The crew is on scene and power is being restored to customers in the waves. Some Manoa residents were rehabilitated by 8 p.m.
Hawaiian Electric reported a power outage in the western Maui area, about two hours earlier, and another in Lanai, around 3 p.m., although electricity has since been stored.
Pockets have also moved into the Olinda and Pihoholo areas and the halau place of haiku. Since the crew is on the repair line that outage can go overnight.
Next, just after 4:40 p.m., Hawaiian Electric reported three areas on the island of Hawaii where customers lost power: about 1,250 from Honomu Town to Ookla Town; About 1,750 from Papaikau to Kalopa Mouka and Maize areas; And more than 2,850 in the lower Kohla Ranch area from the city of Waimaiya to Pukapu Ferlos.
Crew is assessing three transmission lines damaged by wind in western Maui.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.
Hawaiian Electric reminds people to stay 30 feet away from the down power line.
