Big Island residents over the weekend braced for rain that could’ve caused a second dose of Hurricane Lala-type destruction from flooding but were spared any major damage when Hurricane Nolo took a hard turn to the west.

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Nolo came to within 150 miles of Ka Lae, also known as South Point, before turning sharply on Saturday.

“There were some impacts with some flooding and Highway 11 closed, but compared to what it could have been if the storm had been closer or if there were a direct impact, conditions were much milder than it could’ve been,” said Matt Foster, a National Weather Service forecaster in Honolulu, said Monday.

While Ka‘u experienced flooding that closed Highway 11 in spots, official rain gauges in the district recorded relatively modest rainfall totals for the four-day period ending at 8 a.m. Monday.

Lower Kahuku received 7.98 inches, while Ka Lae recorded 3.37 inches and Pahala had 2.89 inches.

In East Hawaii, Laupahoehoe — which reported 43.54 inches of rain from Hurricane Lala — received 17.65 inches from Nolo, while Glenwood received 14.77 inches, Piihonua measured 14.76 inches, and Hilo International Airport tallied 4.22 inches.

In West Hawaii, wind from Nolo was more a factor than rain, with Honaunau receiving just 0.76 inches, and Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole reported but a trace of rain on its tarmac.

A wind gauge in North Kohala, however, reported a gust of 69 mph at 10:40 a.m. Friday, while Kohala Ranch reported 60 mph winds at 1:35 a.m. Sunday. The winds necessitated the closure of Kohala Mountain Road, Highway 270, for much of the weekend.

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Mayor Kimo Alameda, in a YouTube update posted Saturday night, noted what he called “significant flooding” with road closures in Ka‘u, some minor flooding on the makai crossing in Kapehu Homestead in Hamakua, and a large tree falling and blocking Old Mamalahoa Highway in Ookala. The mayor described the latter as “not a major concern” and thanked responders for their work during the storm.

Hawaiian Electric Co. on Saturday reported 600-plus power outages on Hawaii Island in areas including Ka‘u, Puna, Hamakua and North Kohala, but all had been restored by Monday.

The Department of Water Supply also issued two essential-use-only notices due to power outages caused by Nolo — one for the South Point service area, which includes Wai‘ohinu, Na‘alehu and Discovery Harbor, and another, since cancelled, for Lalamilo in South Kohala.

It’s been an unusually busy hurricane season, spurred by what’s being referred to as a “super El Nino” in national media accounts — and there are other storms still active in the Eastern Pacific, well away from the islands.

The closest to Hawaii, called “Disturbance 1” by forecasters, is a low-pressure front producing showers and thunderstorms well east-southeast of the islands. It’s expected to develop into a tropical depression today, if it hasn’t already.

Asked if Disturbance 1 is a threat, Foster replied, “The short answer is no.”

“It’s essentially going northeast, so it’s not coming in our direction,” he said.

There also are Hurricane Polo and Tropical Storm Rachel, both presenting a direct threat to the west coast of Mexico, but neither appear headed toward Hawaii in the foreseeable future.

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