(BIVN) – Water distribution is set to begin at 3 p.m. today (Monday, August 17) at various locations across Hawaiʻi Island for residents impacted by Hurricane Lala.
The water will be available while supplies last at the following Points of Distribution. The locations are all in Puna and Kaʻū, districts hit hard by the storm.
- Keaʻau — HPP Community Association
15-1570 Makuʻu Dr., Keaʻau - Pāhoa — Billy Kenoi Park, Softball Concessions
- Kurtistown — Hawaiian Acres
16-1325 Moho Rd. Kurtistown - Mountain View — Fern Acres
11-3606 Lehua St. Mountain View - Mountain View — Fern Forest
11-2864 Ala Kapena Dr. Mountain View - Volcano — Cooper Center
19-4030 Wright Rd. Volcano - Pāhala — Pāhala Community Center
96 Kamani St. #1149 Pāhala - Nāʻālehu — Nāʻālehu Hongwanji
95-5695 Hawaiʻi Belt Rd. Nāʻālehu - Ocean View — Hope-Diamond Ministries
92-8988 Ginger Blossom Ln. Ocean View
“Community members are asked to share this information with ʻohana, friends, neighbors, and anyone who may need access to water,” stated the non-profit Vibrant Hawaiʻi. “This effort is being coordinated with support from the Vibrant Hawaiʻi Resilience Hubs, County of Hawaiʻi, KTA Super Stores, The Food Basket, The Salvation Army, HAKA, HPM Hawaiʻi, Conens Trucking, Meadow Gold Dairy, Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, World Central Kitchen, Ed Olson Trust, Hāmākua Macadamia Nut Co., and other community partners.”
