Workers dispose of a palm tree felled by storm winds on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Feb. 9, 2026. (Wyatt Olson/Stars and Stripes)
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Army Garrison Hawaii canceled nonessential activities on installations for Monday as a stalled cold front over the state brought damaging winds and flooding over the weekend.
Storm damage left parts of Fort Shafter in Honolulu without power during the weekend. As of Monday morning, Hawaii Electric Co. was working to restore power for impacted homes, the garrison said.
All base schools were closed Monday, and nonessential Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities were canceled, the garrison said in a Facebook post Sunday.
Limited services were available at child care centers on installations.
Trash collection for Army housing was suspended until Tuesday.
Still operating were the commissary on Schofield Barracks and post exchanges on Schofield and Fort Shafter.
Also remaining open was Tripler Army Medical Center and the Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic.
Fitness centers were open to registered users only.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, home of U.S. Pacific Fleet, maintained normal operations, base spokesman Chuck Anthony said by phone Monday.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green announced Sunday that all state offices and public schools would be closed Monday.
Also closed were the University of Hawaii campuses, Hawaii State Legislature and the Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
Green said Monday that state operations would largely begin again on Tuesday.
The slow-moving system over Hawaii, called a February Front, has stalled because of a strong cold front from the northwest, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm has brought wind gusts up to 65 mph and periods of heavy rain that have caused flooding and mudslides, particularly on Maui and Hawaii Island. Temperatures over the weekend barely edged past 70 degrees on Oahu.
The summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island were under a winter storm warning Monday, with 10 to 16 inches of snow expected from the storm, according to the National Weather Service.
