Hawaii is under a state of emergency after a powerful Kona storm brought heavy rain, wind gusts over 100 mph, widespread power outages and heavy snow to the highest summits. Outages jumped early Saturday,

Some of the most active weather in the U.S. during mid-March was in Hawaii. Find out exactly what happened here.

Hawaii is under a state of emergency after a powerful Kona storm brought heavy rain, wind gusts over 100 mph, widespread power outages and heavy snow.

Hawaii saw multiple rain records fall after a slow-moving kona storm dropped major precipitation across the different islands.

A powerful kona low spinning northwest of Hawaii is expected to dump heavy snow on the Big Island’s tallest peaks, with forecasters warning that whiteout conditions could make travel “very difficult to impossible” from Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon.

As the kona low exits to the north of the Hawaiian Islands, remnant bands of moderate showers continue over Leeward Big Island and Maui while conditions improve elsewhere. Toward the latter end of the week,

Many schools will be closed Friday due to the storm, including O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Maui County public schools, and Hawaii State Department of Education offices.

A powerful kona storm remains northwest of the state producing periods of hazardous weather impacts across the Hawaiian Islands through the rest of the weekend. Expect a combination of threats ranging from significant flash flooding,

A severe weather front has dumped heavy snow on the Upper Midwest, caused thunderstorms in the South and threatens Mid-Atlantic states with rain and possible tornadoes.

Heavy rain, thunderstorms and potentially damaging winds are expected.