Hawaii’s Mauna Kea was left dusted in snow after the first winter storm of the year hit the island on Monday 5.Footage filmed by Derek Petrowski shows him checking out the fresh snowfall on the dormant volcano.

Update at 7:46 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: A winter storm warning is now in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 6) for the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, above 11,000 feet, as deep moisture being drawn up from the south ahead of a developing cold-core kona low is expected to produce periods of heavy snow and ice atop the Big Island volcanoes.

A bull terrier sports a yellow raincoat on Sunday, during a pause in the rain, in Makiki. Heavy rain, strong winds and high surf are continuing across Hawaii today, with flooding possible statewide and snow and ice still covering Hawaii island summits, according to the National Weather Service.

Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide Monday after two bodies were discovered in a Waikiki condominium.

Rain will continue through today, likely a good portion of Tuesday (Jan. 6) — at times becoming torrential — and possibly even into Wednesday (Jan. 7) as what forecasters at the National Weather Service Honolulu office started off calling a cold-core cyclone moves west of the islands by midweek, beginning to weaken later today and into Wednesday.

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