Whiteout warning for Hawaii's peaks as storm dumps heavy snow on volcanoesUSA TODAY Sixty centimetres of snow has already fallen on Hawaii's mountain peaks, with more forecast. Another 30cm of snow could fall on Monday (NZT) on Hawaii's highest mountain peaks, on top of the 60cm already dumped there since Friday. The summits of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island are set to remain under a winter whiteout throughout Monday, America's national weather service says. "Heavier downpours and thunderstorms could cause streams to quickly overflow their banks, leading to flash flooding," the weather service said. Snow on Hawaii's mountain peaks is not uncommon in the colder months because they are nearly 4300m high.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 19:22 UTC