Highway 19 near Honomu has reopened
UPDATE: Highway 19 is now open.
Previously:
The Hawaii Police Department is asking the public to avoid Highway 19 near the 13-mile marker due to a landslide.
The landslide near the Hilo side of the Honomu intersection has closed Highway 19 and will require a detour of traffic for the next three hours.
There also is a tree across Old Mamalahoa Highway in the area of Church Gulch, so there is no other alternate detour beside Daniel K. Inouye Highway for the time being, according to HPD.
