NPR Story 1:11 pm Tue July 30, 2013  Tropical Depression Flossie
Hits Hawaii  Tom Evans, acting director of the Central Pacific
Hurricane Center, shows satellite images of Hurricane Flossie in
Honolulu on Monday, July 29, 2013. (Oskar Garcia/AP)  Originally
published on Tue July 30, 2013 2:44 pm  A storm called Flossie
has been forcing schools and government buildings to close
across Hawaii.  Governor Neil Abercrombie signed an emergency
proclamation on Sunday that gives him the power to use state
disaster funds and call up the National Guard if needed.
Flossie has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical
depression, and it continues to weaken. But high winds and heavy
rains have knocked out power to thousands of homes on several
islands, and there are worries about flooding.   Copyright 2014
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called Flossie has forced schools and government buildings to
close across Hawaii, but at least it did not, as first feared,
become the first h