Power is slowly coming back across Hawaii after storm damage, and free cleanup help is now available on Hawaii Island — good news for residents, though tens of thousands are still in the dark.

• An islandwide junk removal crew is clearing fallen trees, branches, and storm debris for free in the Puna and Hilo districts, excavator included.
• Hawaiian Electric crews are working around the clock, but Kauai and Hawaii Island still have the biggest outages, with Oahu and Maui smaller.
• Oahu's water pumps are affected too, so several areas are asked to conserve, and four hydrants are open for people to fill containers.
• Downed power lines should be treated as live, and dark traffic lights are four-way stops — police are ticketing drivers who blow through them.
• Storm-displaced native seabirds should be boxed gently in a ventilated container and reported to the Hawaii Wildlife Center, not fed or given water.

Outlook: Repairs should keep chipping away at the outage numbers over the next few days, with the hardest-hit rural areas on Hawaii Island and Kauai last to come back.