Power is slowly coming back across Hawaii Island after storm damage, good news for Ka'u residents who have been in the dark.

• The number of customers still without electricity has dropped from about 1,400 earlier in the day to 600.
• Ka'u Hospital is back on after a key power line serving the district was fixed.
• Pahala also has electricity again.
• Crews are swapping aluminum wire for copper to make the storm-damaged lines tougher.

Outlook: The remaining outages should keep shrinking as repairs continue, though the wire upgrades will take longer.