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NCL's Hawaii ship reorders port calls to avoid Olivia

FILE PHOTO: Norwegian Cruise Line
Pride of America shuffled several port calls to avoid the worst weather
Through Hurricane Olivia in the Pacific has weakened into a tropical storm, forecasters at the Central Pacific Hurricane Center are warning that it could still bring 'significantly worse impacts than recent Hurricane Lane. Those impacts could include intense flooding, rainfall, damaging winds and large and dangerous surf.'

Winds are currently 65 mph/105 km/h, and shower bands are spreading across the main Hawaiian Islands.

Kauai today and the Big Island later

Norwegian Cruise Line's Honolulu-based Pride of America has changed the order of port calls on its current cruise to avoid the worst of the weather.

The ship is visiting Nawiliwili, Kauai, today, and added a sea day on Wednesday, while its calls at Hilo and Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii were put back to Thursday and Friday.

Pride of America is still expected to turn around Sept. 15 in Honolulu, as scheduled.