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HONOLULU: Hawaii authorities moved into storm preparations on Monday after Governor Josh Green declared a state of emergency and the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for parts of the island chain ahead of a powerful Kona storm expected to bring heavy rain, flooding, thunderstorms and damaging winds this week. The emergency proclamation covers the entire state and is intended to speed coordination across agencies as conditions begin to deteriorate from west to east. The National Weather Service said the first impacts were expected to reach Niihau and Kauai on Tuesday, then spread to Oahu by Tuesday evening and Maui County on Wednesday.…

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