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Hawaii is still recovering after back-to-back kona low storms that brought widespread flooding, damaging winds and power outages. As cleanup efforts continue following the storms, some residents on Oahu’s hard-hit North Shore are urging visitors to avoid the area,
Oahu, Hawaii's most populous island, and Maui, were hit hardest by the storms. No deaths have been reported, Molly Pierce, a spokesperson for Oahu’s department of emergency management, said Sunday afternoon.
HONOLULU (CN) — Two back-to-back Kona low storms have left Hawaii reeling from what Governor Josh Green is calling the state’s worst flooding in more than 20 years.
A handwritten “SOS” message in the sand helped save two stranded Hawaii visitors as flash floods swept across Oahu, where Coast Guard and Navy crews also rescued five people and a dog from a rooftop.
Hundreds of people were rescued as severe flooding batters Hawaii’s Oahu island, prompting evacuation orders near a dam officials feared could overtop as water levels rose.
The Molokai radar, which serves Oahu and most of Maui County, was down during back-to-back Kona lows that dumped heavy rain across the islands over several weeks.