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A flash flood warning was issued for Maui, Molokai and Lanai amid heavy rainfall, even as evacuation orders were canceled on Oahu.
Marck Aphay’s Otake Camp home of more than 12 years now sits in ruins, smashed into the Waialua Bridge about 400 yards from where it once stood, after this week’s flood tore the duplex from the ground.
“They came in on surfboards and we paddled out through our neighborhood. It was like the Twilight Zone.”
Floodwaters lifted homes and cars, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and 5,500 people were under evacuation orders as a 120-year-old dam threatened to fail.
Dozens packed the Waialua Elementary cafeteria Tuesday night, where a neighborhood board meeting quickly turned tense as frustrations over recent flooding boiled over.
As excavators lifted waterlogged furniture from gutted homes and volunteers shoveled thick mud under a blazing sun, residents of Otake Camp were left to pick up the pieces after devastating flooding from the second Kona-low storm — many without clear answers from property owners or government agencies.
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Red Cross of Southern Nevada volunteers deploy to Hawaii to aid flood victims
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Several American Red Cross of Southern Nevada volunteers headed to Honolulu, Hawaii, to support communities devastated after historic flooding hit the island. Over the past few days,
Troops have helped rescue more than 200 people as large parts of Oahu remain drenched from flash floods in recent days.