Closer to home, Hawaii is facing its worst flooding in more than two decades. Officials issued blunt “LEAVE NOW” evacuation warnings to residents of hard-hit areas on Oahu and Maui on Saturday, as heavy rains pummeled soil already saturated from a winter storm the previous week.
Muddy floodwaters engulfed vast stretches of Oahu’s North Shore — a community famed for its big-wave surfing — lifting homes and cars. Authorities ordered evacuations for 5,500 people north of Honolulu and cautioned that a 120-year-old dam could fail. Still more rain is expected over the weekend, heightening the danger.
