Overview
- Crews on Oahu evaluated damage Tuesday following Monday’s sudden downpour in Honolulu’s Manoa Valley, even as North Shore neighborhoods shoveled out thick, red mud.
- Authorities reported more than 230 rescues and no confirmed deaths after flash floods triggered evacuation orders for about 5,500 North Shore residents and briefly threatened the 120-year-old Wahiawa Dam.
- A boil-water notice still covers much of the North Shore, and repairs are underway after wastewater overflows, power cuts, and storm damage at Honolulu and Kahului airports.
- Early statewide estimates now point toward more than $1 billion in losses, with hundreds of homes damaged and farm impacts topping $9.4 million in preliminary tallies.
- Meteorologists tied the deluge to two Kona lows, winter storms that funnel warm, moisture-rich air onto leeward coasts, with several mountain sites logging 20 to 40 inches of rain.