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Evacuation sirens pierced the usual quiet of the north shore of the island of Oahu Friday.
Communities known for surfing spots and tourist stops have been inundated with fast-moving flash floods.
Houses have been knocked off their foundations, cars swept away.
Because of earlier storms, some have been without electricity for days.
One local concern, an earthen dam dating back to the days of sugar plantations in the early 1900s.
The Wahiawa Dam has been teetering on the brink of overflow, threatening some 2,500 residents and forcing the evacuation of the towns of Haleiwa and Waialua.
For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu.
Evacuation sirens pierced the usual quiet of the north shore of the island of Oahu Friday.
Communities known for surfing spots and tourist stops have been inundated with fast-moving flash floods.
Houses have been knocked off their foundations, cars swept away.
Because of earlier storms, some have been without electricity for days.
One local concern, an earthen dam dating back to the days of sugar plantations in the early 1900s.
The Wahiawa Dam has been teetering on the brink of overflow, threatening some 2,500 residents and forcing the evacuation of the towns of Haleiwa and Waialua.
For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu.
Evacuation sirens pierced the usual quiet of the north shore of the island of Oahu Friday.
Communities known for surfing spots and tourist stops have been inundated with fast-moving flash floods.
Houses have been knocked off their foundations, cars swept away.