Bill Dorman
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 24 Aug
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Hawaii Governor Josh Green calls it the worst flooding in 20 years to hit the state and estimates damages already around a billion dollars and counting.
The storm system slammed Oahu Friday night and Saturday, swamping houses, cars and power lines and forcing the evacuation of more than 5,000 people.
Now the flash flooding and the evacuations are moving east across the island chain to Maui.
Power is out to more than 8,000 customers across the islands, the vast majority of them on the most populous island of Oahu.
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.
The water has lingered.
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.
The water has lingered.
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.
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