Lyndon Blake

230 people have actually had to be rescued and some residents even had to use their surfboards to escape their homes that were flooding.

Other people had to brave the floods to help their neighbors.

You can hear from some of them right here.

So what made this a big problem in Hawaii is that rain just kept coming.

So after the weekend downpour earlier this week, they had to deal with more rain on Monday and that turned streets into rivers.

So to give you an idea of how fast the water is piling up, in some areas, it even went up to four feet in a matter of minutes.

It was one of those things that residents describe as coming out of nowhere because you had them going to run errands.

This one woman went to run a quick errand and within 15 minutes, by the time she left the store, she saw cars floating down the street.

So Hawaii has not had this type of flooding since 2004.

And these storms are happening in the winter months and they're called Kona Lows.

And these are the specific types of storms that happen in Hawaii between October and April, and they can bring massive downpours.

And what's happening right now in Hawaii is they had back-to-back Kona lows, and that just made it almost impossible to recover and try to get some of that ground dry before the next downpour came in.

Yeah, so right now, Governor Josh Green says the damage is upwards of $1 billion.

So he's reached out to President Trump to ask to send federal aid.

They're going to have to use this money to repair airports, schools, roads, homes, and that hospital that I mentioned earlier in Maui.

So the good news is it looks like the rain's letting up now.

I checked the forecast in Hawaii and the precipitation chances were low, but residents in the meantime are having to boil their water.

It's not safe to drink right now, but hopefully the rain will hold off and another big storm holds off so they can start cleaning up and rebuilding.

Thanks.

Yes, this actually came out during one of his town halls, and there is a lot to get to with what he had to say and what Larry Summers.