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Swift-moving floodwater sweeps over Hana Highway near West Kuiaha Road on Monday afternoon, cutting off passage in several directions and forcing some residents to find shelter for the evening. The Maui News / KEHAULANI CERIZO photo
HAIKU “Unprecedented rainfall” sent floodwaters over the edge of a dam in Haiku Monday afternoon, damaging half a dozen homes, destroying a bridge and forcing the evacuation of residents downstream.
Firefighters responded to more than a dozen calls from residents surrounded by rising floodwaters.
Shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service warned of “imminent failure” of the Kaupakalua Dam in Haiku.
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Heavy rains brought widespread flooding to Hawaii on Tuesday, with flash flood watches issued across all islands and evacuation orders on Maui, where water overflowed a dam.
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HONOLULU Heavy rains caused a dam to overflow on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and nearby residents in the community of Haiku are being evacuated, county officials said Monday.