Traffic will be detoured on a portion of South Kīhei Road–between Ohukai Road and Kaonoulu Street–from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 28 and 29, 2021, according to the Department of Public Works Wailuku Highways Division.
Mudslides and flooding combined with downed utility poles and collapsed roads are the reality of many coastal communities after the Kona low storm swept through Maui this weekend.
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Maui County Public Works crew member Bryce Hanada uses a shovel to clear debris from a clogged drain along Kaonoulu Street in Kihei on Saturday morning. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
KAHULUI Floodwaters returned to Maui on Friday and Saturday, capping nearly a week of ominous rain that first pummeled Haiku and later struck Kahului, inundating roadways, shuttering parks and damaging property.
Deanna Lei Frendo, a Kahului resident whose family home off Aleo Place is in a flood area, said the flooding was bad years ago during a hurricane but the rainstorm Friday and Saturday surpassed that.