Town north of Honolulu evacuated as stream floods
AUDREY McAVOY and MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press
March 10, 2021
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1of8Floodwaters sweep over Hana Highway near West Kuiaha Road in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii, on Monday, March 8, 2021. Heavy rains caused a dam to overflow on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and and nearby residents in the community of Haiku are being evacuated, county officials said Monday.(Kehaulani Cerizo/The Maui News via AP)Kehaulani Cerizo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8A house on Haleiwa Road is surrounded by floodwaters Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Torrential rains have inundated parts of Hawaii for the past several days. (Jamm Aquino/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)Jamm Aquino/APShow MoreShow Less
DLNR News Release: EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY IN AREAS BELOW KAUPAKALUA DAM ON MAUI
Posted on Mar 8, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom, Press Releases
(Kahului) – State and Maui County officials are closely monitoring an earthen dam in the Haiku region of Maui after heavy rain caused water to overtop the dam this afternoon.
The County evacuation map shows approximately 30 parcels or lots below the Kaupakalua Dam, which is at Kaupakalua Gulch about five miles east of the Haiku turnoff on the Hana Highway. Anyone who lives in the vicinity of this dam is asked to evacuate immediately.
The dam’s owner contacted the DLNR dam safety program at around 1:30 p.m. to report extremely heavy rainfall and indicated the spillway was running very high. This initiated a level 2 emergency which means there is potential for failure. At 2:50p.m. the dam’s owner reported the dam was starting to overtop the embankment. The parcel of land where the Kaupakulua Reservoir is located is owned by East Maui I
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KAUA I PROPERTY OWNERS MAY BE FACED WITH MANDATORY FLOOD INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ON FEBRUARY 26 HanapÄpÄ & Waimea Rivers & Moloa a Stream & Bay Areas Impacted
(LÄ«huÊ»e) â New FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) will become effective on February 26, 2021 and could impact a property s flood risk and requirements for federally mandated flood insurance. The DLNR, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Kaua i County are informing property owners and renters that updated flood studies for the HanapÄpÄ and Waimea rivers and Moloa a stream and bay may have changed property s flood risk.Â
The new maps include changes to the FIRM for Moloa a Stream near Moloa a Bay and reclassified areas behind the Waimea and HanapÄpÄ Levees to Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA).
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DLNR NEWS RELEASE: HAWAI‘I’S WETLANDS PLAY KEY ROLE IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
Posted on Feb 2, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
Exploring Public & Private Wetlands on Kaua‘i
Today, the State’s first wetland restoration project on Kaua‘i, the Kawai‘ele Waterbird Sanctuary is about to expand. You can’t canoe, cross-country, these days, but the addition of 100 acres of wetland will provide additional habitat for native Hawaiian birds and as Jason Vercelli of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) put it, “If you can protect, restore, and re-create wetland areas, you’ll end up with a big sponge.”