IMPACT ON THE GROUND ACROSS
THE STATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE TONIGHT.
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII.
MA RAY SHA YAMANE IS STANDING
BY IN WET HILO TONIGHT.
GOOD EVENING KATHY AND
HOWARD.
IT IS CRAZY HOW MUCH RAIN HAS
COME DOWN JUST TODAY ALONE.
WE'VE SEEN TORRENTIAL DOWN
POWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
IT'S ACTUALLY LIGHTER THAN IT
WAS EARLIER.
I'M ON PAUAHI STREET.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A LAKE.
YOU SEE THAT FIRST SET OF
LIGHTS.
THAT'S KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE
BEYOND THAT IS BAY FRONT
HIGHWAY.
YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS AREA IS
CLOSED.
IT NORMALLY FLOODS IN THIS
AREA NEAR THE TEXACO STATION.
DEFINITELY USE A BREAK IN THE
RAIN.
SO MUCH WATER HAS COME DOWN
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.
LANE SURE LEFT ITS MARK ON
THE BIG ISLAND.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF HILO
REALLY TOOK A BEATING.
THERE IS SO MUCH WATER
GUSHING DOWN THE STREAM.
THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO A
FEW DAYS AGO WHEN THE WATER
KIM UP ONTO THE ROAD AND INTO
ANDRA LORD'S HOME.
BASICALLY IT FILLED UP WITH
WATER.
EP AND THEN THE WATER CAME IN
TWO TIMES.
LEAST.
SHE SAID AT ONE POINT THIS
PART OF THE HOUSE WAS UNDER
TWO FEET OF WATER.
EXTREMELY SCARE REI.
I JUST STAYED UPSTAIRS AND I
ONLY CHECKED WHEN THE RAIN
STOPPED.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS BEFORE?
NO.
AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 12
YEARS.
DOWN THE ROAD ON WAIANUENUE
AVENUE,.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE FORCE
FROM THE FLASH FLOOD TOOK THE
ENTIRE HOME DOWN.
THEY BUILT THEIR HOUSE TEN
YEARS AGO. NOW IT'S FILLED
WITH MUD.
YOU HEAR ABOUT FLASH FLOODS,
WATER.
BUT YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW
QUICKLY IT CAN BECOME ANGRY AT
YOU, AND YOU JUST TURN YOUR
WORLD UPSIDE DOWN.
MARGARET HAD TO BE RES
RESCUED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THEY HAD LIKE SIX RESCUE
THEY HAD TO USE THE CABLES AND
THE ROPES.
I WAS SO SCARED, I ACTUALLY
BURPED THE HAND BECAUSE I
WRAPPED IT THREE TIMES.
BECAUSE IF YOU LET GO, YOU'RE
GONE.
SHE LATER RETURNED HOME TO
FIND TWO INCHESS OF MUD IN HER
KITCHEN, LIVING ROOM, BEDROOM
AND BATHROOM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS
GOING TO HAVE TO BE TORN APART
A LIFETIME OF THINGS
COLLECTED DAMAGED BY WATER AND
MUD.
I THOUGHT I HAD FLOOD UNDER
MY HOMEOWNERS.
I DON'T.
SO THIS WHOLE EXPENSE IS ON ME
BUT SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR ALL
THE HELP FROM FRIENDS AND
FORMER COWORKERS.
MARGARET'S A RETIRED COUNTY
WORKER.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, I DIDN'T
LOSE MY LIFE.
A HOUSE CAN ALWAYS BE REBUILT.
AND WHEN YOU SEE FRIENDS LIKE
THIS, IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH
MORE IMPORTANT.
SO AFTER ALL OF THIS, WE'LL
HAVE TO HAVE A PARTY AND
CELEBRATE.
IT'S A NEW BEGINNING.
MAP, YOU REALLY FEEL FOR
THEM.
MEAN WHEEL, IN ADDITION TO
AREAS LIKE THIS, THERE ARE
OTHER ROADS IN HILO AS WELL AS
DOWN IN THE PEW NAY DISTRICT
AND MOUNTAIN VIEW THAT ARE
STILL CLOSED BECAUSE OF
FLOODING LIKE THIS.
ALSO HIGHWAY 19, THE HIGHWAY
NORTH OF HILO BY MILE MARKER
28, IT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE REMOVING A HUMAN BARD
ER.
THE GOOD NEWS IS NO ONE HAS
BEEN INJURED OR KILLED HERE ON
THE BIG ISLAND BECAUSE OF THE
STORM. YOU KNOW, WHILE OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE ARE DRYING
OUT, INCLUDING KONA SIDE,
WHICH HARDLY HAD ANY RAIN FROM
THE STORM.
HERE IN HILO, THEY SURE COULD
USE EYE BAKE.