AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER YET.
Howard: GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
LAUREN IS ON MAUI.
WE'LL BE GETTING TO HER IN A FEW
MOMENTS.
THE VERY LATEST WE ARE STARTING
TO GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF SOME
OF THE DAMAGE ON MAUI.
FLOODING CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE
AREA OF HAIKU.
THE COUNTY SAYS AT LEAST A DOZEN
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
EVACUATION ORDERS REMAIN IN
PLACE FOR HAIKU RESIDENTS.
MANY EVACUATED THIS AFTERNOON
AFTER THE KAUPAKALUA DAM STARTED
TO GROVER -- OVERFLOW.
THE DAM DID NOT BREAKING.
MAYOR VICTORINO TOLD US OTHER
THE KAUPAKALUA BRIDGE HAS
BEEN DESTROYED AND ROAD BRIDGE
HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR ROADWAY
THAT'S TRAVERSE THE AREA THAT
HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGE.
GOOD NEWS IS THE ZAM DAM IN HOLD UP.
WATER WENT OVER THE TOP.
Howard: THE AMOUNT OF WATER
STUNNING.
THE PAIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND
HANA HIGH SCHOOL AND EDDIE TAM
CENTER SHUT.
MAUI IS UNDER A FLOOD ADVISORY.
RAIN IS STARTING TO PICK UP.
WE'LL GO TO JUSTIN CRUZ IN A
MOMENT.
FIRST TO LAUREN DAY LIVE ON THE
VALLEY ISLE WITH THE LATEST FROM
THERE.
LAUREN.
Reporter: GOOD EVENING,
HOWARD.
WE'RE IN THE PARKING OF THE
HAIKU MARKET.
A GOOD IDEA OF HOW HAWAI'I'S
NOTICE.
NOTHING COMING DOWN TOO HARD
NOW.
I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF THE
WAY.
WE DEFINITELY GOT SOME POOLING
IN THIS PARKING LOT.
SOME FLOODING AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE THE TREES BLOWING.
RAIN COMING DOWN.
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY AND
FLOODING CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO
A NUMBER OF HOMES IN THE HAIKU
COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE FLOODING.
THIS IS VIDEO SENT TO ME BE A
RESIDENT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S EXTENSIVE
FLOODING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HER NEIGHBOR'S HOME FLOODED.
HOME FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE
FLOOD CLOSURES AND FLOODING LIKE
THIS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT SHOULD BE
PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, AND THE
STREETS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE RIVERS.
HEAVY RAIN TODAY ALSO CAUSING
KAUPAKALUA DAM TO ESSENTIALLY
OVERFLOW.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODING NEAR
THE DAM.
WATER MOVING EXFREELY QUICKLY.
THIS IS NOT JUST A CONCERN AT
THE DAM BUT ANYWHERE THAT CAN
MARKET WHERE I'M AT NOW.
AROUND 1:30 THIS AFTERNOON IS
DLNR TO NOTIFY THEM ABOUT THE
HEAVY RAINFALL.
WHAT THE DAM NORMALLY LOOKS
LIKE.
THESE ARE
PRIOR TO TODAY.
EVERYONE WHO LIVES BELOW
KAUPAKALUA
TODAY.
THE RED CROSS IS ASSISTING.
THERE ARE TWO SHELTERS YOU CAN
GO TO.
PAIA COMMUNITY CENTER AND HANA
HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE SHELTERS WILL BE FOLLOWING
COVID-19 PROTOCOLS.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
TO STAY IN THEIR VEHICLES IF IT
THEY CAN MAKE USE OF THE
FACILITIES.
BRING COMFORT ITEMS,
THEY WOULD WANT TO BRING FOOD
AND WATER SUPPLY.
WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TELLING OUR
SHELTER WORKERS AND MONITORS IS
IN REAL BLUE PRINT FOR THIS TYPE
OF SITUATION.
WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RISK
AND RESPOND ACCORDING TO THAT.
Reporter: THE KEY WORD
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
HOWARD, AT 9:00 I WAS LIVE FROM
AT THAT MOMENT AT 9:00, IT WAS
COMPLETELY DRY, AND OUT HERE
LIVE AT THE HAIKU MARKET, RAIN
IS COMING DOWN.
A STATEMENT FROM THE OWNER OF
AT THIS TIME, OVERTOPPING OF THE
DAM CEASED.
CREWS ARE MONITORING THE
MONITORING THE WATER LEVEL UNTIL
IT RETURNS TO A SAFE LEVEL.
MAUI FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED
TO MORE THAN A DOZEN CALLS
INTEREST RESIDENTS TRAPPED BY
YOU SEE THAT VIDEO I GOT FROM A
RESIDENT.
AS A QUICK NOTE.
OLDEST AGRICULTURAL DAMS ON
MAUI.
GALLONS OF WATER.
IF IT'S A BUCKET AND LEFT
JOINING ME, MANA.
YOU ARE A RESIDENT AND WORK IN
THIS AREA.
TELL ME WHAT THIS PARKING LOT
WAS LIKE EARLIER TODAY.
IT WAS CRAZY.
YOU KNOW, IT STARTED TO SLOW
DOWN.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE ONE
TIME COMING DOWN ONE HARD CRACK.
YOU SEE EVERYBODY SLOWING DOWN
IN THE PARKING LOT AS USUAL.
THEY DON'T WANT TO HIS NOBODY,
AND THAT'S GOOD U689S.
AND IT'S CRAZY.
RAIN COMING OUT OF NOWHERE.
Reporter: EXPLAIN BECAUSE
YOU WERE POINTING OUT TO ME, IF
WE CAN ZOOM IN DOWN THERE.
THAT AREA WHERE THAT WHITE VAN
WAS OR IS.
TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED EARLIER
TODAY.
RIGHT BY THE ENTRANCE, RAIN
WATER STARTED FLOWING INTO OUR
HALLWAYS.
STAFF WORKING HARD.
TRYING TO PUSH IT BACK OUT.
IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR THEM.
PEOPLE WAS TRYING TO BE CAUTIOUS
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE
USUALLY HAVE IN IT'S IN THE HI HAIKU AREA.
TAKE IT SLOW.
Reporter: YOU PROBABLY
COULDN'T HEAR IT.
BUT I GOT ANMcA-- EMERGENCY
ALERT.
FLASHFLASH FLOOD WARNING IN THE
12:30.
EVERYBODY ELSE WATCHING YOUR
STEP.
WE DON'T WANT NOBODY GETTING
HURT.
BE EXPEAF SAFE.
Reporter: TODAY IT CALMED
LIKE THIS NOW BUT ALL OF A
SUDDEN, IT REALLY COMING DOWN.
YEAH.
STARTED COMING DOWN HARD.
KOKOMO ROAD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE
FLOODED AREA.
MAKING YOUR CAR JERK.
TAKING IT EASY.
GO UP THE ROAD, BLINKERS ON.
ANY TYPE OF FLASHING LETTING
PEOPLE BEHIND YOU, LET THEM KNOW
YOU'RE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU AND
TAKE IT EASY.
IT WAS HARD FOR PEOPLE DRIVING
UP THIS ROAD.
EVEN WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS TRYING
TO DROP OFF KIDS.
THEY COAT DROP -- COULDN'T DROP
THEM OFF.
THEY HAD TO FIGURE A DIFFERENT
ROUTE.
THEY ENDED UP TAKING THEM WHERE
IT DOESN'T FLOOD AS MUCH.
SLOWLY ESCORT THE KIDS SAFELY.
Reporter: I APPRECIATE YOU
TAKING THE TIME.
AS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS,
PARKING LOT STILL FLOODED.
YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THERE'S
POOLING.
WATER FROM TODAY WAS COMING DOWN
SO FORWARD IT CAME INTO THIS
WALKWAY AND INTO THE BUILDING.
DEFINITELY SOME WATER DAMAGE
HERE.
WE WILL BE HERE ON MAUI THIS
EVENING, ALL DAY TOMORROW.
WE'LL BRING YOU RT LATEST AND
TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
DANG --
DAMAGE AND BRINGING YOU UPDATE.
LAUREN DAY,
WORKING FOR HAWAI'I.
BACK TO YOU.