WE'LL SLICE AND DICE THIS ON THE
RADAR.
JOE, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
JOE: THANK YOU.
LET'S TOSS IT OVER TO GINA NOW.
GINA: I AM HERE AT HAPPY
VALLEY AT THE BASE OF THE RIVER.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THIS IS AT THE TAIL END NEW TO
BOTTOM OF THE RIVER.
UP THIS VALLEY, IT IS OBSCURED
BY THE CLOUDS, THAT IS FARTHER
UP INTO THE VALLEY.
TROPICAL STORM OLIVIA MADE
LANDFALL THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
WE GOT A NOTICE FROM THE COUNTY.
THIS ROAD CLOSED DUE TO
POTENTIAL THREATS OF FLOODING,
LANDSLIDES AND THE LIKE.
HEADED OVER TO TAKE A LOOK.
CLOSURE BY COUNTY OFFICIALS AND
WE SAW LANDSLIDES, THE RIVER UP
THERE ESPECIALLY RAGING AND WE
WERE UP THERE WITH THE MAYOR AND
THE CITY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR.
HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT WHAT
THEY TOLD US UP THERE DEEP INTO
THE VALLEY AT THE SCENE OF THE
THE RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED
THAT THE STREAM -- THE RIVER WAS
FLOWING HEAVY SO WHAT WE ARE
OR THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT OF
WATER COMING DOWN EARLIER THIS
MORNING.
THAT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE IS
CONCERNED, IT IS IN THE PAST WE
HAVE HAD THIS ENTIRE AREA FLOOD
AND TAKE OUT LARGE CHUNKS OF
PROPERTY AND ISOLATE RESIDENCE
ON TOP OF BUILDINGS AS THEY
RIVER WENT THROUGH THEIR HOMES.
WE ARE COMING APPEAR, CHECKING,
MAKING SURE WE ARE TAKING
PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE
LANDSLIDES THAT OCCURRED IN A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES.
DRIVING THROUGH BECAUSE AT ANY
TIME, WE COULD HAVE LANDSLIDES.
AS WE WERE LOOKING AT EARLIER
PICTURES OF THE RIVER, YOU CAN
YOU DON'T SEE THOSE VERY OFTEN
BUT THERE IS ENOUGH WATER COMING
THROUGH THEM TO BE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT.
GINA: THIS AREA IS NO STRANGER
TO THE DAMAGE THOSE WATERS CAN
CAUSE.
IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO TOMORROW
THAT THE HISTORIC FLOOD HIT,
CAUSING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE COST TO WIDEN THE RIVER, TO
PUT IN SAFETY MEASURES, NOT TO
MENTION THE COST TO PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
THE COUNTY TODAY IS OUT HERE
CLEANING ALL OF THOSE STREAMS
AND THE DRAINS AND THE DIRECTOR
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE SAW
SOME OF THAT HAPPENING.
TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING EFFORT
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
CLEANING OUT CULVERTS AND IN
THIS CASE THE DRAINAGE THAT WAS
HAPPENING.
WHENEVER WE SEE THERE IS A
PROBLEM, WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE
AND WE ARE OUT HERE CLEANING
DRAINS FOR THE FLOODING AND
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT THAT EVEN
LIFETIME MAUI BOY SAID HE DOES
NOT GET TO SEE VERY OFTEN.
THESE EPIC WATERFALLS FROM THE
TOP OF THE VALLEY COMING DOWN.
A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE SIGHT.
WE WERE ALL Ss
THERE AS THE RAIN STARTED COMING
AND WE WANTED TO BE BACK TO
SAFETY.
WE DID SEE DILIGENT WORK OF
COUNTY CREWS CLEANING OUT FIERCE
WATER INJECTIONS INTO THESE
DRAINS TO MAKE SURE THAT
HOMEOWNERS NEARBY WOULD NOT HAVE
ANY ACCEPTS AND THAT AREA.
THE RIVER HAS BEEN WIDENED.
IN THE TWO YEARS TOMORROW SINCE
THAT EPIC FLOOD, THEY ARE TRYING
TO DO BETTER WORK WITH ALL OF
THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT IS ON IN
THIS AREA.
HERE IN THE HAPPY VALLEY, THINGS
JUST RAGING.
IT IS POURING NOW.
IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT ABOUT
WHEN THE STORM IS COMING, IT HAS
COME.
HE LANDFALL OLIVIA MADE WITHIN
WINDY DAY HERE ON THE VALLEY
ISLE.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY AREA
AFFECTED.
STRONG WINDS AND RAIN ON
MOLOKAI.
POWER OUTAGES POPPING UP.
AND THERE AND CREWS DOING HARD
WORK TO GET THOSE THINGS
RESTORED AS BEST I CAN.
IT HAS BEEN A WILD.
JUSTIN: THANKS FOR YOUR REPORT.
ROUTES ON THE GROUND THERE IN
MAUI.
I SEE THERE IS PERSISTENT RAIN
AND I NEED TALKED ABOUT THE
WINDS.
HOWARD IS WIND GUSTS?
JUST LOOKING -- HOW ARE THE WIND
GUSTS?
THAT BAD BUT IS IT A SITUATION
WHERE THE GUSTS GO IN AND OUT?
GINA: EXACTLY.
YOU WILL BE WALKING ALONG, A
TREE WANT BE MOVING AND SUDDENLY
YOU FEEL A MOVE -- A PUSH FROM
YOUR BACK, IT WAS THE WIND.
IT HAS BEEN CRAZY LIKE THAT.
WE KNOW FROM THE WIND GAUGES,
WINDS IN THE UPPER 40'S AND 50'S
THIS MORNING.
IT HAS BEEN THOSE BURSTS, THOSE
GUSTS.
NOT A HOWLING, CONSISTENT WIND.
DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE.
JUSTIN: I WANT TO STICK WITH YOU
, BECAUSE YOU ARE AT GROUND ZERO
RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF THE
HEAVIEST RAINS NOT ONLY ACROSS
THE ISLANDS BUT INTO MAUI BEING
SO CLOSE TO THE WEST MAUI
MOUNTAINS.
THE RADAR RETURNS WE ARE SEEING
OF THESE WAVES OF SHOWERS MOVING
THROUGH.
IS THE RAIN YOU ARE SAYING THE
HEAVIEST HAVE SEEN SO FAR OR
HAVE THERE BEEN RAIN DANCE THAT
HAVE AN HEAVIER -- BANDS THAT
HAVE BEEN HEAVIER?
GINA: FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN
THE WEST MAUI AREA, THIS IS THE
HEAVIEST I HAVE SEEN.
I KNOW THE COUNTY SAID IT WAS
HEAVIER AND CONSISTENT IN HANA
EARLIER TODAY, BUT FROM WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN CLOSE TO WAILUKU, THIS
IS THE HEAVIEST AND MOST
CONSISTENT.
THE RAIN HAS BEEN LIKE THAT,
TOO.
YOU WILL THINK IT IS A DOOM AND
GLOOM, AND THEN THE BLUE SKY
COMES OUT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING, IS
IT COMING?
THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST
CONSISTENT SO FAR AND WE
UNDERSTAND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
IN MAUI HAS BEEN TOLD TO EXPECT
MORE WETNESS IN THE BACK OF THE
SYSTEM, EVEN AFTER THE LANDFALL
THAT THE BACK END WILL BE WET
LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
AS WE SAW FROM THE LANDFALL, OR
FROM THE LAND SLIDES, THE GROUND
WAS SO WET, THEY KNOW IT IS SO
SATURATED A LOT OF THE ISLAND
CAN'T TAKE IT.
THEY ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF
LANDSLIDES LIKE THE ONE WE WERE
AT.
JUSTIN: AS YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH
OTHER PARTS OF MAUI, IS IT
PRETTY MUCH THE SCENE THAT
PEOPLE ARE STAYING INSIDE, ARE
THEY ON THE ROADS, DO YOU SEE
THEM WALKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS?
GINA: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RIVER.
THERE IS ONE OR TWO FOLKS
JUST A MINUTE AGO, WE HAD FOLKS
NEXT TO US WITH THE CAMERAS,
TAKING A COUPLE QUICK SELFIES
AND THEN -- AND INTO THE CAR.
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE SINCE THE
HEAVIER RAIN STARTED.
JUST ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO ALONG
THIS VERY SCENIC AND RUMBLING
HAPPY VALLEY SECTION OF THE
WAILUKU, PEOPLE WERE OUT, COMING
TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AND SCURRY
BACK UNDER UMBRELLAS OR INTO
CARS.
NOW IT IS COMING DOWN SO HEAVY,
I DON'T SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMING OUT UNLESS THEY HAVE TO.
JUSTIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOE: JUSTIN, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
QUESTION?
JUSTIN: NO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
LOOK AT THAT RIVER AGAIN.
THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WATER
MOVING THROUGH THAT.
KEEP IN MIND, LET'S SAY THERE IS
SOME HEAVY RAIN IN THE WEST MAUI
MOUNTAINS.
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THIS
WATER TO MOVE THROUGH.
CONTINUING FOR THAT AREA.
WE DO EXPECT THE RIVER LEVELS TO
BE ELEVATED AND DANGEROUS.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
JUST INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF WATER
MOVING THROUGH WAILUKU RIVER
AREA AND DOWN FROM THE VALLEY.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING I WANTED
TO SEE.
I AM FIXATED ON THAT, BECAUSE
SOMETIMES THAT WAILUKU RIVER
AREA IT IS DOWN TO A TRICKLE
SOMETIMES, BUT THE ENGINEERS
OBVIOUSLY KNEW THAT WITH A FLASH
FLOODING SITUATION, THIS IS HOW
WIDE WE NEED TO MAKE THESE
DRAINAGE AREAS AND IT IS WORKING
OUT PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
JOE: WE ARE GOING TO STAND RIGHT
NOW.
GINA: IF I CAN KEEP YOU A LITTLE
LONGER.
IF WE CAN GET THE VIDEO OF THE
WAILUKU RIVER, GIVE THE EDITORS
SOMETIME TO PULL THAT.
THIS WILL BE THE PART OF THE
VIDEO WHERE IT IS THE ROCKY PART
OF THE RIVER WHEN WE WERE IN THE
VALLEY.
WILL X PLANET WHILE THEY PULL
THAT UP.
IT IS WIDE, YOU SEE THE BIG
ROCKS, THEY ARE FAIRLY CLEAR
BECAUSE THEY ARE MOSCOW.
THIS IS THE LAND SLIDE PART, WE
ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT THE RIVER.
IT IS MUCH WIDER THAN IT WAS
BEFORE.
TWO YEARS AGO TOMORROW, IN THE
16, SEPTEMBER 13, THAT IS WHEN
THEY SAY UPWARDS OF 8 BILLION
GALLONS OF WATER STARTED COMING
DOWN THERE AND THEY ARE USED TO
IT BEING IN THE MILLIONS DURING
THE DAY.
THE GAUGES HIT AN AVERAGE OF A
BILLION.
IT CRASHED RIGHT THROUGH THERE.
IS MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THERE ARE SOLAR POWERED RAIN
GAUGES UNDER THE BRIDGE WHERE
THE ROAD IS CLOSED.
WE TALKED TO RESIDENTS WHO SAID
THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE
THAT THEY THINK THIS IS WORKING.
WE SEE IT COMING DOWN HERE.
I WAS TALKING TO A RESIDENT WHO
GREW UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM
HAPPY VALLEY.
HE WAS TELLING ME THAT BACK WHEN
THE RIVER HAD BIGGER BOULDERS UP
THERE IN THE VALLEY, THIS PART
OF HAPPY VALLEY WAS SOMETIMES
DOWN TO A TRICKLE, BECAUSE SO
MUCH WATER WOULD GET CAUGHT BACK
IN THE BRIDGE AREA.
IN A WAY, YOU CAN SAY THIS SEEN
HERE THAT IS TRANSFIXING US IS
ACTUALLY A GOOD SIGN.
STAY OUT OF IT, DO NOT GO NEAR
IT.
THE MAYOR TOLD ME THIS IS NO
THIS IS INTEREST STUFF.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE CAMERAS
ARE PICKING UP, BUT IT IS
DANGEROUS FOR SURE.