Oahu residents asked to report home damage from Kona low storm

Thousands without power amid catastrophic destruction from historic Hawai'i floods

Officials in Hawaiʻi are assessing the immense damage wrought after back-to-back heavy rain systems caused the worst flooding seen in the state in 20 years, Hawaii News Now reported. What's happening? On March 15, Surfer covered a then-ongoing Kona low storm that had been "pummeling the Hawaiian Islands" for days. A Kona low is a system common in Hawaiʻi from the late fall through early spring, "associated with a southward plunge of cold air ove…

Flood-ravaged Otake Camp leans on volunteers as residents face housing struggles | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

As excavators lifted waterlogged furniture from gutted homes and volunteers shoveled thick mud under a blazing sun, residents of Otake Camp were left to pick up the pieces after devastating flooding from the second Kona-low storm — many without clear answers from property owners or government agencies.

As floodwaters recede, magnitude of Oahu storm damage comes into focus

Now the cleanup begins in earnest after the brunt of the latest Kona-low storm — the second such weather event in a week — walloped Oahu, Maui County and Hawaii Island early Friday and again Saturday, followed by the lifting of evacuation notices and the winding down of emergency evacuation centers on Oahu’s North Shore.

As floodwaters recede, magnitude of storm damage comes into focus

Now the cleanup begins in earnest after the brunt of the latest Kona-low storm — the second such weather event in a week — walloped Oahu, Maui County and Hawaii Island early Friday and again Saturday, followed by the lifting of evacuation notices and the winding down of emergency evacuation centers on Oahu’s North Shore.

Mud, Mud And More Mud: Residents Of Oʻahu’s North Shore Start To Dig Out

Residents of Haleʻiwa and Waialua were allowed over the weekend to return to their neighborhoods, flooded in the second of two powerful Kona lows. The damage was sobering.

Oahu residents asked to report home damage from Kona low storm

The City and County of Honolulu is encouraging residents to report home damage from the Kona Low storm.