‘It was so crazy,’ heavy rain leads to flooded roads in Waikiki

Published: May 18, 2024 Duration: 00:01:54 Category: News & Politics

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Intro THANK YOU, KAMAKA. WELL, THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING FLOODING WATERS TO RISE IN WAIKIKI EARLIER TODAY. >> NIKKI SCHENFELD CONTINUES OUR COVERAGE AND JOINS US LIVE Waikiki FROM WAIKIKI WITH THE LATEST MAKING. >> GOOD EVENING, CHRISTINE. YES, IT'S JUST STARTED TO DRIZZLE EVER SO SLIGHTLY HERE IN WAIKIKI. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HASN'T REALLY STOPPED. THE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT WALKING AROUND, GOING TO THE Flooding BEACH AND ENJOYING THE SURF AS WELL. BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. JUST A FEW HOURS AGO, OFFICIALS HAD TO SHUT DOWN SEASIDE AVENUE, 2 DUKES LANE ON CALL A CALL A DUE TO FLOODING. WITNESSES SAY WATER WAS CLOSE TO KNEE-DEEP ON CALL A CALL OVER ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO. A LOT OF US, WE'RE ALL HOPING THAT THIS RAIN WAS KIND OF OVER WITH YESTERDAY WHEN THE FLOOD ADVISORY AND WATCH WERE DROPPED AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT BRIEFLY. BUT INSTEAD THE SKIES TURN GRAY ONCE AGAIN, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED A FLOOD ADVISORY. RON ONE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHORTLY AFTER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AFTER HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER CENTRAL AND LEEWARD OAHU THAT AROUND 3 THIS AFTERNOON, THE RAIN FELL AT A RATE OF ONE TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR NEAR TOWN. ULTIMATELY Water everywhere ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN FLOODING OVER BUSY WAIKIKI. THIS WHOLE STREET RIGHT HERE Weather WAS FLOODED. >> WILDLIFE, JUST LOTS OF WATER EVERYWHERE. IT WAS SO CRAZY. I'VE NEVER. LITERALLY WOULD SEE CARS PASS BY AND THEN LIKE WAZE WOULD COME OUT FROM FROM THE TIGERS. >> WE HAVE THE MOISTURE FROM THE KONA LOW THAT ENDED PACKING THE STATE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. CONVERGENCE. SO AIR KIND OF LIVING TOGETHER SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEAVY SHOWERS OFF SHORE OF OAHU. >> AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TELLS ME THAT THIS KONA LOW SHOULD BE OUT OF OAHU. >>

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