FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF HAWAII!

Flash Floods Hit Parts of Hawaii as Storm Lashes Region.....Urban parts of Honolulu saw significant flooding and loss of power, the authorities said. But heading into Tuesday evening, the state had largely avoided landslides and catastrophic floods........Flash floods and heavy rains from a severe cyclone battered Hawaii for a second day on Tuesday, but the islands have largely been spared the landslides and catastrophic floods that officials had been concerned about. One of the most inundated parts of the state was Honolulu, which saw floods in urban areas that were caused in part by clogged drains, Adam Weintraub, a spokesman for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, said on Tuesday. The waters were “waist deep” in certain areas of the city, said Richard Bann, a Weather Prediction Center meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Mr. Weintraub said he had not heard any reports of deaths or injuries, but one woman had to be rescued from her home on Oahu after the wall of her home collapsed.

Parts of Maui were also flooded after “a north-to-south-oriented rain band” hit the island, the Weather Service in Honolulu said on Tuesday afternoon.