MAUI: Water crests dam, destroys bridge and damages homes Residents downstream forced to evacuate, others trapped by flooded roads
Photos and more….
HAIKU — “Unprecedented rainfall” sent floodwaters over the edge of a dam in Haiku Monday afternoon, damaging half a dozen homes, destroying a bridge and forcing the evacuation of residents downstream.
Firefighters responded to more than a dozen calls from residents surrounded by rising floodwaters.
Shortly before 3 p.m. Monday, the National Weather Service warned of “imminent failure” of the Kaupakalua Dam in Haiku.
Police went door to door in neighborhoods downstream of the dam in Haiku and Pauwela, evacuating some residents and alerting others to get ready to evacuate. Shortly after 4 p.m. evacuations were ordered for all downstream residents.
