The rains triggered flooding and landslides, causing “the worst natural disaster to occur on Kauai in 25 years.”
HONOLULU ― Hundreds of people have been evacuated from homes and hiking trails as historic levels of rain pummeled the Hawaiian island of Kauai last weekend, causing multiple landslides and flooding.
The rains have forced families and travelers to leave their flooded properties. Landslides triggered by the rain have wiped out homes and shut down the main highway leading to the island’s north shore, stranding residents who live in Kauai’s most remote neighborhoods, but no injuries have been reported.
The flooding even created a rare spectacle: scared bison that escaped from a ranch and sought refuge on beaches and in backyards.
“It’s the worst natural disaster to occur on Kauai in 25 years, since Hurricane Iniki,” Sarah Blane, chief of staff to Kauai’s mayor, told HuffPost on Wednesday, referring to a Category 4 hurricane that devastated the island in September 1992, causing six deaths and about $3 billion in damage.
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