Flash Flood — Hawaii, Hawaii

2024-08-25 to 2024-08-26 · near Mountain View, Hawaii, Hawaii

$3.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Heavy rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Hone caused flooding which closed several roads over the southeast portion of the Big Island. In the Kau District, Highway 11 was closed at Kawa Flats. Wood Valley Road and Cane Haul Road were closed near Pahala. In the Puna District, North Kulani Road was closed. Many of the roads were damaged.

Wider weather episode

Hurricane Hone, which formed in the Central Pacific, tracked towards the Hawaiian islands and passed by just south of the Big Island. Hurricane Hone's outer rain bands brought flooding to portions of the Big Island and the close proximity of the center of the storm brought widespread tropical storm force winds with pockets of power outages over the Big Island and Maui. Thousands of customers reportedly lost power and utility poles were damaged.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1206232. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.