UPDATE: At 4:40 a.m. Saturday the city sent out an alert ending the evacuation notice, stating that water levels were consistent at the Wahiawā Dam. As of 7:15 a.m., water at the reservoir spillway was at 81.9 feet, down almost a foot from the previous night. The Otake Camp evacuation also has ended.
The dam of the Wahiawā Reservoir is at risk of failing, threatening to unleash “catastrophic flooding” on thousands of people living in Waialua and Haleʻiwa, Honolulu’s emergency department said on Friday night.
As rain poured down on Friday, Otake Camp, a low-lying area that historically housed plantation workers, was ordered to evacuate, and residents in the surrounding areas were warned to be prepared to leave on short notice…