HALEIWA, Hawaii –- As the damaging floods struck their small town on the north shore of Oahu, Nahooikaika and her boyfriend, Nuutea Vanbastolaer, both 18, had been watching the water rise on the dirt road in front of their house.
Suddenly the floodwaters were at the window. It was time to go.
The couple and Vanbastolaer’s younger sister, 13, waded into the rust-colored current. Branches, road signs and even propane tanks floated by them. They quickly realized they were overpowered…