More than 138,000 people in Hawaii were ordered to seek higher ground immediately early Friday morning as dangerous flash floods created a “life-threatening” situation.
A flash flood emergency, which is the National Weather Service‘s (NWS) most serious flood alert, was issued for northern Oahu early Friday, as road access in and out of Haleiwa is cut off. The warning was originally set to expire at 5 a.m. HST Friday morning, but was extended to 8 a.m. It covers the island of Oahu in Honolulu County, with the most dangerous conditions reported in Haleiwa and Waialua.
More than 138,000 people live in the warning area…