HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – With another round of wet weather moving across Oahu, residents braced Friday for the possibility of repeat flooding.
In Pearl City, water levels rose in Waiawa Stream, which overflowed during the second Kona low. Near the ABC Tow wrecking yard and nearby homes, the stream ran high and nearly topped its banks, but remained contained. Much of the debris that clogged the area had already washed out in prior storms.
In Waipahu, the makai lane of Waipahu Street was closed because of continued erosion along Waikele Stream, which runs behind Waipahu Plantation Village. The stream was moving swiftly, but free of debris, and the homeless camps were mostly abandoned.
North shore residents fear repeat flooding
On the North Shore’s Ke Iki Road, near Pupukea, the city had not modified or removed the rubber valve residents blamed for six-foot floods last month…