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This image of the central Pacific, captured on Friday, Apr. 12, 2024, shows the storm with its bright-colored clouds spinning northwest of Hawaii (lower center). Intense rain was occurring in the ...
Record rainfall has brought deadly flooding and landslides to a coastal region of Japan still recovering from a devastating New Year’s Day earthquake. ... 2024. - Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images.
The storm moved eastward through Japan today, and national broadcaster NHK reported record levels of rainfall, with the storm taking the roof off of several houses and flooding roads in the southwest.
The March 2021 Hawaii floods was a devastating series of floods that caused a tremendous amount of damage to the U.S state of Hawaii. [1] The heavy rain started on March 7, 2021, and flooded the Kaupakalua Dam. [3] It was reported that the dam flooded due to deficiencies, and as a result, it is set to be decommissioned this summer. [4]
The flood from the dam failure raced downhill through a ravine east of the town of Kilauea, Hawaii, with a wall of water reported to be between 20 and 70 feet (6.1 and 21.3 metres) high and 200 feet (61 m) wide. The flood destroyed several homes and killed seven people, including a toddler and a pregnant woman.
Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawaii. Tropical cyclone records were not kept before the 1950s. Earlier windstorms that struck Hawaii were not labeled as hurricanes. [1]
In addition to flash flooding, the storm system will bring strong thunderstorms and damaging winds to parts of the islands. Wind gusts of 30-50 mph are possible on the island of Kauai, where the ...
This photo provided by Kauai County, Hawaii, shows the flooded Wailua River area near Smith’s Tropical Paradise, in Kauai County, Hawaii, Friday, April 12, 2024, when heavy rainfall caused flooding.