Overall, the Hawaiian Islands have had quite a wet winter and start to spring of 2018. Unfortunately, reports of flooding and landslides have been in the news far too often in recent months. According to data and reports from the National Weather Service, rainfall in February and March were above average. In some areas, rainfall levels were at the highest experienced in decades.
The worst of this wet weather pattern happened this past weekend with major flooding on the Kauai’s north shore. We’ve seen staggering reports of up to 32 inches of rain from Friday night to Sunday night on Kauai’s north shore. Flooding and landslides caused major damage to homes and roads as you can see from this Hawaii News Now report.
Here’s a tweet from the Hawaii Department of Transportation showing some of the damage they are trying to clear.
Here’s another stunning post that was shared on the Hike Kaua’i with me Facebook page.
If you are going to Kauai soon, here’s what you need to know/do:
Sources for more information:
Hawaii Department of Transportation Facebook
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Facebook and website
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We send our thoughts and prayers to the residents and visitors who are recovering from this flood.
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Sheila,
You are right in advising visitors to check on accommodations in Haena. We discovered that the road to Haena is closed to visitors until October 2018. We had reserved a cottage at Male Hakai in late April for a September stay (our 46th wedding anniversary) and the dishonest manager did not tell us that the road had been closed on April 14th. She told us everything was OK! She later advised us to cancel and charged us a hefty cancellation fee (which we are continuing to fight).