Hawaii urges residents to ‘leave now’ amid worst flooding in over 20 years
Lead: State and local officials on Saturday urged residents in hard-hit parts of Oahu and some areas of Maui to “leave now” as heavy rain produced the most severe flooding in Hawaii since 2004. Torrents inundated large stretches of Oahu’s North Shore and prompted evacuation orders for about 5,500 people north of Honolulu, while retention … Read more