NEWS FLASH

Flood Disaster Declared In Hawaii | Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) declared disaster on the Hawaii islands of Kauai and Oahu on Tuesday “after three days of relentless rains caused flooding and a sewage spill on Kauai, where officials were dealing with tree-blocked roads, closed schools and dangerous surf.” The southeast part of Oahu “was hit the hardest, flooding Kalanianaole Highway and turning rivers into streams in Kaimuki.”