{"id":71841,"date":"2026-03-24T01:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/worst-hawaii-flooding-in-20-years-leaves-some-homes-in-mud-as-recovery-begins-we-lost-everything\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:07:15","slug":"worst-hawaii-flooding-in-20-years-leaves-some-homes-in-mud-as-recovery-begins-we-lost-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/worst-hawaii-flooding-in-20-years-leaves-some-homes-in-mud-as-recovery-begins-we-lost-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Hawaii flooding in 20 years leaves some homes in mud as recovery begins: &#8220;We lost everything&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>O&#8217;ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what&#8217;s left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hawaii-flooding-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hawaii<\/a><\/span> has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands&#8217; emerald communities into mud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been here almost 20 years. I lost &#8230; We lost everything,&#8221; Lee told CBS News. &#8220;My children&#8217;s pictures. Just real sentimental stuff. Now it&#8217;s like, now where we go from here?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawaii is just beginning the recovery from a pair of massive storms that unleashed up to 4 feet of rain in parts of O&#8217;ahu and Maui over the past week, Gov. Josh Green said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest storm prompted evacuation orders north of Honolulu, where officials said more than <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hawaii-flooding-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">200 people were rescued<\/a><\/span>. In northern O&#8217;ahu, members of the National Guard trudged through waist-deep water to help stranded drivers and mudbound homeowners. More than 2,000 people were without power over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/1ccff61f-9195-476e-b4c5-bc07bf256eb0\/thumbnail\/620x326\/5548cb4b634c49f79b7c38a618d70d34\/gettyimages-2267595618.jpg#\" alt=\"Flooded Fields And Buildings Near Waialua - March 23, 2026 \" height=\"326\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/1ccff61f-9195-476e-b4c5-bc07bf256eb0\/thumbnail\/620x326\/5548cb4b634c49f79b7c38a618d70d34\/gettyimages-2267595618.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/1ccff61f-9195-476e-b4c5-bc07bf256eb0\/thumbnail\/1240x652\/dabd02ccf5d25e356a558ebaeaf052cb\/gettyimages-2267595618.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Vantor satellite image shows flooded farms, fields, and buildings near Waialua with muddy storm debris flowing into the ocean after severe rains caused major flooding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite image (c) 2026 Vantor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The island of Maui was also hit hard. The storm blasted down riverbeds, blew out bridges and roads and swallowed vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials haven&#8217;t been able to assess the destruction fully but the cost of the storm could top $1 billion, including damage to airports, schools, roads, people&#8217;s homes and a Maui hospital in Kula, Green said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is going to have a very serious consequence for us as a state,&#8221; the governor said during a news conference. He also said his chief of staff spoke to the White House and received assurances of federal support.<\/p>\n<p>Among those displaced is Honolulu-born actor Jason Momoa. In a video posted to Instagram, the &#8220;Aquaman&#8221; actor said he and his family left the North Shore and the power had gone out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re safe now, but there&#8217;s a lot of people who weren&#8217;t, so sending all our love,&#8221; Momoa said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/8ca2d246-3b16-4d62-b8b0-092fea8410af\/thumbnail\/620x413\/3edac24754b0d7c5ad093206b33b2c70\/gettyimages-2267516389.jpg#\" alt=\"US-WEATHER-FLOODS \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/8ca2d246-3b16-4d62-b8b0-092fea8410af\/thumbnail\/620x413\/3edac24754b0d7c5ad093206b33b2c70\/gettyimages-2267516389.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/23\/8ca2d246-3b16-4d62-b8b0-092fea8410af\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d84a772a719e7b054777f2d4d112e592\/gettyimages-2267516389.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Residents and volunteers work on cleaning up after the Kona Low storm flood that devastated the Otake Camp community in Waialua, Hawaii, on March 22, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Marco GARCIA \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carol Philips, the vice president of North Shore Chamber of Commerce, described one house where eight people were living as just &#8220;gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While no one was killed in the storms and flooding, and the worst of the storms has passed, the damage and recovery are both financially and emotionally costly.<\/p>\n<p>As the communities in Maui continue to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/two-years-later-maui-wildfire-lahaina-hawaii\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rebuild their homes<\/a><\/span> and their lives two years after the wildfires killed 102 people, the flooding added to the sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know for so many  people the fires are one thing, and now to have flooding and in some cases their homes that they had just moved into &#8230; It can feel overwhelming,&#8221; said U.S. Rep. 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