Tropical storm dumps rain on Hawaii while crossing state
Tropical Storm Olivia crossed the state Wednesday, making landfall on
Weather forecasters warned heavy rains would continue through Thursday but
"It's been an ordeal but we're coming through this fairly well," Arakawa said at a news conference. "I'm not seeing any really large areas of damage, no homes destroyed or flooded to any kind of extreme measures as we did in previous storms."
The hurricane center said Olivia will likely weaken further and become a tropical depression by Thursday.
Kahulu Peltier-Yaw said she saw gushing water from an overflowing river blocking at least one part of eastern
A flash flood warning was issued for
A rain gauge recorded 9 inches (22 centimeters) of rain at West Wailua Iki on
The storm, which was a hurricane earlier in the week, slowly lost power as it neared the state.
Forecasters cancelled a tropical storm warning for
"We're all being cautious. We all do need to be very cautious until tomorrow," Caldwell said.
Schools, courts and government offices were closed in
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She has leftover preparations from when
"We kind of just kept all the water and the cans of food and stuff," she said, "so if anything really hits we'll be fine."
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