Over 4,000 told to evacuate flooding in Hawaii as officials warn 120-year-old dam could fail
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Floodwaters in Waialua, Hawaii, on Friday morning, March 20, 2026. (Craig Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)FILE - Water is pumped up from a gravity-fed irrigation canal to a Dole pineapple field in Wahiawa, Hawaii, on Aug. 5, 2024, with Oahu's highest point Mt. Kaala in the background. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP, File)People are evacuated from Haleiwa, Hawaii, on a bulldozer Friday, March 20, 2026. (Craig Fujii/Hawaii Civil Beat via AP)This satellite image provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows cloud cover over Hawaii on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 2 p.m. EDT. (NOAA via AP)FILE - The seaward side of the Wahiawa Dam where the outflow of the Wahiawa Reservoir becomes Kaukonahua Stream in Wahiawa, Hawaii, on Aug. 5, 2024. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP, File)
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Floodwaters in Waialua, Hawaii, on Friday morning, March 20, 2026. (Craig Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)