Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted March 25 Diamond Member Share Posted March 25 Earth Observatory This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Kona Storms Flood Oʻahu This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Topics This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up More Content This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up About This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up January 25, 2026 March 14, 2026 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Coastal towns and green farmland are unaffected by floodwater, and the ocean is mostly blue. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The same area, with brown floodwater pooling across farmland between Mokuleia and Waialua, with a red-brown plume spreading into the coastal ocean. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin January 25, 2026March 14, 2026 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Coastal towns and green farmland are unaffected by floodwater, and the ocean is mostly blue. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The same area, with brown floodwater pooling across farmland between Mokuleia and Waialua, with a red-brown plume spreading into the coastal ocean. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin January 25, 2026 March 14, 2026 January 25, 2026 – March 14, 2026 CurtainToggle2-Up Image Details Floodwaters pool in neighborhoods and on farmland, while a plume of sediment spreads into the coastal ocean (right) on March 14, 2026, after the first of two kona lows dropped copious rain on O’ahu, Hawaii. The same location is pictured free of floodwater (left) on January 25, 2026. Both images were acquired with the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up (Operational Land Imager) on This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Back-to-back low-pressure systems struck Hawaii in March 2026, delivering some of the worst flooding the state has seen in decades. The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up weather systems—called This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up near Hawaii—siphoned moisture from the tropics, fueling slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential, destructive rains. The National Weather Service This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches (13 to 26 centimeters) throughout the state between March 11 and 15, with some areas seeing more than 30 inches. Weather stations in Honolulu, Hilo, Līhuʻe, and Kahului all broke daily rainfall records. The satellite image on the right shows swamped neighborhoods and farmland between Mokuleia and Waialua on the island of O’ahu on March 14, 2026, after the first and more destructive storm system hit the island. Plumes of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up have discolored waters in and around Kaiaka Bay. Hawaii’s volcanic This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up are known for being red due to the high levels of iron and aluminum oxide that accumulate as they weather. For comparison, the image on the left shows the same area on January 25, 2026, before the deluge. Preliminary assessments indicate that This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up in O’ahu sustained damage. Farmers on the island and across the state reported millions of dollars in damage, according to This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . The storm produced widespread wind gusts between 60 and 75 miles (97 and 121 kilometers) per hour, with gusts in some places reaching 100 miles per hour. As many as This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up residents faced power outages in the storm’s aftermath. While the most intense rains had subsided by March 24, forecasters are continuing to monitor This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up and the possibility of more flash floods in the coming days. NASA’s This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up has been activated to support the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up response to the storms. 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