Hawaii’s Big Island Got a Month’s Worth of Rain in a Day as Hurricane Lala Triggered a Flash Flood Emergency

A slow-moving Hurricane Lala dumped a month’s worth of rain on Hawaii’s Big Island in a single day, prompting officials to declare a Flash Flood Emergency as the storm’s floodwaters tore through communities.

Homes may have been swept clean off their foundations, and crews are now searching for the people who were inside them.

One person is already dead, and nearly 70% of the Big Island sits in the dark.

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