Flash flooding swamps Hawaii, prompting evacuation orders for 5,500 people
Al Jazeera
Oahu’s emergency office has ordered residents in the Waialua area to ‘leave now’ amid risk of road failures.
Heavy rains have prompted widespread evacuations on the north shore of the island of Oahu, as the state of Hawaii experiences its worst flooding in 20 years.
Early Saturday morning, Oahu’s Department of Emergency Management issued dire warnings for residents in communities like Waialua, part of the United States.
“Residents in the Waialua area are strongly urged to LEAVE NOW,” one message overnight read. “The remaining access road out of Waialua is at high risk of failure if rainfall continues.”
Already, evacuation orders are in effect for nearly 5,500 people in the region north of the state capital, Honolulu.
No deaths have been reported so far, but at least 200 people have been rescued as muddy, brown floodwaters engulfed streets and neighbourhoods. Ten people have been hospitalised with hypothermia after being plucked from the storm waters.
US president’s reference to Japan’s 1941 attack on naval base in Hawaii has shaken the Japanese public as PM Takaichi’s silence gets mixed reaction.
Japan edges tournament hosts Australia 1-0 in the Women’s Asian Cup final to claim third title in four editions.
Jury finds that two tweets posted in May 2022 by Musk contained false statements responsible for a plunge in Twitter’s share price.
No leakage of radioactive materials reported in the area in central Iran, Tehran’s atomic energy organisation says.
From Washington to Tehran to Tel Aviv, the fight to control the narrative seems as critical as the war itself.
Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were embroiled in a dispute over biological sex at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
One police officer killed in strike by ‘outlaw groups’ on headquarters of Iraqi National Intelligence Service.
Report by Francesca Albanese says ‘torture in detention used on unprecedented scale as punitive collective vengeance’.
Madrid host rivals Atletico at the Santiago Bernabeu as they aim to stay in touch with Barca, who are four points clear.
Japan sources more than 90 percent of its crude oil imports from the Middle East and is heavily dependent on exports transiting the key waterway.
Trump says he is not looking for a ceasefire with Iran as mixed messages from the US president come amid an escalating war.