Hawaii Storm Brings Life-Threatening Floods
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Hawaii's governor has issued a state of emergency as intense rains have created dangerous flooding and mudslides across the island chain.
A strong storm packing high winds and extremely heavy rain flooded roads and knocked out power across Hawaii, with officials warning Monday of potentially worse conditions ahead.
The National Weather Service said the storm brings the threat of "catastrophic flooding" in the coming days as a low-pressure system slowly moves from east to west and lingered on the edge of the archipelago.
"Now is the time to make sure you have an emergency plan in place and supplies ready should you need to move away from rising water," said Gov. David Ige, who issued a state of emergency for all of the state's islands Monday night.
