Kauai is one of the rainiest places on Earth, but the 24-hour inundation was far too much for the island to handle.
“From all of what I’ve seen this has been the worst flood event I’ve ever seen my 49 years here on Hanalei,” Alex Diego told the Garden Island newspaper.
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