Torrential rain pounds Oahu, creating havoc

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On Tantalus, Maunalaha Rd. residents stood in shock as a wall of volcanic mud slid down and half buried a home and cut the road in half. Residents, like Leinaala Lopes at left, were preparing to evacuate.

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On Tantalus, Maunalaha Rd. residents stood in shock as a wall of volcanic mud slid down and half buried a home and cut the road in half.

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In Aina Haina, Mike Nakahara,left, and Dana Suapaia helped clear a Hao St. home which was threatened by mudslides from an adjacent hillside home.

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In Aina Haina, a home clings precariously to its Hao street address. The land that the home sits on has slipped downwards about 4 feet in three or four days. It threatens another home on Hao Place.

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On Tantalus, Bill Higdon was going down the hill to get some chinese take out when it was interrupted by a mudslide on Round Top Dr. The runoff continued down the mountain and ended up in the Maunahala area, causing a landslide.

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Dillingham Blvd across the community college became a river heading towards the Kalihi Stream. Mike Powers had to walk his bicycle through the high water.

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Dillingham Blvd across the community college became a river heading towards the Kalihi Stream.

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Civil Defense staff at Kailua Reservoir in Waimanalo.