Highlights of 43 days of rain

Feb. 19: Heavy rain hits Oahu, especially Windward areas and Waianae, on what turns out to be the first day of a 43-day weather pattern.

Feb. 21: Heavy rain and thunderstorms cause minor flooding on roads and in neighborhoods on Oahu and Kauai.

March 2: Dozens of Windward Oahu homes are flooded after several days of torrential rain from Waiahole to Kahuku. Rain also causes landslides, cuts off roadways, and closes schools. Gov. Lingle declares state disaster. Similar flooding occurs a week later.

March 3: Multiple sewer spills caused by rain dump hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage into Kaneohe Bay and other Windward Oahu waters, prompting health warning.

March 8: Homes are flooded and residents evacuated on Hauula Homestead Road and in Laie after a rainstorm stalls over the area.

March 12: High winds topple 12 utility poles onto Farrington Highway in Nanakuli, injuring two people, damaging 17 cars and cutting power to more than 700 people.

March 14: Seven people, including a woman seven months pregnant, are swept to their deaths after rain-weakened Ka Loko Dam collapses in Kilauea, Kauai.

March 16: Dozens of homes and some businesses are evacuated along Kauai's South Shore in Koloa after rainfall of up to 1 inch per hour in some spots.

March 19: Heavy rain floods nine Windward Oahu homes and closes roads heading north. Several other homes elsewhere on Oahu also flooded. The Big Island is hit by heavy rain and minor flooding and landslides.

March 23: A rare tornado touches down on Lanai. No one is hurt, but a construction trailer is destroyed.

March 24: After a heavy rain, Waikiki's main sewer line breaks, and 375,000 gallons of sewage is spilled over two days; the Ala Wai Canal and Harbor and nearby surf sites are posted with warnings of contaminated water. Also, strong thunderstorms pelt Kona, and other parts of Big Island with rare hail.

March 25: Recurring landslides on Round Top Drive threaten homes in Maunalaha Valley on Oahu.

March 26: Heavy showers over Oahu and Kauai trigger six sewage spills. Roads, homes and buildings are flooded. The city begins dumping raw sewage into Ala Wai Canal.

March 28: Some of Hawaii's most popular beaches are empty as the extent of the Waikiki sewage spill starts to become evident.

March 30: The Ala Wai raw sewage spill, Honolulu's worst ever, is stopped at 48 million gallons.

March 31: Intense downpour over Honolulu inundates homes and businesses; Manoa and Makiki streams burst banks, flooding streets; floodwaters swamp Kahala Mall; about 30 residents flee homes in Maunalaha Valley near Round Top Drive following large mudslide. Waikiki resident Oliver Johnson falls into Ala Wai Harbor, contracting a bacterial infection that kills him a week later.

April 2: State closes additional Waikiki beaches after water quality testing reveals high bacteria counts; city officials close off a section of Round Top Drive on Oahu after several mudslides; 12 Waimanalo families evacuate their homes below the Kailua Reservoir amid fears the rain-weakened dam could collapse. Officials later order the dam breached as a precaution.