Seven people were rescued from flood waters on South Kihei Road in about a one-hour period, Maui firefighters said.

At 4:01 p.m. today, firefighters initially responded to a call of a woman being swept away in a car but were unable to find her and came upon others who needed assistance.

Firefighters picked up a female in a Mini Cooper and a man and woman in a four-door sedan stalled in flood waters on the road, north of Kaonoulu Street.

Four people — two pedestrians and two in a car — were also found stranded on a bridge by stream water just south of Kaonoulu Street.

The woman who originally called to say she was being swept away in her car was found, along with another woman.

Bystanders had helped to push the woman’s car to safety.